The following summary from the Little Angel Theatre company is a great way to introduce the story of The Tempest to a group of students who are getting to know the play and can even be used to think about how they might stage their own versions with puppets or objects.
The story of the Tempest (2011) The summary can be found on page 3.
You can also print the ten lines on this page and ask students to work in pairs to arrange them in the order they take place in the play.