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Hindi Storytelling

Eleventh graders learn to tell a story in Hindi (कहानी सुनाना) with connectors — एक समय की बात है (once upon a time), एक दिन (one day), फिर (then), अंत में (in the end). They put a folk tale in order.

Grade 11Storytelling50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Use story connectors.
  • ✓Connect events.
  • ✓Order a story.
  • ✓Tell a tale.
Essential Question

एक समय की बात है… how do you tell a story in order in Hindi?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Story

Project this and have students put the story in order using the Hindi connectors.

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Telling a Story

6 min

How do you connect events in a story in Hindi?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Start a scrambled tale.
  • Ask what comes first.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Storytelling

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Model एक समय, फिर, अंत में.
  • Note the connectors.
  • Send students to Order the Story.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Note it.
  • Order it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Order the events.
  • Say each with its connector.
  • Read the story aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Read.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Tell a mini tale (एक समय…).
  • Use 3 connectors.
  • Tell a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tell.
  • Use them.
  • Tell.
5

Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a connector.
  • Say a beginning or ending.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Mid).

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: narrate a story.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: follow a narrative.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: retell events.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.2

Explore Indian folk tales.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Connector cards (start…end).
  • Story strips to arrange.
  • Model aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with एक समय की बात है & अंत में.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Write a 5-line tale.
  • Add इसलिए (so).
  • Retell from memory.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 📖Connector cards
  • 💻Order the Story
  • 🗒️Story strips
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

कहानी (kahānī)storyएक समय की बात हैonce upon a timeएक दिन (ek din)one dayफिर (phir)thenआखिर मेंfinallyअंत में (ant mein)in the endइसलिए (isliye)so / thereforeसुनाना (sunānā)to tell
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “once upon a time” in Hindi?
एक समय की बात है.
QUESTION 2
What does “अंत में” mean?
In the end.
QUESTION 3
What does “फिर” mean?
Then.

Reflect: storytelling.

Have students tell a 3-step story in Hindi using एक समय की बात है, फिर, अंत में. A printable Hindi storytelling sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: अंत में (ant mein), आखिर में, इसलिए (isliye), एक दिन (ek din), एक समय की बात है, कहानी (kahānī), फिर (phir), सुनाना (sunānā)
  1. once upon a time
  2. so / therefore
  3. finally
  4. in the end
  5. one day
  6. then
  7. story
  8. to tell

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “once upon a time” in Hindi?
  2. What does “अंत में” mean?
  3. What does “फिर” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) एक समय की बात है · 2) इसलिए (isliye) · 3) आखिर में · 4) अंत में (ant mein) · 5) एक दिन (ek din) · 6) फिर (phir) · 7) कहानी (kahānī) · 8) सुनाना (sunānā)
Part B: 1) एक समय की बात है. 2) In the end. 3) Then.