From Dr Eric
Miller, Director, World
Storytelling Institute, and Chennai
Storytelling Festival 2018 Some possible activities for a 2.5 hour (150 minute) "Introductory Storytelling Workshop" 1) Warm-up Participants
together in one group. 2) Telling Stories
about Something That Happened
in the Past 24 Hours (Personal-experience
stories). Participants in
pairs. 3) Telling Stories
about Eye-opening Experiences
(Personal-experience stories). Participants in
pairs. 4) Telling
Animal Fables, Fairy
Tales, and/or Episodes of Epics (Grandmother
stories, also known as Folktales). Participants in
pairs. 5) Story-composing Activities
and Storytelling Games (Original Creative
Stories) Participants in
groups of 4 or 5. *** The following
material could be taught to Workshop participants: Some criteria for
effective storytelling. When preparing and
telling any story, one could do these things. <end>
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