Authors: Harriet Mason
ISBN-13: 9780803964143, ISBN-10: 0803964145
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Corwin Press
Date Published: March 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Written from the author's experience, this guide details the use of storytelling across the curriculum. Harriet Mason's methods incorporate visual arts and music and movement to stimulate creative and critical thinking. Her book outlines over 100 activities to teach storytelling together with estimates of time required, grade-level guidance, level of difficulty, special materials needed, step-by-step descriptions and suggested variations.
Explains how teachers can learn to tell stories and pass the skill on to their elementary school students. Outlines over 100 specific activities, identifies any special materials needed, estimates the time required, assesses the level of difficulty, and includes hints. No index. Distributed in the US by Sage. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Preface | ||
About the Author | ||
1 | Introduction: Storytelling Across the Curriculum | 1 |
2 | Telling and Generating Stories | 6 |
3 | Integrating the Arts Into Storytelling | 24 |
4 | Working With Story Lines | 45 |
5 | Description and Characterization | 82 |
Afterword | 105 | |
Glossary | 106 | |
Resources | 109 | |
References | 112 |