The Three Little Pigs
1. Once upon a time there were three pigs.
2. The pigs built three houses.
3. The wolf blew down the straw house.
4. The wolf blew down the wood house.
5. The wolf could not blow down the brick house.
Discussion
Posting the key events around the room is not necessary, but it provides important language support. For instance, students are more likely to use the past tense because that is what appears in the sentences we have posted for the reporters.
Heterogeneous grouping in this activity encourages peer tutoring. For example, students with skills in writing can model their ability to other group members. The key is that students who are more able should try to enable their groupmates; they should not do tasks for their groupmates. Students, as with most people, often want to do tasks in the quickest way possible. However, the focus in classrooms is on learning, with the task as a means of promoting learning. Thus, the scribe in each group should not necessarily be the best writer in that group.
Subjunctive (I suggest you do)