Pace: a story-Based Approach for Dialogic Inquiry about Form

6. Does the story suggest connections to academic content?

7. Does the story represent some aspect of the target culture that you will address?

8. Is the story free of stereotypes and does it present reasonable and fair depictions
of the target language culture?

9. Is the language accessible or can it be made accessible through storytelling simplifications to the learners’ current stage of linguistic development?

10. Is the theme of the story one that can be expanded upon and extended into various activities? Would the theme connect to content areas across the curriculum?