Children Eating a Pie
by
Bartolome Esteban Murillo, 1670-1675
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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.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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