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| Mother and Child in Kitchen, 1907 |
Last week I was working
with a new storytelling student. I knew he was familiar with his story but
wasn’t confident enough to perform it in front of his peers, yet I recognized I
was time he took that first step. I approached him privately and asked,
"Would you help me with a demonstration by standing in front of the class
and summarizing your story? I will prompt you each step of the way by asking
specific questions to lead you through it." I was delighted when he
agreed.
He successfully
completed the demonstration to a hearty round of applause from his peers. I enthusiastically said,
“You just performed your story! All you need to do now is add some layers;
gestures, facial expressions, etc.” He gave all of us a huge smile;
I look forward to the next time he shares his story to see what ingredients he
has added to the tale.
Later that day I was sharing the experience with a colleague and the word ‘layer’ gave me the idea of designing the worksheet below. I already use a variety of original worksheets, found in my book, Story by Story: Creating a Student Storytelling Troupe,
Later that day I was sharing the experience with a colleague and the word ‘layer’ gave me the idea of designing the worksheet below. I already use a variety of original worksheets, found in my book, Story by Story: Creating a Student Storytelling Troupe,
focusing on the story setting, the five senses, character development, gestures, storyboards, etc. This worksheet reinforces a few of those elements while adding those associated with stage presence*, how they made the story their own, along with asking them to expand on why they love their story. *While students physically practice stage presence some students with different learning styles will benefit from writing it down.
This exercise took
approximately ten minutes for them to complete. I immediately segued into my
interactive game, Red Rover Red Rover Send Story Right
Over, to reinforce the details shared on their
worksheets. It was a very productive and fun storytelling session. I hope
you find the worksheet useful.
If you are interested in
using it with your own students you have my permission, however, I respectfully
ask that you do not remove the copyright information and credit the source. If
you would like the worksheet in a .doc file I will be happy to email it to you.
You may reach me at storybug@aol.com . If
you do use it I would be interested to know how it worked for you and your
students.
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leave a comment and let me know what you think about this new worksheet. I
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Karen
Chace 2019 ©
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