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Retelling a story with charisma

I can retell a version of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ with charisma.

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Retelling a story with charisma

I can retell a version of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ with charisma.

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Key learning points

  1. Doing rehearsals will help you to reflect on your performance and improve before delivering it to an audience.
  2. Changes in voice, facial expressions and body language are used to tell a story with charisma.
  3. There are general techniques used for any oral presentation to ensure the audience can hear you and is engaged.
  4. How you orally tell a story changes throughout the different sections of a story to meet the purpose.

Keywords

  • Charisma - a natural ability to attract, engage or influence people

  • Rehearsal - practising a work for later performance

  • Audience - a group of people listening to or watching a performance or speaker

Common misconception

Children may find it difficult to combine all elements of oral presentation successfully. E.g. When focusing on projection, they may lose some of their expression.

Ensure children practise the difference between projection and shouting. As they become more comfortable with projection, they should be able to juggle and maintain more elements of oral presentation successfully.

Each task retelling the story should be modelled clearly by an adult before the children do the task themselves. Ensure pupils have an audience to watch Task B - they could film themselves and watch it back.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following support charisma when retelling a story?
Correct answer: changes in voice
Correct answer: facial expressions
staying completely still
Correct answer: body language and gestures
Q2.
Match each key term to the correct definition.
Correct Answer:tone,the pitch of our voice and how this is used to convey a message
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the pitch of our voice and how this is used to convey a message

Correct Answer:facial expression,a form of non-verbal communication shown on the face
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a form of non-verbal communication shown on the face

Correct Answer:body language,how we use movements and gestures to communicate meaning and feelings
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how we use movements and gestures to communicate meaning and feelings

Q3.
Match each example of body language to the appropriate sentence.
Correct Answer:open body language, gesture to stomach,Feeling full and content, Goldilocks searched for a place to rest.
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Feeling full and content, Goldilocks searched for a place to rest.

Correct Answer:a bounce for excitement,She excitedly tried each chair to find the comfiest one.
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She excitedly tried each chair to find the comfiest one.

Correct Answer:slumped shoulders, closed body language,She gave a sigh of frustration.
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She gave a sigh of frustration.

Q4.
Using a different voice for each character when retelling a story …
Correct answer: conveys greater meaning about a character and their feelings.
creates mystery and confusion for the audience.
Correct answer: helps the audience identify which character is speaking.
Correct answer: brings the characters to life and engages the audience.
Q5.
Match each character to the tone of voice you would use for them.
Correct Answer:Papa Bear,deeper voice
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deeper voice

Correct Answer:Mama Bear,softer voice
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softer voice

Correct Answer:Baby Bear,higher-pitched voice
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higher-pitched voice

Q6.
Match each type of voice to the appropriate character and speech.
Correct Answer:high-pitched cry,“All of my porridge has been eaten!” cried Baby Bear.
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“All of my porridge has been eaten!” cried Baby Bear.

Correct Answer:soft and worried tone,"Who broke Baby Bear's chair?" Mama Bear asked with concern.
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"Who broke Baby Bear's chair?" Mama Bear asked with concern.

Correct Answer:deep and serious tone,"We need to check upstairs!" Papa Bear announced seriously.
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"We need to check upstairs!" Papa Bear announced seriously.

6 Questions

Q1.
What is a rehearsal?
a final performance
Correct answer: practising a work for later performance
reading over notes
Q2.
The audience needs to be able to ...
Correct answer: clearly hear you.
Correct answer: engage with the story.
guess how the story is going to end at the beginning.
Q3.
Projection involves …
Correct answer: using the stomach muscles when speaking.
shouting.
speaking in a high-pitched voice.
Correct answer: taking deep breaths before speaking.
Q4.
Speaking at an appropriate pace and with clear diction is important because …
Correct answer: it helps the audience understand the words we are saying.
Correct answer: changes in pace can convey greater meaning to the audience.
it helps to make the audience like us.
Q5.
Eye contact and stance are important because …
Correct answer: they allow you to hold great presence in a room.
they allow you to hide from the audience.
Correct answer: they allow you to connect with the audience and maintain their engagement.
Q6.
Match each part of the narrative to its purpose when orally retelling it.
Correct Answer:opening,to convey a happy atmosphere as the Bears head off on their walk
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to convey a happy atmosphere as the Bears head off on their walk

Correct Answer:build-up,to build suspense as Goldilocks eats the porridge and breaks the chair
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to build suspense as Goldilocks eats the porridge and breaks the chair

Correct Answer:climax,to take the suspense to its highest point as the Bears find Goldilocks
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to take the suspense to its highest point as the Bears find Goldilocks

Correct Answer:resolution,to convey how the problem is resolved when Goldilocks runs away
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to convey how the problem is resolved when Goldilocks runs away