Powerpoint can be a powerful tool for telling and retelling folktales.
* Images can be scanned onto Powerpoint slides and students can add text.
* Another idea is for chunks of text to be given to students after a folktales has been read to the class.
* The students then add their own illustrations.
* If each student or pair of students illustrates a page, a class book can be made.

click here to see some pages from a Third Grade Class' retelling of The Five Chinese Brothers.

If you are new to Powerpoint, here are two good links to tutorials:

Albany Educational Resources Tutorial

Acts360 Medial Guide Tutorial

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This site was created by Diane Brown and Michelle Madden to fulfill requirements for an Oklahoma State University graduate class. This site is not considered to be child-safe because some of the sites referenced within this site link to the world wide web.

This page last updated April 24, 2003