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Cultural Storytelling Worksheet

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Cultural Storytelling Worksheet

Children telling stories around a circle

📚 Part 1: Understanding Stories

1. What is a story?

Something we tell to share ideas and feelings

Only something we read in books

Something only grown-ups can tell

2. Which of these are parts of a story? (Tick all that apply)

Characters (people or animals)

Setting (where it happens)

What happens in the story

Only pictures

3. Stories from Māori and Pacific cultures are important because:

They help us learn about different people and places

They are too hard to understand

They are only for some people

🎨 Part 2: Create Your Own Story

4. Draw a picture of your favourite character from a story you know. It could be from your family, culture, or a book!
5. Write or draw about a story someone in your family tells you:

The story is about: ____________________________________

Who tells you this story? ____________________________________

Why is this story special to you? ____________________________________

6. Complete this story starter:

Once upon a time in Aotearoa New Zealand, there was a _________________ who lived near _________________ and loved to _________________.

🗣️ Part 3: Storytelling Practice

7. Think about telling your story from Question 6 to a friend. What will you do to make it interesting?

Use different voices for characters

Use hand gestures

Change my face expressions

Speak clearly and loudly enough

8. When someone else is telling a story, what should you do?

Listen carefully and show respect

Talk to my friends

Think about other things

9. Ready to share! Write one sentence about what makes your family or culture's stories special:

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