I’ve noticed that a lot of other witches also enjoy fiction and writing! Tarot itself tells a story, and you can do so much with using tarot to outline your story and characters! So here’s a 13 card...
We’re in the middle of National Storytelling week, so we’ve spent a fair bit of time this week doing just that. There are loads of different ways of bringing stories to life, and while something like painted pebbles might be beautiful, we’re not all quite so talented! There’s a list here of different ways to …
In this article, we look back on the most shocking, heartbreakingly tragic character deaths from TV shows both new and old.
Recently, we had some friends over for our monthly Sunday night fellowship. Each time we have a fellowship we invite lots of different people never certain who will show up. There was no plan or menu. Just the instruction: “Bring your favorite finger food”. Everyone contributed something different. We ended up with sausage balls, chips…
Stories are never-ending journeys, hidden talents or suppressed memories, all waiting to be told. We all have a distinct definition of a story, so why not share yours? We’ve compiled some of the best storytelling quotes in hopes of inspiring others to tell their stories. So, what’s your story?
Here's a picture story for you to color! This series of worksheets tells the story of Goldilocks and Mama, Papa, and Baby Bear. Your child will listen as you read the story, color in the pictures, and finish telling the story with words and pictures at the end.
#211: Stories "We are stories still going" --Jamie Tworkowski How have you been lately? Up in the clouds? Down in the dumps? Traversing the terrain somewhere in between? I don't know what you're...
50+ storytelling ideas for kids. You'll find story starters, activities, tips, and more!
It’s National Storytelling week soon, and I’ve been looking at ways to engage the children interactively in the art of storytelling. We did story sticks last year, which was a big hit, but I want to try something else this year. Here are some exciting ideas to look at and try for National Story Telling …
Have you ever wondered about writing a life story? It will provide a record for your posterity and give you a great perspective on today!
We all have a story to tell. Have you thought about yours? It might motivate someone. It might inspire others to do great things. Tell your story!
This funny, fill-in-the-blank story lets your first grader get a handle on words, while keeping her entertained.
This is the Cinderella story for kids to read. Once upon a time, there was a simple and beautiful girl named Cinderella. She lived with her...
This resource teaches about the story elements using the retelling hand, story elements posters, cards, and story mapping worksheets. The retelling hand is helpful for students to understand all the elements in the story and to be able to retell the story. Story mapping is an important strategy that uses the map to introduce the basic structure and elements of the story to your students. The comprehension question cards are cues to help remind the students about the story and each of the elements in the story. You can use the cards as a whole class, with groups, or have your students partner up and ask each other the questions. Included: the retelling hand posters story element posters retelling the story circles with visual aids retelling the story cut and paste retelling the story bulletin board fun banner and labels comprehension question cards bookmarks cut and paste retelling hand worksheet making their own retelling hand picture cards Posters included: title author illustrator story elements character setting plot - beginning - middle - end problem solution retelling hand Make sure you look at the preview to see everything in the packet! Thank you so much and I hope you and your students enjoy learning about the story elements. please follow me on Instagram to see more pictures and ideas. @roeylynn
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Short stories are such a wonderful medium for telling stories and exploring interesting ideas, and I love encouraging people to read more of them. So, to celebrate the amazingness of short stories, here’s my list of The Best Short Stories of All Time! For anyone who wants to check these out, I’ve set it up ...
Hello Everyone! I almost forgot to post one other thing. I have had a ton of questions and e-mails about my story retelling rope that I posted on last year.You can read about that here! :) I have been doing retelling ropes for a long time. Does anybody remember "Project Read?" The author of that amazing curriculum was my inspiration for this way of teaching kids about the parts of a story and extending that into retelling. "Retelling" is an important component of discriminating comprehension in our beginning readers. Making it hands on is important to me! Kids almost always cement learning better when they can incorporate as many senses as possible. I took some time to redo my retelling rope icons, my retelling poem, made some little posters about the parts of a story, and redid my anchor chart. Here are some pics of what this little unit includes. Here are some pics of finished products, anchor chart and student retelling rope. For your free mini unit on retelling grab the rope and click here! I hope this helps with your lessons on retelling!! Hold on and have fun!! Joyfully! Nancy
Okay--I think I have admitted this before but here I go again, I dislike teaching writing. {Gasp!} I know, shame on me. Such an important part of a day in the life of a first grader. I'm contributing my dislike of writing to not be such a great writer myself growing up. One of my .unstated. resolution's was to become a better writing teacher. Well, let me tell you...this week I have jumped right in! Seems like I just hadn't found a way(in the past) that fit me or my students. While I was going through my writing folder desperately searching for ideas, I found a sheet that gave me inspiration and my writing lessons were brought to fruition! We started off this week talking about "story starters" and how important it was to catch your readers attention in the first sentence or two of your story. The anchor chart *fanatic* that I am made this: Here are the books I used that had great beginnings to show examples of interesting ways to start a story. The next day we picked a character to write our story about and described it using my 'Describe a Snowman' bubble map. I told them I wanted them to use their imagination and be creative. I showed them a few different type of snowmen (from clipart I found) to get their little wheels spinning. Their creativity came to life and describing is what they did! Our next step was to talk about the parts of a story: beginning, middle, end. We discussed these concepts: Beginning=story starter, character and setting introduction. Middle=give your character a problem. Ending=solve the problem and end the story. They caught onto this SOOOOO much better than I ever imagined! I created a worksheet for them to record their thoughts. After completion, we talked about the AND Disease! They thought this was HILARIOUS!!! I wrote and example of something like this on the board: When I read it they {laughed and laughed and laughed}! They thought I was crazy for using the word AND so many times. They were surprised when I told them that --they-- were actually the ones who were consumed by this disease! I had them go back and edit their papers for the "and disease", capitalization and puncuation. Our final day of writing consisted of completing our final draft. I had them transfer their edited writing and complete it by drawing a picture. I was in ~AWE~ after reading most of their stories....had I really taught them step by step with my own ideas!? Heck yes, I felt like I had hit the jackpot!! We will be at it again this week creating a penguin story to go along with our penguin unit! I'm hoping the process will be a little bit more independent (fingers-crossed)! This teacher is all smiles : ) P.S. If you made it this far, you can click on all the above templates and pick them up in my TpT store for FREE!
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Mary Alice Arthur is a storyteller. She tells stories from all over the world. What she’s learned through her years of collecting stories is that EVERYONE has stories.
Article about how to tell stories using the Legacy Storytelling method and sharing about something that made you smile.
Like a living creature, a story is more than the sum of its parts. Just having setting, character, and dialogue in a scene isn’t enough to make your story linger with your readers. You need to weave these components together to ensure they work together so your scene feels reader to your reader and
Did you know that the word "lollygag" originally had a racy connotation? Learn about the origins of 5 strange English words here.
The Story Structure Countdown Lots of people have come up with lots of ways to map, chart, categorize, name and formulate story patterns and structures. It’s worth noting that almost a…
Article about how to tell stories using the Legacy Storytelling method and sharing about something that made you smile.
It's mostly subconscious, but I think we kind of expect the length of a story's timeline to reflect its format. A short story, for instance, would normally take place over a short period...
