Storytelling Lesson Plans and Activities

Storytelling Activities & Language Arts Lesson Ideas

This collection of story-related activities, projects and games-developed by storyteller/author Heather Forest for her storytelling workshops with students, teachers, and librarians-can be used by educators in a school setting to encourage speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.

• Storytellers on Tour
  
• 1001 Nights Festival
  
• A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
  
• A Story Treasure Hunt
  
• Old Time Radio Show
  
• Finding Stories in Songs
  
• Story Circle
  
• Local Historians
  
• Collecting Family Stories
  
• Puzzle Tale: Putting the Pieces Together
  
• Front Door: An Imaginary Journey
  
• Chain Sentence
  
• Describing a Stone
  
• Spontaneous Poetry
  
• The Autobiography of Anything
  
• Devising Plot Structures: Creating New Tales
  
• Proverbs: Wisdom Tales without the Plot
  
• Creating Personal Fables
  
• Storytelling Festival Day
  
• Art History is Filled with Stories

Storytelling Across the Curriclum

Storytelling can support diverse curriculum areas.

• Storytelling and Science
• Storytelling and Math
• Storytelling and Social Studies

Using Folktales Themes in the Classroom

• A List of Folktale Themes to Investigate
• Storytelling Books and Tapes

Storytelling Activities to Support New Standards for English Language Arts

Speaking and Listening:

1. For Information
2. For Literary Response and Expression
3. For Critical Analysis and Evaluation
4. For Social Interaction

Lesson Plans on the World Wide Web

The World Wide Web has a vast assortment of websites that include lesson plans and educational resources useful for storytelling studies.

• Excellent Educational Resource Sites for Teachers
• Sites with World Folktale and Mythology Text

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