Story Telling ( 1.5 hours)
Can you think of a story you might use to explore the following themes:
Bullying
Loneliness
Conquering fears
Loss
How would you use it?
Evidence: Develop a list of questions you would use to support your discussion around the theme.
Personal Thoughts:
This activity was quite a challenge! When we read the task we first thought it may be OK to complete however when we began to start thinking of stories this soon changed. This therefore meant the task took slightly longer than the time stated. We took some time to research different books which we thought may be appropriate for some of the themes. We then looked to find out if the library had any copies of such books – but with no luck. I then thought about looking online again to see if it was possible to get any of the chosen ones being read/audio played; we found one on a YouTube account which someone reads out. This however would not be the most appropriate way of reading the story in a classroom environment due to it just being a single woman reading it to a camera; the book itself is very colourful and engaging – therefore better for young children. The benefit of it being online was that we were able to listen to the story and decide whether or not it was appropriate…even if it was playing aloud in the library!! With each theme being looked at, I feel this activity took slightly longer than the stated 1.5 hours.
The tasks can be viewed as a word document –
