Reading a tale (Storytelling)

Wow! Said the owl is the tale that I chose for reading in the storytelling class. In this book, children can learn colours throw the eyes of a little owl, so this is motivated for them because they usually love animals.

Another reason why I chose this book is that it allows interaction with the listeners because:

• ·         We can ask questions and make predictions about the cover: eg “what is this? , where is the owl? , what do you think is going to happen?” , …
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• ·         We can include the children in the story: eg the tense “wow! Said the owl” is repeated almost on every page, so we can encourage children to repeat this.
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• ·         We can ask questions and make predictions while we are reading the story: eg when butterflies appear we can ask “what is these?” or “how many butterflies are there?” ; we can also make predictions “when the sun is shining and it starts to rain the thing that appears in the sky is a…… (rainbow)”
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• ·         We can use a song to review the colours: when I read this book in class in the end, I sing the following song about the rainbow, encouraging my mates to sing with me:

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue

¡purple, pink!

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue

¡purple, pink!

Is the rainbow, is the rainbow

A beautiful rainbow in the sky

Is the rainbow, is the rainbow

A beautiful rainbow in the sky

In conclusion, I think this book is a good choice because I read this, in this way, for some kids and they enjoyed the book and the song so much!