Romania Scoala Gimnaziala nr . 17 Botosani
Title Duration
Measures , Physical requirements
Story with interruptors – with a twist 45 minutes
No special measures
Expected output Improved fluency , creativity .
Description ( Step-by-step guide )
Improved motivation for shy students to take part The original idea is like this : One person ( or two ) is the storyteller . They get an initial word and start a story . Every now and then , he / she gets a word from the audience . The fun part is throwing a word that has no relation to the story as it is being told . The storyteller has to then continue the story and incorporate the new word in it . The change we made to this is at any given time a student can shout SWITCH and the storyteller has to immediately change the last sentence he / she said by saying the exact opposite and continue the story . For example : when he opened the door , he was a crocodile chilling on the porch – SWITCH — he didn ‘ t see a crocodile , he saw a pumpkin or the crocodile wasn ‘ t chilling , it was playing Fortnite .
The stoyteller has to introduce a conflict and a resolution so the story comes full circle . Method notes This is an adaptation of a storytelling method taught by Ina Curic during the Connector 5
event , organised by the Romanian NA . The twist was the idea of 4th graders and their class teacher , Alina Rus and we tested it during the Teacher training – virtual mobility hosted by our school in february 2021 . Make sure the students don ‘ t get lost in the narrative ; remind them to introduce the conflict . As an observation , all the students will want to give words / phrases , so it can take quite a
while to finish a story . That is why it is important to set some rules , like do you select the ones to give a word . If they raise their hand , you can ask the storyteller to name them or ask another student to lightly tap them on the shoulder so as not to interrupt the flow . Students can also shout the words , but with young students who are very eager to do this it is extremely difficulty to do this in an orderly fashion and not have 10 students shouting words all at the same time .
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