Part 2: Storytelling Techniques

B2 · Upper-intermediate57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: deliver a Part 2 story with scene-setting, built tension, direct speech and a satisfying ending — narrative techniques that make two minutes feel short.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The story you always tell

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Art of Storytelling

    Read a 164-word text about The Art of Storytelling

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Storytelling Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Make These Stories More Engaging

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Storytelling Techniques

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Storytelling Practice

    Role-play: Practice telling an engaging story for Part 2 (4 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: retell it properly

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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out of the blueas it turned outto cut a long story shortthe turning pointlittle did I knowagainst all odds

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