Storytelling

The most important

skill in teaching

Plan for this Workshop• What is so great about storytelling anyway? (10 mins)• Choosing a story. (20 Mins)• Creating a story. (30 mins)• Preparing to present a story: (30 mins)

– Learning the sequence– Movement and mime– Sound effects– Words

• Telling the story: (30 mins)– Character Voices, Faces and Placement– Eye contact– Five senses

• Project (own time – homework)

“Tell me a fact and I’ll learn.

Tell me the truth and I’ll believe.

But tell me a story and it will live in my heart

forever.”

What are your memories?

Fill in the worksheet.Discuss with your group.

Types of StoriesFable

Fairy tale

Folk tale

Legend

Myth

Parable

Personal Story

Religious Story

Tall Tale

Traditional Tale

Creating a Story

Story Elements - Setting

Story Elements - Character

Story Elements - Plot

And then ..

And then ..

And then ..

And then ..And then ..

And then ..

Point of View

Experience

What about Kids?• What is fun / not fun?• What Super Power would you like to have?• If you had 3 wishes …• What is a bad dream about?• Tell about something funny / frightening /

embarrassing / sad that happened …• Have you ever done something naughty?

Preparing

Visualisation

Mime

Sound Effects

Words

TELLING the story

Character Voices, Faces, Placement

Eye Contact

Five Senses

Project

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