Telling a story with charisma
I can understand and practise techniques for telling a story with charisma.
Telling a story with charisma
I can understand and practise techniques for telling a story with charisma.
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Key learning points
- Telling a story in a charismatic way helps to engage the audience and hold their interest in a narrative throughout.
- Using expression will help make your story interesting to listen to.
- Facial expressions can convey a character’s feelings in response to events in the story.
- Using body language and gestures to engage an audience will help to keep their attention.
- Using a varied tone and different voices for characters will engage the audience and make the story easier to follow.
Keywords
Charisma - a natural ability to attract, engage or influence people
Tone - the pitch of our voice and how this is used to convey a message appropriately
Facial expression - a form of non-verbal communication shown on the face to convey a range of emotions
Body language - how we use movements and gestures to communicate meaning and feelings
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult or forget to switch from a character voice to a narrator voice when they have finished saying the speech and they are saying the reporting clause.
Print a copy of the speech section of the story that shows the speech and reporting clause in different colours to support children in their oral rehearsal for different character's voices.
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
6 Questions
One morning, the Bears went for a stroll while their porridge cooled.
Not long later, Goldilocks found their cottage and went inside!
In the kitchen, she found three bowls of porridge and tried each one.
corner of the mouth raised upwards
lowered eyebrows and tightly pressed lips or bared teeth
heightened eyebrows and wide eyes
wide eyes and dropped jaw
First, she tasted Papa Bear’s, but it was too hot.
Next, she tried Mama Bear’s, but it was too cold.
Finally, she tried Baby Bear's and it was just right so she ate it up!