Reading Diary Continued: Accumulative Stories

For the second half of the reading unit: Nursery Rhymes I choose to highlight the Accumulative Stories. Unlike the rest of the unit that is mostly short stories, short as three lines. The accumulative stories start off small and gets added to. I found this section interesting to read.

The first story is, This Is the House That Jack Built. It starts off with just two lines. Then each breaks it adds another line. Each new line is a new part of the story. In the eleventh break, it had eleven lines, that wrap up the whole story. I think this is the fun way to tell a longer story in the form of a rhyme.

In this unit, there was another rhyme that started off with a key of the kingdom. Then in each line, the story was broken down. For example, the next line was "In that kingdom there is a city." Then the next line told of how in the city there was a town. I think this could be a fun rhyme to add on to of mix up. One idea would be to state the origin line then add another small story for each line. Or you could start off with something small and tell a story line by line of where it ends up.


The other type of accurate story was none were they used a few lines to tell a story then had a small rhyme. For example, a small story was told with about 3 to 6 lines. Then there would be a break with a small rhyme. Then a line would we wrote to tell where the story was headed. Then another rhyme. This is a creative way to combine a story and a rhyme. I though it was more entertaining to read than just a solid story or a long rhyme. It was the best of both worlds.

Photo found in Nursery Rhymes Unit

Story unit Nursery Rhymes unit, section Accumulative Stories. By, Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).