Story-telling

Finding a Story

You must really like it Folktale (story from the oral tradition eg Sang Kancil)
Fairy tale Animal story or fable Love story Ghost story Myth Legend

Real life story Your own written story

What to look for

Short (1-15 pages)

May use children/ juvenile books Collection in the library (The state library that you have visited)

Clear action, strong characters, simple structure Choose something your audience will like You can alter the story to fit your needs
Change the setting/ the physical, natural science Use dialect Change characters

Information:cover, author, illustrator, title

Identify the books

Easy (Picture books) Fiction (Chapter Books) Non fiction (information books)

Who is the author? The author is the person who writes the story
The author writes the words of a story. Sometimes the author draws the pictures too then you say the person is the author and illustrator. The author always writes the words.

What does the Illustrator do?

Sometimes there are pictures on every page, and they tell a big part of the story. Sometimes there are just a few pictures. The person that draws them is the illustrator.

Preparing Your Story

Know the story very well You can memorize certain parts, but not the whole thing Picture the story
See the scenes in your head

Practice with a mirror, video recorder, or friend Use repetition

Helps listeners stay with your story (number, rhymes or phrases)

What stories need to have:

Life inside your story Unfold lesson learned Develop creative tension Develop creativity

When would you use it?

With both basic skill and higher order skill When pupils can make meaning from the information When they can investigate the topic and feel connected to the information When stories that tell about real things in them, something that pupils need time to observe to get the process.

Preparing

Variety
Tone Pitch Volume Speed rhythm Articulation Variety will capture and hold your audiences attention Gestures
Mime the action Emphasis

Preparing cont.

Beginnings
Must be strong Could begin with an intro - dont give away the plot. Could talk about how story relates to you

Ending
Should be clear Slow down with emphasis at the end
Happily ever after, thats the end of that, and they never saw him again.

Preparing cont.

Character Portrayal
Put life into characters
Face Voice Gesture Body posture

When two characters are conversing

Cross-focus
Make each face a 45 degree angle Distinctly different voices and posture

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Environment
Think about and jot down details of the environment Want audience to see what you see Use imagery

Imagine you are the audience

What would you want to see? Hear? Feel?

Dont over plan

A feeling of spontaneity should be present Read your audience and move things around as you go

Practice

Telling Your Story (a competition)

Tell your story to friends Best to do it in a group

All storytellers have their own style

If you dont like someone elses suggestion, ignore it. Do what feels right for you!
Some sit, some stand still Some speak simply, some use silly voices

Speech
Avoid um, and uh, and yknow. Talk with your audience, not at them NO
Fidgeting Weight shifting Hands in pocket

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Body
Sit or stand Eye contact

Interaction
Pay attention to your audience Slow down, get louder, get softer, employ variety to keep their attention Audience feedback will guide your story

Educational Technology
The usage of internet, video, courseware, calculator, telescope, etc. to assist students learning. computer assisted learning technology assisted learning

Science Fair

If you are given four weeks to complete your science fair project then START NOW. Do not tell yourself you have several weeks. Start now! repeat after me - Start now! You will be amazed the amount of email I receive beginning "please help me with my school project due to be handed in yesterday". That is dumb as well as poor planning. Don't you think I pulled that stunt when I was 14 years of age?

Select your topic

Review very carefully your assignment as provided by your lecturer, what are the requirements to be met? Do you clearly understand each and every goal listed? If possible review this list each and every day for a few minutes over several days to possibly gain a new perspective. You will be surprised how you can begin to refine and improve your original ideas with this method. Is it an elementary science fair project? or was it meant to be a simple quick science-fair-project-ideas not involving a lot of effort?. The basic idea of any science fair project is to demonstrate to the teacher or judges you know how to find the answer to a basic question. This is the basis of all scientific enquiry or research. Record all the information you have managed to gather about your chosen topic from either text books, magazines or over the internet. Keep detailed notes of the sources of your information.

Be scientific in your approach

Clearly list the principal purpose of your sciencefair-project-ideas - precisely what are you trying to find out or establish? Be sure to list any possible variables - these are things you might be able to change or vary so it will help you find your final answer. Clearly state your original hypothesis - this is your best your guess about what the answer will finally be. Decide and describe how you will measure and record your results.

Run a controlled experiment & record your results

Do the experiment as described above. Maintain a clear record of everything in one place, perhaps buy a small notebook of a suitable size for this purpose - be scientific. Write down everything you can think of, you will probably need it later.

Charts & graphs

What happened? Answer that question, then put those results down in graphs and charts wherever possible. You will be amazed how sometimes a totally unexpected picture or pattern begins to emerge from either a graph or chart.

Construct an exhibit or display

Obviously where possible the judges would like to see a working model of your science-fair-projectideas. It should be neat but functional, you are not expected to produce a manufacturers' working model because it most likely is a science project for a kid. But do remember that neatness really does count!. If it looks right then it probably is right! Make it fun, but be absolutely sure other people can understand what you did. Above all show that you used the scientific method.

Write a short report

Tell your own story about your project and in your own words - tell the teacher what you did and exactly how you did it. Be sure to include a page that shows where you gathered all your background information.

Drawings, diagrams & schematics

Any decent presentation includes some pictorial presentation to convey ideas. When you look at my crystal set page you will see a schematic diagram. Why? Because this is a pictorial plan on how it is to be constructed - a bit like plans for a house. Drawings, diagrams, charts and graphs really lift any science-fair-project-ideas presentation. They will certainly give your school project that "professional" look about it.

Presentation
Practice with your family acting as judges while explaining your project to them. Remember every lecturer, performer or entertainer, no matter how experienced, must continuously practice their particular craft - you are of course no different.

Field trip

A field trip is a journey by a group of people to a place away from their normal environment. The purpose of the trip is usually observation for education, non-experimental research or to provide students with experiences outside their everyday activities. The aim of this research is to observe the subject in its natural state and possibly collect samples

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