Retelling a story with charisma
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can retell a version of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ with charisma.
Key learning points
- Doing rehearsals will help you to reflect on your performance and improve before delivering it to an audience.
- Changes in voice, facial expressions and body language are used to tell a story with charisma.
- There are general techniques used for any oral presentation to ensure the audience can hear you and is engaged.
- 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.
Teacher tip
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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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following support charisma when retelling a story?
Q2.Match each key term to the correct definition.
the pitch of our voice and how this is used to convey a message
a form of non-verbal communication shown on the face
how we use movements and gestures to communicate meaning and feelings
Q3.Match each example of body language to the appropriate sentence.
Feeling full and content, Goldilocks searched for a place to rest.
She excitedly tried each chair to find the comfiest one.
She gave a sigh of frustration.
Q4.Using a different voice for each character when retelling a story …
Q5.Match each character to the tone of voice you would use for them.
deeper voice
softer voice
higher-pitched voice
Q6.Match each type of voice to the appropriate character and speech.
“All of my porridge has been eaten!” cried Baby Bear.
"Who broke Baby Bear's chair?" Mama Bear asked with concern.
"We need to check upstairs!" Papa Bear announced seriously.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a rehearsal?
Q2.The audience needs to be able to ...
Q3.Projection involves …
Q4.Speaking at an appropriate pace and with clear diction is important because …
Q5.Eye contact and stance are important because …
Q6.Match each part of the narrative to its purpose when orally retelling it.
to convey a happy atmosphere as the Bears head off on their walk
to build suspense as Goldilocks eats the porridge and breaks the chair
to take the suspense to its highest point as the Bears find Goldilocks
to convey how the problem is resolved when Goldilocks runs away
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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