Storytelling Frameworks

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: tell your startup story inside a named framework — Before-After-Bridge, Hero's Journey, or Problem-Agitation-Solution — and know which one fits your company.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Structure makes stories stick

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Storytelling Frameworks

    Read a 263-word text about Storytelling Frameworks

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Storytelling Frameworks Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: One startup, three frameworks

    Read a 251-word text about One startup, three frameworks

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Storytelling Frameworks

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Framework language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Workshopping Your Startup Narrative

    Role-play: You are working with a storytelling coach to structure your startup's narrative using proven frameworks. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your story, framed

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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narrativeresonancehero's journeytransformationtangiblethree-act structurebridgecontrast

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