I work as an ALT in Tokyo teaching English to Junior High School Students. The 3rd graders are preparing to take their ESAT J (English Speaking Achievement Test for Junior High School.
In one part of their test, they are expected to explain what is happening in a short comic strip (4 panels). I’ve posted an example of what it could look like. They will be assessed based on clarity, the order of their ideas, vocabulary and sentence structure. They are expected to express their ideas out loud.
I wanted to give them sort of a story structure so that they can more easily formalize their thoughts so that they can put more attention towards the speaking test and not get lost for words unnecessarily.
So far this is what I’ve come up with:
1) “There was a…”
2) “Then…”
3) “So…”
4) “Finally…”
I know this structure will generally work but for this picture it doesn’t really.
Any ideas on what I should add? Subtract? How I should teach this structure or any other structure?
by BorderAny4102