Kindergarten:
Audra Riches
Nora Robison
First:
Dahlia Seher
Breann Burningham
Second:
Kaitlyn Greenburg
Audrey Robison
Third:
Kaylynn Stettler
Mckenzie Osmun
Fourth:
Abbie Simpson
Brinlee Burningham
Tiana Roper
Fifth:
Julia Evans
Kevin Tegura
Sixth:
Mikayala Stettler
Tuesday 58 youth tellers entertained a number of our classes. It was evident how much they enjoyed it by the sparkle in their eyes. The teachers that listened to the teller evaluated them. From these evaluations the final tellers were chosen.
The festival has been a huge success! Thanks to all the enthusiastic students!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Working the Story
Here are some common downfalls for many tellers.
Tell the children to watch themselves with their inner eye as they tell the story to notice where they can improve. Some things to watch for are:
vocal volume
eye contact
fidgeting (know what your body is doing the entire time)
rocking or pacing
playing with sleeves or jewelry
failure to breathe
not knowing story
pacing
too many gestures
verb tense and slang; using like, well, goes, so, anyway
not enough practice.
Happy Telling!
Tell the children to watch themselves with their inner eye as they tell the story to notice where they can improve. Some things to watch for are:
vocal volume
eye contact
fidgeting (know what your body is doing the entire time)
rocking or pacing
playing with sleeves or jewelry
failure to breathe
not knowing story
pacing
too many gestures
verb tense and slang; using like, well, goes, so, anyway
not enough practice.
Happy Telling!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Storytelling overview from 19 April 2011
Storytelling is:
• the art of using language, vocalization, and/or physical movement and gesture to reveal the elements and images of a story to a specific, live audience.
• A central, unique aspect of storytelling is its reliance on the audience to develop specific visual imagery and detail to complete and co-create the story.
Story-
• narrative account of a real or imagined event or events
• building block of knowledge
• the foundation of memory and learning. Telling-
• the live, person-to-person oral and physical presentation of a story to an audience
• involves direct contact between teller and listener.
Love Your Story
• To tell a story well, you have to LOVE your story.
• Start with topics that interest you.
• Look for a story filled with vivid images so that the listener can easily recreate it in his own mind.
• Go to the 398.2 section of the library. Find stories that surprise, haunt, amuse & touch.
• The right story is one that fits emotionally, intellectually, and physically.
• Rummage through your family anecdotes and stories to see if any of them are usable.
Know Your Story
• Shape memories or moments by: Immediacy of telling after event experienced/story learned; Frequency of telling; Uniqueness; and Significance to You.
• Share a story with someone else to create its own memory. The more the story is shared, then the more memories connected to the story.
• Pretend you are blind and must describe an experience using the other senses of sound, smell, taste, and touch. How does this change your perspective of the story?
• Story-board like how you see filmmakers do, only stick-figure could be drawn. Of a six-box story, each box could represent a different aspect: Setting and Main Character; Problem or Conflict; Plot Thickens; What to Do?; Solution; Extended Ending.
• Play with the order to which the story is told. Most are shared chronological; though see how it may be to tell it backwards, flashback, or other ways.
Elements of your story
Making a story your own takes time and work, but the work is creative and fun.
• Tell it over and over again
• Different voices & postures for different characters
• Gestures, get your whole body into it
• Energy, have fun
• Tempo, play with telling phrases, sentences at different tempos
• Volume, change the volume of your voice for different effects
• Facial expression, it is all in the eyes
Know Your Audience
The teller's role: to prepare and present the necessary language, vocalization, and physicality to effectively and efficiently communicate the images of a story.
The listener's role: to actively create the vivid, multi-sensory images, actions, characters, and events---the reality---of the story in their mind based on the performance by the teller
Love Your Audience
• Your audience is half of the telling, give them respect and love
• Even if it is your first time meeting a group, illuminate a feeling that you care about them and desire to involve them in the experience.
• the art of using language, vocalization, and/or physical movement and gesture to reveal the elements and images of a story to a specific, live audience.
• A central, unique aspect of storytelling is its reliance on the audience to develop specific visual imagery and detail to complete and co-create the story.
Story-
• narrative account of a real or imagined event or events
• building block of knowledge
• the foundation of memory and learning. Telling-
• the live, person-to-person oral and physical presentation of a story to an audience
• involves direct contact between teller and listener.
Love Your Story
• To tell a story well, you have to LOVE your story.
• Start with topics that interest you.
• Look for a story filled with vivid images so that the listener can easily recreate it in his own mind.
• Go to the 398.2 section of the library. Find stories that surprise, haunt, amuse & touch.
• The right story is one that fits emotionally, intellectually, and physically.
• Rummage through your family anecdotes and stories to see if any of them are usable.
Know Your Story
• Shape memories or moments by: Immediacy of telling after event experienced/story learned; Frequency of telling; Uniqueness; and Significance to You.
• Share a story with someone else to create its own memory. The more the story is shared, then the more memories connected to the story.
• Pretend you are blind and must describe an experience using the other senses of sound, smell, taste, and touch. How does this change your perspective of the story?
• Story-board like how you see filmmakers do, only stick-figure could be drawn. Of a six-box story, each box could represent a different aspect: Setting and Main Character; Problem or Conflict; Plot Thickens; What to Do?; Solution; Extended Ending.
• Play with the order to which the story is told. Most are shared chronological; though see how it may be to tell it backwards, flashback, or other ways.
Elements of your story
Making a story your own takes time and work, but the work is creative and fun.
• Tell it over and over again
• Different voices & postures for different characters
• Gestures, get your whole body into it
• Energy, have fun
• Tempo, play with telling phrases, sentences at different tempos
• Volume, change the volume of your voice for different effects
• Facial expression, it is all in the eyes
Know Your Audience
The teller's role: to prepare and present the necessary language, vocalization, and physicality to effectively and efficiently communicate the images of a story.
The listener's role: to actively create the vivid, multi-sensory images, actions, characters, and events---the reality---of the story in their mind based on the performance by the teller
Love Your Audience
• Your audience is half of the telling, give them respect and love
• Even if it is your first time meeting a group, illuminate a feeling that you care about them and desire to involve them in the experience.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Youth Storyteller References and Resources
References and Resources
Online:
1. National Storytelling Network
www.storynet.org
2. Youth, Educators, and Storytellers Alliance
www.yesalliance.org
3. Professional Storyteller social networking site professionalstoryteller.ning.com
4. Storyteller.net
www.storyteller.net
5. Utah Storytelling Guild
www.utahstorytellingguild.org
Storytelling for Youth in our area:
1. Youth Tall Tale Contest (www.utahstorytellingguild.org)
Students from Kindergarten to High School are invited to create a tall tale that places them or an imaginary friend as the hero in a pioneer or present day period with references to historical and exaggerated elementsContact Rachel Hedman at info@rachelhedman.com for more details.
2. Timpanogos Storytelling Festival (www.timpfest.org)
Any district or class or student is welcome to audition to be one of the 25 youth tellers (chosen among thousands) featured with the national storytellers on stage.
3. National Youth Storytelling Showcase (www.nationalyouthstorytellingshowcase.org)
Program involves thousands of youth sending videotapes to state representatives to be judged. The top five tellers of each state are forwarded to Tennessee where the top 20 youth tellers are invited to Pigeon Forge to showcase at the Smoky Mountain Storytelling Festival.
Online:
1. National Storytelling Network
www.storynet.org
2. Youth, Educators, and Storytellers Alliance
www.yesalliance.org
3. Professional Storyteller social networking site professionalstoryteller.ning.com
4. Storyteller.net
www.storyteller.net
5. Utah Storytelling Guild
www.utahstorytellingguild.org
Storytelling for Youth in our area:
1. Youth Tall Tale Contest (www.utahstorytellingguild.org)
Students from Kindergarten to High School are invited to create a tall tale that places them or an imaginary friend as the hero in a pioneer or present day period with references to historical and exaggerated elementsContact Rachel Hedman at info@rachelhedman.com for more details.
2. Timpanogos Storytelling Festival (www.timpfest.org)
Any district or class or student is welcome to audition to be one of the 25 youth tellers (chosen among thousands) featured with the national storytellers on stage.
3. National Youth Storytelling Showcase (www.nationalyouthstorytellingshowcase.org)
Program involves thousands of youth sending videotapes to state representatives to be judged. The top five tellers of each state are forwarded to Tennessee where the top 20 youth tellers are invited to Pigeon Forge to showcase at the Smoky Mountain Storytelling Festival.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Festival Schedule
*April 18- School kickoff Assembly
*April 19, 21, & 25 (3:30- 4:30 pm)
After-school workshops with professional Storyteller, Holly Robison
In the workshops your child will learn the basics of storytelling and given the opportunity to develop a folktale to perform.
Please practice the story with your child at home. It should be 3-5 minutes in length. There will be one week to work on the story and get ready for a chance to perform at school.
*April 26th- Students will perform their multi-cultural tales for classes.
From the class performances 14 tellers will to chosen to perform at our evening concert.
* April 28th- Evening Concert where 2 students from each grade will perform with the 1st Grade Spanish Dancers.
*April 19, 21, & 25 (3:30- 4:30 pm)
After-school workshops with professional Storyteller, Holly Robison
In the workshops your child will learn the basics of storytelling and given the opportunity to develop a folktale to perform.
Please practice the story with your child at home. It should be 3-5 minutes in length. There will be one week to work on the story and get ready for a chance to perform at school.
*April 26th- Students will perform their multi-cultural tales for classes.
From the class performances 14 tellers will to chosen to perform at our evening concert.
* April 28th- Evening Concert where 2 students from each grade will perform with the 1st Grade Spanish Dancers.
Horizon's First Storytelling Festival!
It's storytelling time! Our school Storytelling Festival starts next week. Watch for the kickoff assembly on the 18th. After-school workshops will be held on April 19, 21, and 25 from 3:30-4:30pm. This year, stories will be handed out at the first workshop unless you and your child would like to find a folktale and start working on it now. We are focusing on cultural folktales. These are some guidelines the students will follow as they experiment and work on their stories.
Guidelines:
· Stories are not to be read or memorized from books, but may be retold from books.
· Stories may be fairy or folk tales. Please try to stay away from jokes disguised as stories.
· Recommended length for stories: 3-5 minutes.
How Children Benefit from telling stories
· Storytelling improves self-esteem, and builds confidence and poise when speaking.
· Storytelling improves expressive language skills and stimulates inventive thinking.
· Storytelling improves class cooperation.
· Storytelling requires use of the 5 senses.
· Choosing, learning, and telling a story is a process in which students are learning every step.
· The teacher will learn a great deal about the students by listening to them tell stories.
All students who participate will receive a certificate and treat. While we all know the real prize is what the students gain, a bit of incentive goes a long way. We hope the storytelling
experience will influence the future of our students. When they sit in Scholar interviews, job
interviews, or wherever their dreams take them, their storytelling training can only help.
experience will influence the future of our students. When they sit in Scholar interviews, job
interviews, or wherever their dreams take them, their storytelling training can only help.
We will have lots of class participation and many opportunities for our students to shine. Not every child who enters will participate in the evening performance. PLEASE NOTE: Those participating in the evening performance will receive a written invitation to perform there. A few Grade Representatives will be invited to tell their stories at an evening performance the families of our school.
Have Fun! If you have any questions please email Holly Robison at robhollyb@gmail.com.
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