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8.1.1 Storytelling - Legends
Indigenous Languages · Grade 9 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Characteristics of a good storyteller
- Features that make a storytelling session interesting: songs, audience involvement and tonal variation
- Retelling a legend from a community
- Moral lessons from legends
What you will be able to do
- explain the characteristics of a good storyteller for information
- retell a legend from a community for effective communication
- acknowledge the role of legends in the preservation of culture
Key questions
“How can one listen to get information?”
“How does a community preserve its culture?”
Lessons
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Marks of a good storyteller
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizExplain what makes a good storyteller and what makes a storytelling session interesting.
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Retelling a legend and its lesson
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRetell a legend from your community, state its moral lesson and say how legends preserve culture.