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Oral Storytelling Techniques

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Oral Storytelling Techniques

Read the mini-story, then practise making it interesting with your voice, face and hands. You can tell your finished story to a partner.

Read the mini-story

The windy-day kite Sione took her red kite to the hill. WHOOSH! A strong wind tugged it from her hands. The kite sailed over the grass and caught in a low tree. Sione asked her friend Zoe to help. They carefully freed the kite, then ran together as it danced high in the sky.

1.Who is the main character, where does the story happen, and what problem does Sione face?
2.Choose the correct order for the story: Sione and Zoe free the kite; Sione takes her kite to the hill; the wind blows the kite into a tree.
  • Sione takes the kite → wind blows it into a tree → Sione and Zoe free it
  • Wind blows it into a tree → Sione takes the kite → they free it
  • They free the kite → wind blows it into a tree → Sione takes it to the hill
3.The story says, “WHOOSH!” Which voice would make this sound exciting?
  • A loud, rushing voice
  • A tiny whisper with no change
  • A slow, sleepy voice
4.Sione’s kite has just blown away. Choose a face or action that could show how she feels, then explain your choice.
5.A storyteller can use pauses to help listeners wonder what will happen next.
TrueFalse
6.Match each storytelling technique to what it helps you do.
  • Change your voice
  • Use your face
  • Use your hands
  • Show how a character feels
  • Make a character sound excited or scared
  • Act out an action, such as a kite flying
7.A storyteller can use their voice, face and to help bring a story to life.
8.Write or say a sound effect that could go in the kite story. Then tell how you would say it.
9.Make a simple story plan. Choose a character and a place, then invent a small problem and a happy or surprising ending.
10.Tell your tiny story to a partner. Name one thing you will do with your voice, face or hands to make it interesting.

3 printable pages

  • Oral Storytelling Techniques, page 1 of 3: Read the mini-story

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  • Oral Storytelling Techniques, page 2 of 3: 4. Sione’s kite has just blown away. Choose a face or action that could show how she

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  • Oral Storytelling Techniques, page 3 of 3: 9. Make a simple story plan. Choose a character and a place, then invent a small

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