Content:

Introduction.
Definition.
Other Definition.
Advantages.
Other Benefits of Using Storytelling in the Classroom Stories.
Drawbacks.
Different Methods for Storytelling.

Storytelling with movement

Storytelling with a magnetic board or felt board
Recorded stories
Storytelling with accessories
Storytelling with puppets
Storytelling using picture clues

Benefits of Story Telling To Children.

Types of Story Telling.

True Stories
Myths
Legends
Limitations.
7 Qualities of High-Concept Stories.
Art of Story Telling.
Comparison of storytelling.
Analysis.
Conclusion.
Reference.
STORY TELLING METHOD
INTRODUCTION:
Everyone loves a good story especially the young people we teach. In
fact, being able to tell a story in an interesting and compelling way is an important teaching skill.
This is because a good story is not only entertaining but is capable of holding student attention
while they learn important concepts, attitudes and skills. The ancient art of storytelling is
especially well-suited for student exploration. As a folk art, storytelling is accessible to all ages
and abilities. No special equipment beyond the imagination and the power of listening and
speaking is needed to create artistic images. As a learning tool, storytelling can encourage
students to explore their unique expressiveness and can heighten a student's ability to
communicate thoughts and feelings in an articulate, lucid manner. These benefits transcend the
art experience to support daily life skills.

DEFINITION:
Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, often with improvisation,
theatrics, or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of
entertainment, education, cultural preservation and instilling moral values.

OTHER DEFINITION:
Children have an innate love of stories. Stories create magic and a sense of wonder at the world.
Stories teach us about life, about ourselves and about others. Storytelling is a unique way for
students to develop an understanding, respect and appreciation for other cultures, and can
promote a positive attitude to people from different lands, races and religions.

ADVANTAGES:
Storytelling and intercultural understanding. There are a number of
ways in which storytelling can enhance intercultural understanding and communication. Stories
can

1. Allow children to explore their own cultural roots

2. Allow children to experience diverse cultures

3. Enable children to empathize with unfamiliar people/places/situations

4. Offer insights into different traditions and values

5. Help children understand how wisdom is common to all peoples/all cultures

6. Offer insights into universal life experiences

7. Help children consider new ideas

8. Reveal differences and commonalties of cultures around the world

OTHER BENEFITS OF USING STORYTELLING IN THE

CLASSROOM STORIES
1. Promote a feeling of well-being and relaxation

2. Increase children's willingness to communicate thoughts and feelings

3. Encourage active participation

4. Increase verbal proficiency

5. Encourage use of imagination and creativity

6. Encourage cooperation between students

7. Enhance listening skills

DRAWBACKS:
1. Many teachers do not have experience with the technology used for teaching digital
storytelling. Teachers may need to attend workshops and specialized training may be required
before digital storytelling can be used. Also, some teachers have a difficult time figuring out how
to assess digital storytelling assignments.

2. It may be difficult to set up a time limit for the entire class to finish their projects. Some
students may grasp the idea and run with it while other students will take a longer time getting
used to the technology and the idea of not using pencil and paper to write stories. Teachers
should be flexible in these instances and open to project extensions.

3. Just like with other usages of technology, using digital storytelling can have technical
problems. If time is a factor, digital stories usually take longer to create than a traditional story.
Technology used to create digital stories is expensive. Some schools may not have the means to
provide such technology to every classroom.

4. Students may have troubles during the creation of their digital stories. Some issues that have
arisen include the following: trouble formulating a sound argument, they have less interest in the
actual storytelling, may only have limited access to the resources they need, there is limited
ability to save from the internet, it can be time consuming, and there can be copyright and
intellectual property issues.
5. Teachers are always receiving new training to acquire skills necessary to make their classroom
more suitable for upcoming generations of students. Digital storytelling training would not any
more complex than any other technology training. If digital storytelling is attributing to student
success and creativity, it should be implemented into school curriculums.

DIFFERENT METHODS FOR STORYTELLING:

Have you ever wondered why certain children seem
extremely uninterested in story time? By using different storytelling methods, you may
be able to capture their interest. Here are few ways to add a little variety to story time
with your group.

Storytelling with movement:

Stories that involve movement

make it possible for children to physically participate
in the story. Encourage children to make a specific
gesture when they hear a certain word or to perform
various actions mentioned in the story. For example,
in Little Red Riding Hood, children can pretend to
carry baked goods in a basket, to be the wolf, or make
a squeaking sound when a door is opened.

Storytelling with a magnetic board or felt

board:

The greatest advantage of

using this method is that it makes it possible
for children to tell stories in their own words
and involve their favorite characters.

Recorded stories:

This way of listening to stories helps

children develop their autonomy and makes it possible
for them to escape the hustle and bustle of group
activities for a short while. Furthermore, this method
helps children develop their own mental images.
 Storytelling with accessories:

Fill a box with items that are mentioned

in the story you wish to read to your group. For example, if
you are planning on reading Little Red Riding Hood, your
accessory box may include a picture of a wolf, a recipe for
baked goods, baked goods, a picture of a grandmother, etc. As
you read the story, take the items out of your box in the order
they are mentioned in the story.

Storytelling with puppets:

Dollar stores often sell all kinds of

puppets. They are therefore inexpensive accessories that
are sure to attract children's attention.

Storytelling using picture clues:

Picture clue stories involve a

combination of words and pictures. They are great for
developing reading skills. Even if children are unable
to read actual words, they can participate in the act of
storytelling.

Benefits Of Story Telling To Children:

Story telling is an art that has

mental, social and educational benefits on children. People of all ages love stories. Children are
great fans of stories and love to listen to them. Storytelling literally means reading out stories to
them or just telling a story from the memory to them. It is becoming a lost art today as many
parents find very little time to spend with kids as the hustle and bustle of life demands them to
reserve more time for the needs of life.

But any parent can preserve few stories for kids and spend a bit of time
for them to tell them stories. Most of the parents ignore the importance of storytelling and are
unaware of the advantages of storytelling. Let us see what all ways storytelling helps kids to
learn and grow.

Children are born into a media-soaked environment today. They have

numerous television channels and entertainment programs to get them engaged with
entertainment. Parents switch on cartoon channels and keep children before them for hours. But,
many a times they forget the disadvantages, such fast-paced visual media bring onto kids.
Television cartons and other entertainment programs block the mental development of kids to
greater extends.

All the television programs are designed for elder people, not for kids.
Children may lose thinking capacities and analyzing powers if they are exposed to television,
several hours a day. Children are slow to grasp and slow to think; thus they need entertainments
specially designed for them. Storytelling is an activity that can transfer emotions and feelings
and also can boost thinking capacity.

Storytelling is a great activity of learning. At each phase of the

development of the story, kids ask questions. A proper teller can use tricks to make them curios
and encourage them to ask questions.

Storytelling is the basic training for academic learning. When they

see images in the book and listen to the stories, kids learn to associate between images and story
and later imagination and visuals.

You can increase the memory capacity of children by asking them to

remember the stories you have already read for them or asking them to remember where you
stopped the previous day. Always demand kids to share their contribution in the stories. Ask
them to narrate a possible climax or encourage them to create a new story with the same
characters in a story. Imagination is the key to creativity and children can be trained in many
ways to develop stronger skills of imagination.

The most bulging benefit of storytelling is increased knowledge in

children. They get to know about various places, practices in life, relationships etc., through
stories. Most of the stories depict good and bad characters. Listening to stories will help children
to have an idea of accepted style of behaviors and must to avoid acts. Stories also allow children
to know about their own cultural roots.

Differences between cultures and various lifestyles are introduced

to kids through stories. All the stories are informative to children, as being new to the world;
they may know very little things about the life in the world. Stories help kids to visualize the plot
and characters. Television programs block the imagination power of viewers, but stories are
great help in boosting creativity.

You can increase the memory capacity of children by asking them to

remember the stories you have already read for them or asking them to remember where you
stopped the previous day. Always demand kids to share their contribution in the stories. Ask
them to narrate a possible climax or encourage them to create a new story with the same
characters in a story. Imagination is the key to creativity and children can be trained in many
ways to develop stronger skills of imagination.

The most bulging benefit of storytelling is increased knowledge in

children. They get to know about various places, practices in life, relationships etc., through
stories. Most of the stories depict good and bad characters. Listening to stories will help children
to have an idea of accepted style of behaviors and must to avoid acts. Stories also allow children
to know about their own cultural roots.

Differences between cultures and various lifestyles are introduced to kids

through stories. All the stories are informative to children, as being new to the world; they may
know very little things about the life in the world. Stories help kids to visualize the plot and
characters. Television programs block the imagination power of viewers, but stories are great
help in boosting creativity.

Another advantage of listening to stories is that children grow in academic

learning. Story telling introduces lot of new vocabulary to children. At homes, people
communicate with limited number of words. But stories will have academic level vocabulary and
lot of newer words for the kid to learn. It is easy to teach the meanings of the words as kids learn
faster from the context of story.

Infancy is the period when children absorb most of the words they use in the
future. Story telling also encourages children to participate actively in the learning process. It
can enhance the listening skills of children. Kids love to talk instead of listening to anything.
But this is not acceptable in the classrooms, thus storytelling gives them with the necessary
training to listen and understand instead of talking.

Parents need to take care of certain aspects when reading out stories for
children. If you want kids to listen actively and understand the story, you have to read out the
stories emotionally. Change the pitch of sound according to the feelings and emotions depicted
in the story. Use effective body language to convey ideas in the exact way. Perfect storytelling is
acting out a story. Storytelling parents are found to have more emotional bond with the children.
It teaches the children to be creative and make them dynamic thoughts and action.

TYPES OF STORY TELLING:

There are mainly three types of stories: (1) True stories, (2) Myths and (3) Legends.
(1) True Stories:

Stories based on real facts and figures are

included in this category. Such stories are interesting
presentation of the actual events and activities of the great
personalities. These stories are the sources of history and
contribute greatly to the teaching of history.

(2) Myths:

These are purely imaginary

stories and have no historical basis. These
are usually fairy tales and deal with
supernatural elements. Since these stories
have no truth, these cannot be used for
teaching history.

(3) Legends:

These are in between true stories and

myths. These stories have certain elements of truth.
The incidents narrated in the myths are not true nor
are the details accurate. Since these stories are
generally interesting, these can be used for
teaching history in a lively manner.

Thus the stories are the rich sources of

history and are interesting. History is taught to the
children through the stories with much satisfactory result. However, truth cannot be sacrificed
for the sake of teaching history interestingly. Hence the true stories or the stories having
elements of truth can be utilized for teaching history. It is, therefore, imperative to select suitable
stories for the purpose.

Story-telling is an art and this method is a skillful teaching process. Success in this
method mostly depends on the competence of the teacher. Both selection of suitable stories and
their presentation in the classrooms are important. The former depends on the teacher's
knowledge as well as understanding and the latter depends on his skill in story-telling as well as
dramatization.
LIMITATIONS:
(1) It usually encourages exaggerations of facts which create misconception and wrong ideas in
the pupils.

(2) It sometimes minimizes the importance of personalities and shows even the historical
characters as mythical and frivolous.

(3) The story-telling method is not found suitable for teaching history to the students of higher
classes.

7 QUALITIES OF HIGH-CONCEPT STORIES:

High level of entertainment value
High degree of originality
Born from a what if question
Highly visual
Clear emotional focus
Inclusion of some truly unique element
Mass audience appeal

Most stories do not possess all seven qualities. Because high concept develops
along a continuum, a high-concept story may be strongly identifiable by two of the qualities, or
may more vaguely possess five of these traits. The more of them you can identify in your story,
the higher the concept. Having just one quality out of seven does not necessarily mean that you
dont have a high-concept idea; it just means that your storys potential to appeal to high-
concept markets (or to gatekeepers who specify that they are seeking high-concept work) might
be softer than other stories that possess multiple qualities from the list. When the idea of high
concept is put in the context of these seven qualities, it becomes easier to see how commercially
appealing books have a clear line of demarcation. That line is the high concept.

With that in mind, lets look more closely at each of these qualities to get a
better idea of what they mean.

1. High Level of Entertainment Value:

Defining entertainment value is like trying to define pornography; its in the

eye of the beholder. Heres where you may need to get some outside advice, because you might
not be the best judge of how your own work is perceived by others. Ask a trusted reader to
explain, as best he can, what is purely entertaining about your idea or story. Get a second
opinion, and a third, and a fourth. This can be invaluable feedback, provided that you recruit
people willing to tell you the truth and not what they think you want to hear.
2. High Degree of Originality:

People often use the term interchangeably with words such as fresh, new,
innovative, novelbut what does it really mean to be original? Think of originality as approach-
centric. Your storys idea may be centered in a familiar context, but your approach to that idea
comes from an unexpected angle. For example, Mary Shelleys Frankenstein took a familiar
ideaevil monster terrorizes humansand added an original take: The monster and humans
switch moral ground and the humans terrorize the monster. Originality is more about finding
new ways to present the familiar than it is about inventing something thats entirely unlike
anything thats ever been done before (a nearly impossible feat).

3. Born From A What If Question:

What if dinosaurs were cloned (Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton)? What if

women stopped giving birth (The Children of Men, P.D. James)? What if Martians invaded the
earth (The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells)? High-concept stories often begin with a what if
scenario, and then the hook becomes clear. Whats the hook, you ask? That part of the concept
that grabs the reader by the scruff of the collar and doesnt let go.

4. Highly Visual:

High-concept stories have a visual quality about them that is palpable. When
you read or hear about a high-concept story, your mind starts conjuring images and you can see
the story unfold. High-concept books tend to make for great film adaptations, and this is
why. Books with cinematic imagery are almost always high-concept stories

5. Clear Emotional Focus:

As with imagery, high-concept stories spark emotion, but not just any
emotion. Usually its a primal emotional response: fear, joy, hate, love, rage. There is no wishy-
washy emotional engagement of the reader. The involvement is strong, immediate and intense.

6. Inclusion of Some Truly Unique Element:

Whereas originality is about a fresh approach or perspective, uniqueness is

about being one of a kind, incomparable. In high-concept books, this can often take the form of a
unique physical execution of prose formatting or book design. Take, for example, Clive
Barkers Abarat: Absolute Midnight. The book includes more than 125 full-color illustrations,
giving the work a hybrid prose/graphic novel character. Being unique transcends originality.

7. Mass Audience Appeal:

High-concept stories, even if easily categorized by a certain genre (romance,

science fiction, horror, etc.), appeal to an audience beyond the narrow confines of that genres
readers or fans. The target market is broad, diverse and large. High-concept stories are often
those that become popular, even trendy, because they possess the potential for crossover appeal,
or even for being dually categorized on mainstream/popular shelves in bookstores. For example,
high-concept mysteries might appeal to people who dont typically think of themselves as
mystery buffs. High-concept memoirs might appeal to readers who dont typically enjoy
personal accounts.

Its important to remember that this list of high-concept qualities is not some
sliding scale of good or bad, or an attempt to judge your work as worthy or unworthy of
submissionquite the contrary. Your submission will be considered based on many factors, and
in fact, there are plenty of good agents and publishers who dont specify a preference for high-
concept work in their guidelines. This list simply presents an effective tool for helping you to
know with confidence that you are positioning your writing appropriately, with the right
potential representatives, in the right markets. In a submissions process that can often feel like a
guessing game, understanding what high concept means, and honestly assessing how closely
your work fits that description, can eliminate much of that guesswork and set you up for
submission success.
ART OF STORY TELLING :
A good and well-presented story is successful in reaching its objective and
remembered long after over others. Reaching its listeners, holding the interest and crossing all
age barriers is the impact of an effective storytelling. Knowing and applying the art of
storytelling will not only strengthen your stories, but also develop the desired interest in the
audience.
To improve on your storytelling skills, one should prepare beforehand. After
settling down on a story, spend a considerable period of time on it. Read the story several times,
with concentration. Pay attention on its background and cultural meanings. Explore its appeal,
the mood you want to create and the word pictures you would want your listeners to see, and the
mood you wish to create. The characters and setting should become as real to you as people and
places you know. Visualize it completely with sounds, tastes, scents, and colors.

The art of Storytelling reflects the use of the story to paint word pictures, using
the sound, rhythm and repetition of words. One should learn the story as a whole, always
knowing the first and last lines by heart!. The beginning of the story should set the stage,
introducing the characters and. It should be kept in mind to not to alter the essential story line
while simplifying or adapting a story. One should not lose the original flavor and essence of the
story. Even when narrating an old and well known story, one can use their imagination to make
the story come across as fresh and alive, using your imagination.
COMPARISON OF STORYTELLING:
Storytelling method is a art if teacher know is trained or know this art so he or she can easily
delivered this method and made their lecture or lesson easy, interesting or effective.
At international level teachers are highly qualified and trained so they easily delivered
their lesson to the students. And they made their lecture more interesting and entertaining. They
use different strategies or different methods of storytelling like: story with clues, with charts,
with pictures, with singing style and through puppets. Using this methods stories become more
effective and students take more interest.
On the other hand. At national level teachers do not trained. They dont know the right method o
storytelling; through this students dont take much interest. Teachers dont use different methods
of storytelling. They just stand and tell the stories to children.
This method becomes more effective when teachers know the right way of conveying. Otherwise
it will not.
ANALYSIS:
As we know that there are different teaching methods. But we all analyze
that storytelling method is a more interesting and effective method of teaching. Students take
more interest as compare to other methods. Learning becomes more interesting and more
creative through this method. This method is more beneficial for primary students and also
beneficial or effective method for young children. Because every child want some interesting
things. Through this they can easily learn because entertaining things develop interest among
them.

CONCLUSION:
I concluded that story telling method is an effective method for teaching. Through
story telling students learn fast and easily. Students show their interest towards entertainment and
storytelling is an entertaining method thats why teacher used this method. Students skills,
characteristics and personality nourish through storytelling. This method is widely used for pre-
primary or primary children. Storytelling has many benefits like: develop interest, nourish
personality of a student, enhance skills, develop confidence, develop communication skills etc.
on the other hand it has many drawbacks. Like sometimes teachers do not trained, they do not
know how to tell a story. Through this students cant take interest and learning become effective.
Storytelling based on three types which are: True Stories which are true and real stories, Myths
which based ion imagination and last is Legends which based on little truth or imagination also.
Storytelling is beneficial when it used in a proper manner. Storytelling is an effective method.
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