The Great Telling

Aims:

To develop skills in public speaking.
To develop understanding of narrative structure.
To encourage an interest in folk culture
To encourage an understanding of the value of oral culture.
To give an experience of public performance.

4x1 hour (min)+ performance. Key Stage 3- Adult. 6 to 30 students.

• Sample stories
• What do you need to be a story teller?
  • memory exercises
  • descriptive exercises
  • Voice exercises
• What are stories for?
• Elements of folk tales:
  • person, place, event
  • Protagonist: antagonist (hero: villain)
  • The rule of three
  • Good deeds and magic helpers
• The other world: getting into storyland and avoiding the mundane
• Talk like a storyteller:
  • descriptions v lists
  • setting a mood
  • classic tricks
• Group character creation
• The value of repetition
• Tale types and genres
• Find/adapt/create a story
• learn a story
• Grand performance