Introduction to storytelling

1. Briefly summarise the history of storytelling in oral and written forms. Use
information from resources provided on connect, class discussions and your own
research.

Farmer and the Stork – morale story

You are judged by the company you keep.
The Frogs who wished for a King
Be careful about what you asked for
The Travellers and the ship
Do not let your hopes carry you away from reality
The bees and wasps and the hornets.
Fables- Characters/animals who can speak English
 2. Storytelling involves both a speaker and listener. Listen to the stories of students and
list of FLAP features you notice (form, language, audience and purpose)

 Form/style: autobiography, memoir, fiction, fairy tale, fable, parable …

 Language features and devices: humour, adjectives, similes, hyperbole, particular
tone of voice … (try to identify specific features)
 Audience(s): age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, occupation, interest groups…
 Purpose(s): to inform about… to entertain by… to teach a lesson about…

Student 1: _Thomas____________________ Student 2: ______Agatha_______________

Form/style: Fiction/Fantasy/Quest Form/style:

Horror/Fiction
Language features: Language features:
 Personification  Imagery
 Imagery  Simile
 Humour  Onomatopoeia
 Hand Gestures  Dialogue
Audience(s): Audience(s):
Young children Teenagers
Purpose(s):
Purpose(s):
Student To entertain
3: __Eason___________________ Entertain
Student – intensity, fear
4: __Esme___________________
Morale: Teamwork
Form/style: Form/style:
Action/Mockumentary Fiction/Comedy
 Language features: Language features:
 Dramatic  Repetition
 Personification  Dialogue
 Adjectives
Audience(s):  Humour
General audience
Audience(s):
Purpose(s): Teenagers +
Entertain- humorous
Purpose(s):
To entertain

Student 5: ____Jaahnvi_________________ Student 6:

_Maxwell____________________
Form/style: Fantasy/comedy
Form/style:
Language features: Parabol/horror
 Visual Language features:
 Dialogue  Repetition
 Adjectives  Suspense
 Repitition  Adjective-old
Audience(s): Audience(s):
Children Older children/Older teenagers
Student 7: ____Maha_________________ Student 6: _Leo ____________________

Form/style: Memoire – particular story Form/style:

Memoire
Language features: Language features:
 Humor  Repetition
 Imagery  Adjectives
 Adjectives Audience(s):
Audience(s): Everyone
Preteens Purpose(s):
Entertain- relatable
Purpose(s):
To entertain

3. What similarities do you notice common to most of the stories? Why?

They all had clear voices and some also had morals. I noticed that all of them were to entertain
as well. They all had Language features of some kind (especially humour) and hand gestures
were mostly included in the stories. This is probably because young teens such as us like more
humorous things so we include that specific language feature in our stories.