Stor e Telling: October November December 2015: Fairytales

The Princess Imprisioned in
the Summerhouse

by

H. J. Ford, 1892

This year is almost over and I just barely making it under the wire with the last 2015 Stor e Telling column from the National Storytelling Magazine. Next month, when we ring in 2017, I will begin sharing my columns from 2016. Until then, I hope you enjoy the stories below and find one, two, or maybe more to add to your storytelling repertoire.

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“Fairy tales have positive uses in education...They convey knowledge of the world, shrewd lessons of virtue and vice, of common sense and sense of humour…they foster sympathy with nature…They cultivate the Imagination…” - Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

The theme of this issue was fairytales and I offered stories sprinkled with a bit of fairy tale magic.

The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit, 1899. Stop by and visit with the Ice Dragon, travel to the Island of the Nine Whirlpools, then continue on to meet other intriguing creatures.

http://tinyurl.com/pgs3r59

Hauff’s Fairytales – Eleven tales including Fatima’s Rescue, The Story of the False Prince and more.
http://tinyurl.com/ohrjl5w

Old Fashioned Fairy Tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing, 1841-1885. Eighteen tales including The Magician’s Gift, The Cobbler and the Ghost, and The Magic Jar.

http://tinyurl.com/oxm9xo2

November 13 is World Kindness Day. Below are a few folktales and additional resources.

The Ape, the Snake and the Lion - Africa

http://tinyurl.com/nky7avl

The Crystal Heart - Vietnam

http://tinyurl.com/qaxcooh

The Jester - Jewish

http://tinyurl.com/q3kvbca

Native Languages.org – Four Native American legends about kindness to animals.

http://tinyurl.com/oya5bp5  

The Princess Mouse - Finland

http://tinyurl.com/o2y4qss 

The Shield of Kindness - Ethiopia

http://tinyurl.com/nz2tkf6

Toads and Diamonds - France

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lfb/bl/blfb28.htm

Wisdom Commons – Seven stories of kindness from around the world.

http://tinyurl.com/p7ymwqw

Coffee Cups and Crayons -Acts of Kindness Books for Kids

http://tinyurl.com/peaa976

Four Scientifically Proven Ways to Teach Kindness – Lovely to note that the second way they specify is to ‘use folktales.’

http://tinyurl.com/pdxe4z7

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Fairy Tale of the Month – Since 2010 storyteller Charles Kiernan has been reflecting and discussing a wide variety of fairy tales. He encourages his readers to offer their thoughts and add to the discussion.
https://chaztales.wordpress.com/

Here’s to Fairy Tales and Happily Ever After!  A blog I wrote in January of 2015. The first half contains fun for the little ones, finger plays, etc., and the second half offers hundreds of public domain folktales to ensure that we live “Happily ever after!

http://tinyurl.com/njzdpfw

Simla Village or, Folk tales from the Himalayas - Twenty-four tales collected by Alice Elizabeth Dracott, published in 1906.
http://tinyurl.com/otuyysx

Autumn brings us fresh, crisp apples. Below are a few folktales to help you take a bite out of the season!

The Golden Bird -From the Brothers Grimm
http://tinyurl.com/7yg3oxn

The Laughing Apple and the Weeping Apple - Turkey

http://tinyurl.com/omkubrb

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon. 1921
http://tinyurl.com/lf3xvb

The Silver Plate and the Transparent Apple - Russia

http://tinyurl.com/pcvr8aw

The Tale of the Three Apples - From the Arabian Nights
http://tinyurl.com/mjne76

It’s Harvest Time! Apple and Pumpkin Fun for the Wee Ones – Fingerplays, songs and more to make your lapsit program shine.

http://tinyurl.com/nrluwpj

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and weblinks may change or break without notice. I cannot be responsible for redirected or broken links.  At the time of this posting all links were in working order. Thank you for understanding.

Karen Chace 2016 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Stor e Telling August September 2015: Workshops

The Pearl of the Elephant
by
Edmund Dulac, 1920

I have been remiss in continuing to share my Stor  e Telling articles from 2015. Since the conference proposal season is upon us it seems timely to post these resources from the August September 2015 issue of Storytelling Magazine.

The theme for this issue of Storytelling Magazine issue was workshops and I selected some articles, tutorials and icebreakers to help make your next workshop truly work!

If you have the time or the inclination, I would love it if you would leave a comment and let me know if this information is useful for your work. I read and respond to every comment and love hearing from you!

10 Steps To Plan a Workshop – Tips to help you design your workshop, craft an agenda, select a venue, and more.

http://workshops.350.org/toolkit/planning/

A Workbook On Designing Successful Workshops – A forty-three page booklet with detailed instructions, including work pages, to plan and conduct a successful workshops.
http://www.mcgill.ca/medicinefacdev/files/medicinefacdev/DesigningWorkshopsWorkbook.pdf

Community Toolbox: Conducting a Workshop – Helpful steps and information organize and present your workshop. There are other sections that cover organizing conferences, retreats and teleconferences.

http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/training-and-technical-assistance/workshops/main

How To Run a Good Workshop – Very useful tips in a short article by bestselling author and speaker Scott Berkun.
http://scottberkun.com/2013/run-a-good-workshop/

Planning A Workshop: Organizing and Running a Successful Event
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/PlanningAWorkshop.htm

Interested in using Skype to conduct your workshops? Below are three tutorials to help you quickly climb the learning ladder.

4 Things to Help Novice Users of Virtual Meeting Tools: Making Skype Meetings Run Smoothly

https://blog.piirus.ac.uk/2015/04/17/4-things-for-skype-meetings/

Skype Tutorial – Four separate, short tutorials that will help you learn how to use Skype from beginning to end.

http://www.top-windows-tutorials.com/install-skype/

And if you prefer a video tutorial, follow this link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMAeAeyh7zM

Some sites offering icebreakers and activities to add conviviality to your workshops.

40 Icebreakers for Small Groups

http://insight.typepad.co.uk/40_icebreakers_for_small_groups.pdf

100 Ways to Energize Groups: Games to Use in Workshops, Meetings and the Community
http://www.aidsalliance.org/assets/000/001/052/ene0502_Energiser_guide_eng_original.pdf?1413808298

Partners for Your Empowerment: Workshop Activities/Icebreakers – A twenty-three page booklet chockfull of exercises.
http://pyeglobal.org/workshop-activities-icebreakers/

September 22 is Elephant Appreciation Day. Here are some stories to celebrate these gentle giants.

And Elephants Did Fly - Southern Orissa, India

http://tinyurl.com/ns7s8bl

The Blind Man and the Elephant - India

http://tinyurl.com/3hf2d

The Elephant and the Dog – Bhutan

http://tinyurl.com/njh9yoy

The Elephant and the Mahout – Magadha/Ancient India

http://tinyurl.com/pjsh6t2

Elephant and Tortoise – South Africa

http://tinyurl.com/nrk9sd6

Fearing the Wind - India

http://spiritoftrees.org/fearing-the-wind

How the Elephant Got His Tusks - Africa

http://tinyurl.com/o4eq88a

The Tortoise and the Elephant - Nigeria

http://tinyurl.com/p252edy

The Tortoise Captures the Elephant - Africa

http://tinyurl.com/k7ax99r

The Elephants Nose – India

http://tinyurl.com/p6y62ly

Story-lovers.com – More elephant information than you can shake your trunk at!

http://tinyurl.com/p78s93e

Curriculum for the classroom to complement Elephant Appreciation Day.

The Blind Man and the Elephant
https://www.peacecorps.gov/educators/resources/blind-men-and-elephant/

The Elephant Sanctuary – Two units focusing on the study of elephants offering teaching and learning activities for children grades K-8 consisting of  72 pages of instruction, background information, charts and graphs, activities, etc.
http://www.elephants.com/curriculum.php

September 7 is Labor Day in the United States. In this blog post I offer you some multicultural folktales about workers around the world to add to your repertoire. You will also find crafts, curriculum resources, and some history of the holiday.

Labor Day: A Tribute to the American Worker

http://tinyurl.com/nmp5dsa

Something Extra

The link below was not part of the original Storytelling Magazine article. However, since then I have written a new blog, Putting Your Proposal Pieces Together; I think it will be a useful complement to the above resources.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2016/05/putting-your-proposal-pieces-together.html

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and weblinks may change or break without notice. I cannot be responsible for redirected or broken links.  At the time of this posting all links were in working order. Thank you for understanding.

Karen Chace 2016 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Celebrating Ramadan

Public Prayer in the Mosqueby Jean-Léon Gerome
(French, Vesoul 1824–1904 Paris)

Ramadan began on June 5, 2016 and continues to July 5, 2016. * The Islamic calendar is lunar and the days begin at sunset, so there may be one-day error depending on when the New Moon is first seen.

Ramadan is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and submissiveness to God. Below are some stories to celebrate Ramadan.

STORIES

Patience

Helping Young Plants Grow - Taiwan
http://tinyurl.com/d978wpc

The Hidden One - Native American
http://tinyurl.com/c8ms28q

Patience-Stone and Patience-Knife – Turkey
http://tinyurl.com/c5yzxeo

The Tiger’s Whisker – Korea
https://www.storiestogrowby.org/story/tigers-whisker/

Humility

Forty Fortunes – Iranhttp://tinyurl.com/bwbp9sm
The Magic Horse - Iranhttps://www.storiestogrowby.org/story/magic-horse/

The Gifts of Friday Eve – Iran  
http://tinyurl.com/cw7lu8s

Poverty and Humility Lead to Heaven - Germany
http://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/poverty_and_humility_lead_to_heaven

Wisdom Commons.org - Eight tales of humility from around the world.
http://tinyurl.com/cyl8cnt

Spirituality 

The Singing Fir Tree - Switzerland
http://spiritoftrees.org/the-singing-fir-tree

BOOKS

Top 10 Ramadan Books for Children  

https://www.themuslimahguide.com/top-10-ramadan-books-for-children/

CURRICULUM

Celebrating Ramadan – A resource for K-12 educators.

The original link is no longer valid but the information is still accessible via the Wayback Machine. Visit this link to access the curriculum.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120105202129/http://muslimsinmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/celebratingramadan.pdf


History.com – Learn more about the history of Ramadan.

http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/ramadan


CRAFTS

DLTK-kids- Countries and Cultures Crafts for Kids: Islamic/Muslim
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/muslim/

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and web links may change or break without notice. I cannot be responsible for redirected or broken links.  At the time of this posting all links were in working order. Thank you for understanding.

Karen Chace 2016 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Putting Your Proposal Pieces Together

Each year offers us new opportunities to submit proposals for storytelling, business and educational conferences. I have been fortunate to serve on numerous proposal review committees for a variety of organizations. Those experiences helped me appreciate the process, and also taught me about the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to writing a proposal.

Whenever I attend conferences I often hear, “I wonder why my proposal wasn’t accepted.” I don’t claim to be an expert, but I thought I would offer some insights based on my committee experience. Please consider the following suggestions, offered with a gentle hand, the next time you submit a proposal.

Ask Yourself

• Is it well written? If a reviewer knows nothing about your work or the subject, would they understand your process?
• Have you submitted the same proposal for many years without offering anything new?
• If the conference has a theme does your proposal complement it?
• Did you check your spelling and grammar?
• Did you avoid profession specific terminology that might confuse a reviewer? Example: A non-storyteller might not understand the definition of OLIO.
• If you presented at the same conference in the past, were you flexible to work with, both before and during the conference? 
• Did you follow through? Examples:

1. Sending your signed contract back on time.
2. Registering for the conference on time.
3. Did you respond to queries from the conference coordinator in a timely fashion? 
4. If it was a requirement of your contract did you promote the conference, and your workshop? (Organizers do notice.)

Submission Guidelines

1. Did you provide a workshop outline?
2. Did you provide a timeline breakdown for your presentation? For example: % of lecture,
3.  % for Q & A, % of participation. (Note: One and two are not the same.)
4. Is your math correct for the above? Do your percentages equal 100%?
5. Did you adhere to the word limit for your bio/outline/workshop description/resume?
6. Did you offer complete references, including their contact information?
7. Did you indicate where you have presented before if requested? Don’t state, "I have
8.  presented at conferences around the country” and assume that is sufficient.
9. Did you request equipment the organizers stated it could not provide?

Conversely

• Don't send a resume if it is not requested. Reviewers do not have the time to read more.
• Don't add quotes from other workshop participants unless requested. Again, reviewers don't have the time to read more.
• Don’t submit a four-hour proposal and state, “I can also do this as a 90-minute presentation if necessary.” Instead, send in a second, full proposal for the 90-minute time slot. Reviewers want to know what will be different in a shorter and/or longer time slot.
• Don't ask for a deadline extension.  The conference organizers are usually on a very tight timetable and the deadline is there for a reason.
• Don’t use a variety of ink colors, fonts, and font sizes on your proposal; it makes it difficult for the reviewers to read.
• Don’t offer a link to your website in place of requested information; answer the questions.

Additional words of advice from two experienced conference coordinators:

• Send your proposal in at least a week before the deadline when possible. Organizers dread receiving a flood of applications on the last day. (Shared by Karen Wollscheid)
• Send your entire proposal attached to one email. Do not send each page separately. (Shared by Linda Gorham)
  
  

Before You Submit 

• Review it again.
• Make sure all of the questions are answered.
• Check the spelling, word count, and grammar.
• Ask someone who doesn't know your work to read over your proposal. A second set of eyes is always helpful to catch spelling errors and ambiguities. 
• If you have time, let it sit for a day and then review it again before you hit the 'send' button.

Examples from Actual Proposals

Applicant: 

• ran out of room on the first page, which was handwritten. Instead of attaching a second page they wrote around the edge of the first page, in circular fashion, numerous times.
• attached a letter indicating their displeasure at not being selected the previous year.
• offered only names in the reference section stating, “You know how to reach them.”
• stated “If you don’t like this proposal, I have others” and offered only the titles of the other workshops.
• stated they deserved to be selected because “I am a long-standing member of the professional community.”
• chastised the conference organizers, on their proposal form, for not offering expensive equipment they needed for their presentation.
• submitted a poorly written, very incomplete proposal assuming their previous work and reputation would suffice. This was submitted after the deadline.

Your proposal tells reviewers a lot about you as a presenter, your professionalism, and the way your workshop might flow. If you are not paying attention to the proposal guidelines, deadlines, and other requirements, what else might fall by the wayside? Remember, there are always a number of reviewers on the committee, and they may have no knowledge of you or your work. Always assume you are making a first impression and make it a good one.

You may do everything right and still not be selected to present your work. Don’t take it personally. Some years your proposal may not be a good fit with the overall arc of the conference. Other times you may need to ask yourself, what can I do differently next year?

SOMETHING EXTRA

Remember, when you do receive that coveted acceptance letter your work has just begun. These articles will help you prepare and polish your presentation!

5 Surefire Ways To Ruin Your Presentation
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-surefire-ways-ruin-your-presentation-duane-cummings

18 Tips for Killer Presentations

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/18-tips-for-killer-presentations.html

Developing a Presentation: Design & Delivery

http://www.naepnet.org/page/NAEPSPKRResource3

Presentation Tips
https://www.washington.edu/doit/presentation-tips-0 

Presentation Tips: 20 Tips from 20 People

https://outwittrade.com/presentation-tips/

Top Tips for Effective Presentations

http://www.skillsyouneed.com/present/presentation-tips.html

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and web links may change or break without notice. I cannot be responsible for redirected or broken links.  At the time of this posting all links were in working order. Thank you for understanding.

Karen Chace 2016 © Updated 2023

Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to this blog post via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Slicing Up Your Story: Story Board

Children Eating a Pie
by

Bartolome Esteban Murillo, 1670-1675

I like to use a variety of both written and interactive tools to help my students learn the art of Oral Tradition, telling stories! There are already several wonderful books with useful ideas, however, because many of my students return year after year, I always want to have something new and fresh for them to try.

While I use the traditional story board to help students break down their tales, and also created, What's Driving Your Story? (Available in my book, Story by Story), this year I designed another type of story board, Slicing Up Your Story. I use this towards the end of the program, long after they completed their initial story boards and were very familiar with their stories. I wanted to see if anything new bubbled to the surface and also how succinctly they could now describe different elements of their story, i.e. setting, character, events, etc. Below is the handout I used along with some of the answers the students shared.

Please feel free to use this in your own personal work; however I do request that you respect copyright, offer attribution, and do not publish it in any form without my permission. Note: You may share the link to this blog post with your colleagues.

SLICING UP YOUR STORY INSTRUCTIONS

Before I pass out the worksheet I go over the instructions with the students, using Little Red Riding Hood as an example.

1.      Who is the main character in your story? (Red Riding Hood)

2.      Describe one character in two words. (petite, brave)

3.      Describe the story setting in three words. (dark, damp, ominous)

4.      Describe the main event/problem in four words. ( Girl meets dangerous wolf)

5.      Describe something in your story using ONLY ONE of your five senses. Describe the wolf using the sense of touch: hairy, dry, coarse, solid, muscular) Note: Be careful to clearly explain that you are looking for descriptive words.

6.      Describe the ending of your story in six words. (Woodsman rescues girl and grandmother.) *Of course this might be different if you are using another variant of the story. 


WORKSHEET

COMMENTS FROM ACTUAL STUDENT WORKSHEETS

#2. Describe the main character in two words.

• Tiny/Forgetful
• Cross/Selfish
• Prankster/Beggar
• Greedy/Thoughtless

#3. Describe the story setting in three words.

• Sweet/Warm/Stone
• Pretty/Colorful/Fragrant
• Cold/Winter/Damp 
• Green/Glistening/Well

#4. Describe the main event/problem in four words.

• Sister, spell, fairy, curse
• Monkey loses his tail.
• Cat wants delicious cake.
• Girl won’t share bread.
• Tom wants leprechaun's gold.
  

#5. Describe something in your story using only one of your five senses.

• Taste: Frosting: vanilla, sugary, delicious, rich
• Sight: Cloud: high, white, fluffy, drifting
• Taste: Bread: sweet, warm, buttery
• Touch: Bucket: cold, smooth, shiny
• Smell: Farm: animals, manure, flowers, fresh air

 #6. Describe the ending of your story in six words.

• Tries to chase his baby donkey.
• Sadly Tom doesn’t get the gold.
• Nasty sister turns into an owl.
• Be careful what you wish for.
• Happy monkey gets his tail back.

Extra Bonus: Leave a comment on the blog and I will send you the actual worksheet in a .doc file so you won't have to make one up yourself. (I am not above bribery :)

If you are interested in more innovative storytelling tools and games, you will find them in my award-winning book, Story by Story: Creating a Student Storytelling Troupe.I hope you will have the opportunity to try this out with your students or even when you are learning a new story. If you do, please let me know, I would love to hear how it turned out for you.

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and web links may change or break without notice. I cannot be responsible for redirected or broken links.  At the time of this posting all links were in working order. Thank you for understanding.

Karen Chace 2016 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you

Step Up to the Story Plate! Interactive Storytelling Game

Personal photo: My son playing

baseball as a young child.

"I believe that learning and play go hand in hand. Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."
  - Fred Rogers 

I agree with his sentiment and add play to all of my storytelling residencies. Each week, when I meet with my student storytelling troupe, I add an interactive game that is fun and also reinforces their storytelling skills. Over the years I have created a number of original games but I am always trying to come up with a new idea, and sometimes inspiration strikes in the strangest places!

Last week I was in the Dollar Store, picking up craft items for my Mass Humanities program when I spotted a set of baseball bases and began to think, “How I could use them as an interactive storytelling game?”  On the next aisle I noticed some white felt Easter baskets with a baseball design; this was too much of a coincidence! I bought the bases and buckets.

Over the weekend I brainstormed a bit and created the following interactive relay game, Step Up to the Story Plate, which my fourth and fifth grade students played for the first time this week. The game was an enormous success! The students were wildly cheering each other on; we had time to play it twice and they asked to play it again next week. It is a great game for helping them think on their feet, while reinforcing their story skills and comradery. While the set up and rules below may sound complicated, I assure you it is an easy game to set up and play.

I offer it here for you to use in your personal storytelling work. It is not to be published in any form without permission although you may share the blog link with your colleagues. I ask that you respect copyright and offer attribution whenever you use it. Batter up!

STEP UP TO THE STORY PLATE! © 2016

SUPPLIES

• This is a relay game, so you need two sets of plastic baseball bases. If you can’t find them to purchase, make your own out of cardboard.
• Eight buckets to hold the questions at each base, three for each game, and two buckets to hold the dice at Home plate. I found the buckets above at the Dollar Store, but you could use anything at your disposal.
• A set of large, foam dice, found at the Dollar Store.
• Green Card Stock to print out the questions. (Of course I used green, for the Green Monster in Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, but you can choose a different color.)

QUESTIONS

I created these questions, but you can design your own. Nine questions signify the nine innings in baseball, three extra questions just for fun. 

1.      Speak one line of dialogue from your story, using EMOTION!

2.      Share two gestures from your story. EXAGGERATE them!

3.      Describe the main setting of your story in three words.

4.      Describe a character in FOUR words.

5.      Tell your story in FIVE words.

6.      Show TWO FACIAL expressions from your story.

7.      Speak the FIRST sentence of your story.

8.      Introduce yourself and your story title WITH CONFIDENCE!

9.      Speak the LAST sentence of your story and take a bow!

10.  Steal one base.

11.  Steal two bases.

12.  Do the wave three times. 

SET UP

You will need a large space to lay out both sets of bases. Of course, you don’t need to set them up the same distance as a regular baseball diamond but there should be enough room teams aren’t bumping into each other.

• Arrange the two sets of baseball bases side by side. Make sure there is enough room for the students to run and move.
• Place one bucket at each home plate with one die in each bucket.
• Place questions in buckets at bases 1, 2, and 3. Make sure each set of buckets has the same questions and number of questions. For example, you have twelve questions, which equals four questions in each of their base buckets. Each bucket should have the same questions to make if fair for each relay team. For example, both first base buckets might have the following questions:
  
  1. Speak one line of dialogue from your story, using EMOTION!
  2. Share two gestures from your story. EXAGGERATE them!
  3. Describe the main setting of your story in three words.
  4. Describe a character in FOUR words.
  

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RULES/DIRECTIONS

Go over the questions and rules with your students before they begin the game. If you have an assistant in your class, they can “coach” one relay team, while you help the other if they need assistance. When each student rolls the dice you need to be there to remind them what to do if they roll a #5 or #6. The others are self-explanatory. The first team to finish wins the game!

This is a basic relay game, form two lines with the same number of students. The first student in each line picks their foam dice out of the bucket at home plate, rolls the dice and moves through the game according to the number they rolled.

DICE NUMBERS SIGNIFY:

• Number 1 – First Base
• Number 2 – Second Base
• Number 3 – Third Base
• Number 4 – Homerun!
• Number 5 – Pinch Hitter
• Number 6 – Pinch Runner

TASKS RELATED TO EACH NUMBER

• Student rolls #1: Runs to first base, picks a question from the bucket and performs the task. They runs to second base, pick a question from the bucket and performs the task, and so on until they reach home plate and tags the next player.
• Student rolls #2:  Runs to second base, picks question from the bucket, performs task. Runs to third base, picks another question, performs task, runs to home plate, tags next player.
• Student rolls #3 :  Runs to third base,  picks a question from the bucket, performs the task, runs to home plate, tags next player.
• Student rolls #4: Student runs all of the bases without stopping to home plate.
• Student rolls #5: Pinch Hitter: Student goes to the back of the line and the next student moves up. This is a disadvantage for the relay team as it adds another turn to their relay team.
• Student rolls #6: Pinch Runner: Student steps aside, the next student in line steps up and runs to second base. This is an advantage to the team as the first student who rolled #6 is automatically finished with their turn. This relay team is one person ahead.

If you are interested in more original, interactive games, as well as story worksheets, please consider my award-winning book, Story by Story: Creating a Student Storytelling Troupe. I am also offering a brand-new workshop, Story Play, at the LANES Sharing the Fire Conference on Saturday, April 2, 2016. You will learn additional activities not found in my book, to help both you and your students. For all of the conference information go to www.lanes.org .

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