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Storytelling Tips for Teachers

Helping Children Choose Stories

• Preselect a pool of stories for younger children and students who have never told a story.

• Tell or read examples of different kinds of stories.

• Each student should consider their audience before choosing a story.

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Going faster…. To where?  A transport story (2)

Talk to bus operators, passengers and their escorts. Competition is stiff among luxury bus operators. Some of them call their drivers pilots. Their tickets look like airline tickets, some linked to insurance policies. Customers’ patronage is determined by these factors: price, safety, comfort, regularity and cargo carrying capacity.

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Do you want stories? (1)

Talk to bus operators, passengers and their escorts. Competition is stiff among luxury bus operators. Some of them call their drivers pilots. Their tickets look like airline tickets, some linked to insurance policies. Customers’ patronage is determined by these factors: price, safety, comfort, regularity and cargo carrying capacity.

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Everybody Knows

Bernie was puzzled. The hospital where she worked had imposed a set of measures which would [staff were assured] ‘Improve morale, enhance the hospital’s reputation, and greatly contribute to the well-being of the local community we serve’.

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How to break the habit of writing bad English

In 1946, George Orwell published an essay, Politics and the English Language. Although the essay has a political slant, storytellers who would like to learn the art of storytelling should read this article in its entirety. The essay shows how people develop a bad writing habit and how to break this habit. What I have done, in this article, is to pick out the most relevant bits of what Mr. Orwell wrote and highlight them for you:

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That or Which?

The usage of that or which can confuse the best of writers, and often leaves the grammarians scratching their heads. Below we will look at both words and try to find a solution.

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Aquarius' Child

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I must admit an initial reluctance to buy this book because of its size. At close to 1000 pages, I wondered if it was going to be really interesting. Would I have the patience to read yet another tale set in India? Still, I liked the cover design and decided to browse through a copy. So, I picked the book off the shelves and turned the pages to read the first paragraph of his text:

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Brian L Porter's latest release 'A Study in Red - the Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' was released this month. This dark psychological thriller tells of a chilling journey through the newly discovered journal of the world's first recognised serial killer, 'Jack the Ripper'. Robert Cavendish must try to reach the end of the journal before he loses his sanity, and perhaps, his life! Terrifying and un-putdownable, this thriller will chill the blood. In e-book and paperback (from end of January) from www.double-dragon-ebooks.com or Amazon.com

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