Level 1 – Foundational Learning (Elementary) | Language Arts & Oral Narratives | Oral Narration, Direct Instruction

Why do we tell stories? People have always shared stories. People share stories with their family and friends. People share stories with their tribe. Storytelling has been around since we invented lan- guage. All people around the world tell stories. Stories con- nect us to each other and to the past. There are many reasons we tell stories. We tell stories to entertain our friends. We might tell a friend about something we saw that was funny. We also tell stories to ex- plain who we are. We might tell a friend a story about our past. We might also tell a story to show how we are feeling. If something happened to make us feel sad or hap- py we might tell that story. Then our friends understand why we are feeling sad or happy. How are oral stories different from written stories? Telling a story is different from…