Wit & Wisdom
Roger Jenkins
storyteller
storyteller
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EIGHT-BOX FLOWCHART
Draw eight rectangles on the board.
Draw eight rectangles on the board.
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Ask volunteers to come up and draw something, each drawing in a different rectangle. I often guide them by asking for (eg) a person, a place in singapore, something dangerous, something you’d like for your next birthday, an animal... Only give them 30 seconds each (to show that they drawings do no need to be perfect).
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Now help the class to make a story based on the eight pictures. If necessary, write questions on the board to guide the children, such as Who is in the story? Where are they?
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Let them take the questions and pictures in any sequence they wish.
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Do they want to start with a person?
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Do they want to introduce the place immediately?
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The answers will depend partly on the pictures and partly on their imagination.
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As they decide, draw arrows connecting the boxes.
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Variation
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In groups, the children invent a story which connects all the pictures. Each group, in turn, stands by the board and tells the story, pointing at the pictures as they do so.
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PASS THE OBJECT
Group stood in a circle. In the demo I use an umbrella, but I’ve also used a frisbee, waste-paper basket, chair. Each person takes it in turn to change the object’s function When kids freeze, encourage them to play with the object – don’t think! Pass it behind you, over your shoulder, under your armpit, between your legs. Ideas will come! After playing, groups of 3/4 make a story using one object as three different things. (eg the umbrella becomes a PADDLE, a SPADE and a TRUMPET) Use the ‘6 Ws + 1H’ to start fleshing out a story about the object. ‘Whose? What? When? Where? Why? Which? How?’
click photo to play a 50sec demonstration video