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8.1.1 Story telling – Ogre narrative

Indigenous Languages · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Characteristics of a good storyteller: voice, gesture, audience, pause
  • Retelling a classroom ogre narrative with a moral lesson
  • Theme vocabulary: music, instruments, melody, perform, dancers, attire, flute, sing, audience, tune

What you will be able to do

  • explain the characteristics of a good story teller for information
  • retell an ogre narrative from the community for effective communication
  • acknowledge the role of ogre narratives in the preservation of culture

Key questions

“Why are ogre stories important?”

“How can we make a storytelling session more captivating?”

Lessons

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  1. What makes an ogre telling captivating
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Name storyteller skills, hear a classroom ogre story that includes a song, and list music words in your language.
  2. Retell the ogre narrative and name the moral
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Retell the classroom ogre story in your language with teller skills, relate the moral to real life, and file a short written version.