NARRATIVE TEXT TELLING STORY FINDING YOUR STORY AS

NARRATIVE TEXT TELLING STORY

FINDING YOUR STORY AS BEGINNERS: FOLKTALES ARE EASIEST START WITH SHORT TALES MODERN RETELLINGS ALTER A STIRY SUIT TO YOU AND YOUR AUDIENCE BE CAREFUL ABOUT COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

PREPARING YOUR STORY o o o o READ OR LISTEN TO A STORY OVER AND OVER MEDITATE ON IT TYPE OR WRITE OUT THE STORY DRAW CHARTS BEGIN TELLING THE STORY AT ONCE DON’T TRY TO MEMORIZE AN ENTIRE FOLKTALE TELL YOUR STORY FIRST TO YOUR FRIENDS IN SMALL GROUP FIND THE BEST WAY FOR YOU

TELLING YOUR STORY o o o o o PRACTICE TO GET THE STORYLINE USE REPETITION (RHYME AND PHRASES IN FOLKTALE) USE VARIETY (TONE, PITCH, VOLUME, SPEED, RHYME, ARTICULATION, SILENCES) USE GESTURE (TO MIME THE ACTIONS OR FOR EMPHASIS) PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS (ENDING SHOULD BE CLEAR BY SLOWING DOWN AND ADDING EMPHASIS) PAY ATTENTION TO HOW YOU PORTRAY YOUR CHARACTERS TRY “CROSS-FOCUS” TRICK TO PORTRAY TWO CHARACTER PREPARE YOURSELF(YOUR VOICE AND BODY AS THE MAIN INSTRUMENT) BREATH DEEPLY AND CORRECTLY

ON THE STAGE o o o o DON’T PUSH YOUR VOICE TOO HARD OR USE IT UNNATURALLY (EXCEPT WHEN SPEAKING AS A CHARACTER) PRONOUNCE EACH SOUND OF EACH WORD DISTINCTLY GIVE YOUR LISTENERS THE FULL FORCE OF YOU, FACE YOUR AUDIENCE MAKE A PERSONAL CONTACT WITH LISTENERS A GOOD STORYTELLING SPACE IS COMFORTABLE, INTIMATE AND FREE OF DISTRACTIONS TAKE TIME AND GIVE TIME TO YOUR LISTENERS (TO SEE, TO LAUGH, TO FEEL, TO REFLECT) STORYTELLING IS INTERACTIVE STORYTELLERS HAVE THEIR OWN STYLE

DON’TS o o o AVOID VERBAL TRASH LIKE “UM”, “Y’KNOW” NO FIDGETING, HANDS IN POCKET, OR SHIFTING FROM FOOT TO FOOT TALK TO THE AUDIENCE, NOT AT THEM ABOVE ALL, TELL AND TELL AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN THAT’S THE BEST WAY TO LEARN STORY TELLING

LISTEN TO A STORY

LET’S LISTEN TO STORIES 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) CINDERELLA JACK AND THE BEAN STALK PIED-PIPER OF HAMELIN RUMPELSTILTSKIN SLEEPING BEAUTY SNOW WHITE

LISTEN TO A JOKE A gorilla (1)…. into a bar and ordered a whisky. The barman (2) … that it was unusual to see a gorilla in a bar drinking whisky and, thinking that gorillas must be stupid, he thought he would try to take (3) … of the situation and (4) … him. He served the gorilla the whisky and said, 'That'll be fifty dollars please'. The gorilla immediately (5) …. … his wallet and paid the barman, who was very happy. The gorilla drank his whisky quietly and then (6) … another. The barman served him and (7) …. him another fifty dollars. As the gorilla was drinking his whisky, the barman got curious and (8) … to find out why the gorilla was in the bar. So, to (9) …. … a conversation, he said, 'It's funny, we don't get many gorillas in here'. 'I'm not (10) … with the price of your whisky. ' the gorilla replied.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS o o o Why did the gorilla come to the bar? What did the barman do when the gorilla come? Why was there no gorillas come to the bar? What kind of person is the barman? What can you learn from the story?

…AND WE ARE HAPPILY EVER AFTER…

REFERENCES o o o www. learnenglish. com www. teachingenglish. co. uk www. eslgold. com www. britishcouncil. org Townsend, Anne. 2006. Text Type. Farr. Books.