The Story Performance Handbook - Softcover

Roney, R. Craig Craig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805836284 ISBN 13: 9780805836288

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

The Story Performance Handbook provides specific, detailed information to help adults develop basic skills in reading aloud, mediated storytelling, and storytelling. Organized sequentially, each chapter moves the reader from the easiest (reading aloud picture books) to the most difficult (creating your own stories for telling) storytelling experience, cumulatively building story performance skill in selecting, preparing, and delivering stories and poetry to audiences. This structure allows individuals to begin reading at various points depending on their prior experience with story performance.

The text includes several features that make learning to perform stories and poetry easy to understand and manage:
* Explicit, thorough advice avoids confusion, such as how to select, prepare, and deliver stories and poetry via reading aloud, mediated storytelling, and storytelling.
* The sequential chapter organization, progressing from easiest to most difficult, and Developmental and Culminating Activities at the end of each skill chapter, enable this text to be used either independently or in conjunction with courses or workshops in story performance.
* Unique among story performance texts, instruction is based not only on the author's own extensive experience but also on empirical research related to teaching adults to tell stories.
* Specific information is easily located throughout the text: Processes are presented in bold type, numbered sequentially and, at the end of specific chapters, skill building activities are provided. Figures (which provide additional detailed information) are boxed. Examples of processes are highlighted with background shading.

About this title

About the Author

R. Craig Roney

Reviews

The audience for this practical guide is not aspiring professional storytellers, but teachers, librarians, parents, or clergy members who wish to grow in competence and confidence. The lessons progress from reading aloud (picture books, chapter books, and poetry) to storytelling (with and without props) to story performance programs. The text includes analyses and selection criteria of picture books, chapter books, and stories to read or to tell; the necessity for careful preparation; and guidelines to develop original story ideas into personal tales. The writing is clear and the author supplies numerous well-selected examples that are easy to follow. The text is appropriate for college classrooms and for workshops, yet the principles are suitable for teaching children and young adults. Roney's techniques and tips for success will lead beginners in reading aloud or in telling toward greater skill.-Judy Sokoll, Florida Storytelling Association, Naples

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805836284
• ISBN 13: 9780805836288
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212