Once Upon a Time… A workshop on Storytelling By Cristo Leon ww.cristoleon.com [email protected] Hashtag: #XtoOUTAWS
Once upon a time a workshop on storytelling presentation
Oct 19, 2014
This Storytelling Workshop is designed to help parents and teachers to improve their own storytelling, and also to help them to assist their kids or students to improve their storytelling.
General objective:A value of utilizing stories for education is that stories can present information in manageable, vivid, colorful, and memorable packages. Through stories, children can relate to the material emotionally, because they can identify with the characters and situations in the stories.
General objective:A value of utilizing stories for education is that stories can present information in manageable, vivid, colorful, and memorable packages. Through stories, children can relate to the material emotionally, because they can identify with the characters and situations in the stories.
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Once Upon a Time…
A workshop on Storytelling
By Cristo Leon
Hashtag: #XtoOUTAWS
About.
This Storytelling Workshop is designed to help parents and teachers to improve their own storytelling, and also to help them to assist their kids or students to improve their storytelling.
A value of utilizing stories for education is that stories can present information in manageable, vivid, colorful, and memorable packages. Through stories, children can relate to the material emotionally, because they can identify with the characters and situations in the stories.
About.
Instructor: Cristo Leon is a BA Actor, Storyteller
and keeper of The Toltec Stories. His love for storytelling has leaded him to investigate folklore and to share his findings with children of all ages all over the world.
General objective.
To improve the participants skills for reading stories. To better understand the impact that storytelling has had in our life and will have in the lives of our children.
Workshop Outline. (Onword)
Module. -Taxonomy of Storytelling• Story Content.• Story Performance.• Types of Stories.• Situations.• The Twelve Elements of a Story.• Turning Points.• After Telling a Story: Tips.• Some Criteria for Good Storytelling. (Storytelling Journals).
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Story Structure: Basic
The Grim Brothers• Rapunzel.• Hanzel and Gretel.• Cinderella• Little Red Riding Hood• Rumpelstinskin
1st Act
2nd Act
3rd Act
4th Act 5th
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Story Structure: Classic
CLIMAX
Day Night
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Story Structure: Classic
Authors• J.R:R: Tolkien.• C.S. Lewis.• Lewis Carroll.• J. M. Barrie.
Animation Studios• Pixar Animation.• Studio Gibli.•Dream Works.
1 End
2 Past
3 Development
4 Present or Future
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Story Structure: Modern
CLIMAX
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Story and Place.• Mythological• Fantastical• Fantasy• Legendary• Reality
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Story and Community.Folklore:
• The Jersey Devil.• The Shore Ghosts and Other Stories of New Jersey• Weird NJ• Happy Tilli
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Performance 101.To act is to produce:
• Breathing/Singing/Moving and Storytelling.• Styles of Speaking in Storytelling.•Acting-out Characters (Role-playing).• Audience-Participation in Storytelling.• Singing-and-moving Stories.• Story Drawing/Painting/Illustrating/Mapping.• Storytelling accompanied by Illustrations, Puppets, Masks, and Props.
“Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers, and me”.- Kermit.
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Performance 101.To act is to engage:
• Use voices• Use faces.• Imagine the castle• Singing if you can.• Use images.• Use every type of Props. (Specially his/her toys).
“Son of a building block! It's Woody!”.- Mr. Potato Head.
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Is good to know.Your kids will 1st tell:
• Traditional stories (folktales, epics, legends, myths, etc);• Experiences from everyday life (and other true, historical stories); and• Original creative stories. (My teacher is an Alien)
“A graphic novel series about a lunch lady that fights crime” Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
Situ
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Imagination 101:Regardless of whether a story's characters are humans,
animals, divinities, aliens, etc -- all stories are about situations. Story listeners can project themselves into these characters, and imagine themselves in these situations. The listeners can consider if they might do things the same or differently from how the characters do things. This gives the listeners and readers practice for living.
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1. The title of the story.2. Characters mindset (their histories, thoughts, decisions, abilities to
follow-through on decisions, actions, etc).3. Characters' ways of speaking.4. Characters' ways of moving.5. Place.6. Time (continuous, or jumps, flashbacks?).7. The storyline (also known as, plot) -- in one sentence.8. Objects in the story.
The Elements:
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9. Sensory Elements in the story: Smells, Flavours, Colours, Textures, etc.
10. Emotions in the story (for the characters, the teller, and the listeners).11. If the story is being told by a character in the story: Who is the
Narrator, and what is his/her Point of View, Tone of Voice, Attitude, and Style?
12. Point (theme, meaning, moral, message).Elements 1-11 combined produce element 12.
The Elements:
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Anagnorisis:
From the Ancient Greek: (ἀναγνώρισις) is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a Critical Discovery, commonly know as Turning Points are also known as Moments of Decision, Moments of Truth, Pivotal Points, Crucial Scenes, Key Scenes, and Dramatic Moments.
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Open questions:
• What do you remember about the story?• What did you think about the story?• How did you feel about the story?• What did you like about the story?• Might you have a favorite scene in the story?• How do you feel about the ways the characters behaved?
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Open questions:
• Do you feel the story shows any positive behaviors?(that we should seek to imitate).• Do you feel the story shows any negative behaviors? (that we should seek to avoid).• Might there be something about the story that you might like to change?• What messages, morals, and meanings do you get from the story?
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1. Throw oneself into telling the story.2. Use voice modulation.3. Expression.4. Visualization.5. Act.6. Contact.7. Dialog.8. Music.
8 Tips:
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Write and Read (Adults):
Final recommendations.• By encouraging your self to write and read more you will encourage your kids to do the same.• Keep a journal of your trips.• Keep a journal of your dreams• Write a blog.• Read more.
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Write and read:
Final recommendations.• By encouraging your self to write and read more you will encourage your kids to do the same.• Write a blog.• Read more.• Keep a journal of your trips.• Keep a journal of your dreams.• Write your adventure book.
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Write and Read (Adults):
http://cristoleon.com/blog/photos/autors-for-once-upon-a-time-storeytelling/
Foreword
Module. -Taxonomy of Storytelling• You learn the importance of Story Content.• You acknowledge the Story Performance techniques.• You know that there are different types of Stories.• You understand the importance of imagination and situations.• We reviewed “The Twelve Elements of a Story”.• You know what a Turning Point is• You received tips to apply after Telling a Story.• You are motivated to write your adventure book (Storytelling Journals).
www.cristoleon.com
Materials:•To download this presentation use this link• To obtain the materials of authors use this link• Or contact Cristo at [email protected]• If you are into Social Media just Google: Cristo Leon• If you want to find out what people think of this course use the hashtag #XtoOUTAWS
Thanks for your time.
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from http://cristoleon.com/blog/videos/jarrett-j-krosoczka-how-a-boy-became-an-artist/Anagnorisis. (n.d.) Anagnorisis. [Wiki]. Wikipedia. Recovered on February 1st, 2013 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnagnorisisFaulkner, T. (June 21th, 2011). It’s “Time to Vote Tuesday!” 54. [Blog post]. Focused Filmographer. Recovered on February 1st, 2013
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