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4.1.1 Oral Presentation Skills: Storytelling

Indigenous Languages · Grade 11 · 6 lessons in the design

What you will be able to do

  • explain the qualities of effective storytelling for effective communication
  • narrate stories adhering to effective storytelling techniques
  • appreciate the role of storytelling in communication

Key questions

“How can one develop fluency in storytelling?”

“Why is it important to plan a storytelling session?”

Lessons

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  1. Qualities of an effective storyteller
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Listen to a recorded or live story by a resource person and discuss the qualities of effective storytelling.
  2. Fluency, voice projection and voice variation
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Practise fluency, voice projection and variation of pitch, pace and volume in telling a story.
  3. Audience awareness and fixed expressions in storytelling
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Apply audience awareness and fixed expressions (formulas, songs, proverbs) in storytelling.
  4. Planning a storytelling session
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Collaborate to plan a storytelling session on physical activity and nutrition.
  5. Rehearsing and refining a story
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Rehearse a story on physical activity and nutrition, refine it with partner feedback and recordings.
  6. Telling stories and critiquing each other
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Tell stories before peers and take turns critiquing fluency, voice projection, audience awareness, voice variation and fixed expressions; answer the key inquiry questions.