The Magic of "Once Upon a Time"

Speech-language pathologists increasingly use narratives in their oral and written language instruction with students who have language learning disabilities. Twenty narrative teaching strategies were located from an extensive search of the literature, and these are described. Because the strategies can be used at different stages of classroom work, they are categorized by narrative presentation stage as well. Language focus, grade/age level, and teaching context also are suggested for each strategy. Examples are provided for each of the 20 strategies.