{"id":2957,"date":"2018-10-03T00:01:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T00:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2018-10-02T03:43:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T03:43:24","slug":"lesson-of-the-week-popsicle-stick-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/lesson-of-the-week-popsicle-stick-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson of the Week: Popsicle Stick Storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/popsicle-sticks.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2958 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/popsicle-sticks.png?resize=285%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/popsicle-sticks.png?resize=285%2C300&amp;ssl=1 285w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/popsicle-sticks.png?w=430&amp;ssl=1 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Popsicle Stick Storytelling <\/em>by Emily Donlon (Bulgaria ETA)<\/p>\n<p>All ESL teachers will likely agree that the imagination and creativity of our students frequently surprises us and keeps us on our toes\u2014it\u2019s one of the best things about teaching. If you\u2019re looking for a way to encourage your students to stretch their imaginations while speaking in English, our Lesson of the Week, \u201cPopsicle Stick Storytelling\u201d by Bulgaria ETA Emily Donlon may be just the thing for you. In this activity, student groups work together to narrate a story on the spot, picking popsicle sticks at random which define what genre the story should be and what words they should include. You can access the lesson plan and a list of suggested genres and vocabulary <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=108l4i8iUQc2OqJyuJmXvzkuDi-hlLQ_9\"><u>here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy storytelling! Be sure to check back next week for more great lesson content from ETAs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popsicle Stick Storytelling by Emily Donlon (Bulgaria ETA) All ESL teachers will likely agree that the imagination and creativity of our students frequently surprises us and keeps us on our toes\u2014it\u2019s one of the best things about teaching. If you\u2019re looking for a way to encourage your students to stretch&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[255,107,22,106,327],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/popsicle-sticks.png?fit=430%2C452&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2959,"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions\/2959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}