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Raising Voices
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Raising Voices
Creating Youth Storytelling Groups and Troupes
Judy Sima
Kevin Cordi
2003
Libraries Unlimited
Teacher Ideas Press
A Member of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Westport, Connecticut London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sima, Judy
Raising voices: creating youth storytelling groups and troupes/Judy Sima, Kevin
Cordi.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56308-919-X
1. Storytelling. 2. Childrens stories. I. Cordi, Kevin.
GR72.3.S55 2003
808.5'43dc21 2003047631
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright 2003 by Libraries Unlimited
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by an process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2003047631
ISBN: 1-56308-919-X
First published in 2003
Libraries Unlimited, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
A Member of the Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
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Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
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Contents
List of Reproducibles | ix |
Acknowledgments | xi |
Storytellers Pledge | xiii |
Introduction | xv |
Section I:Getting Started |
Chapter 1: | Initial Preparations | |
Defining Your Goals and Objectives | |
Finding a Time and Place to Meet | |
Recruiting Students | |
Organizing the Space | |
Gathering Supplies | |
Chapter 2: | Let the Meetings Begin | |
Creating a Safe Environment | |
Establishing Rules | |
Structuring the Meetings | |
Choosing a Name for Your Group | |
Establishing a Schedule | |
First Meeting Agenda | |
Meeting Formats | |
Section II:Growing Your Storytelling Group |
Chapter 3a: | Teaching Storytelling Skills: Getting Ready to Tell Stories | |
Storytellers Bingo | |
Storytelling Scavenger Hunt | |
Hello Bingo | |
Meet My Friend | |
I Am, I Can, I Like, I Hope | |
Academy Awards Acceptance Speech | |
Me Story Bags | |
Partner Storytelling | |
Hot Seat | |
Toy Stories | |
Magic Key | |
Chain or Circle Storytelling | |
Chapter 3b: | Teaching Storytelling Skills: The Story Learning Process | |
Step 1. Choose It: Choosing a Story to Tell | |
Step 2. Read It: Reading the Story Aloud | |
Step 3. Picture It: Drawing, Outlining, or Mapping the Story | |
Step 4. Imagine It: Visualizing or Imagining the Story | |
Step 5. Practice It: Rehearsing the Story | |
Step 6. Tell It: Telling the Story to an Audience | |
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Chapter 4a: | Strengthening Storytelling Skills: Advanced Activities | |
Rotation Station | |
Virginia Reel | |
Exaggeration Station | |
All Hands Down | |
Emotions Circle | |
Pass the Mask | |
Excuses, Excuses | |
Tall Tale | |
Good News-Bad News | |
To Get or Mother May I | |
Drawing from a Description | |
Chapter 4b: | Strengthening Storytelling Skills: Activities for Adapting and Creating Stories | |
Crafting Adapted and Original Stories for Performance | |
Bare Bones Fables | |
Five Times Three: Audience Participation | |
Telling Your Own Story | |
Personal Encounter with an Animal | |
Point of View | |
Crazy Mixed-Up Fairy Tales | |
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words | |
Chapter 5: | Coaching: Guiding the Youth Storyteller | |
What Is Coaching? | |
What Coaching Is Not | |
The Rules of Coaching | |
The Atmosphere of Coaching | |
Three Styles of Coaching | |
Developing Your Coaching Skills | |
Chapter 6: | Nurturing the Group | |
Keeping Students Motivated | |
Levels of Achievement | |
Finding Role Models and Coaches | |
Dealing with Problem Situations | |
Section III:Performing and Beyond |
Chapter 7: | Telling the Tales | |
Are We Ready? | |
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