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Storytelling Performance Day

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Storytelling Performance Day

Read the story, then get ready to tell it aloud. Use your voice, face and gestures to help your audience imagine what is happening. You can practise by yourself or with a partner.

The Little Boat’s Big Trip

On a windy morning, Maia found a tiny wooden boat beside the beach. A note inside said, “Please help me find my way home.” Maia placed the boat in a shallow stream that ran towards the sea. The boat bobbed past smooth stones. “Hold on!” called Maia as a little wave tipped it sideways. A curious gull swooped down, but the boat slipped safely beneath a leafy branch. At the stream’s mouth, Maia spotted a red buoy. The boat bumped gently against it. Tied to the buoy was a string with a tag: “For Koro, from the wharf.” Maia smiled. She had found the way. Carefully, she carried the boat along the beach to the wharf, where Koro was waiting. “You brought it back!” he cheered. Maia grinned. “It had a very exciting trip!”

Understand the story

Read each question carefully. Use details from the story to explain your ideas.

1.Answer in a complete sentence.
2.Choose the event that happened first in the story.
  • Maia carried the boat to the wharf.
  • The boat bumped against a red buoy.
  • Maia found the boat beside the beach.
  • A gull swooped towards the boat.
3.Use a clue from the story to explain your answer.
4.Choose true or false.
TrueFalse
5.Write the correct story part beside each event.
  • Beginning
  • Middle
  • End
  • The boat travels down the stream and reaches the buoy.
  • Maia finds a boat with a note.
  • Maia returns the boat to Koro at the wharf.

Plan your performance

Choose how you will bring the story to life for your audience.

6.Describe the voice you would use. You might think about loudness, speed or feeling.
7.Select two useful performance choices.
  • Look up at the audience sometimes.
  • Speak so quietly that nobody can hear.
  • Use a hand gesture to show the boat bobbing.
  • Turn your back to the audience for the whole story.
8.Pick a moment, such as the wave tipping the boat or the gull swooping down. Write what you would say and add one voice or gesture idea.
Draw yourself telling the story. Add a speech bubble with a line you could say, and show one gesture that helps the audience imagine the action.
9.Think about your voice, gestures, expression or speaking clearly.

3 printable pages

  • Storytelling Performance Day, page 1 of 3: The Little Boat’s Big Trip, Understand the story

    Page 1

  • Storytelling Performance Day, page 2 of 3: Plan your performance

    Page 2

  • Storytelling Performance Day, page 3 of 3: 7. Select two useful performance choices.

    Page 3

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