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Storytelling Links:
Effective Storytelling:All I Wanted Was A Manual for beginners.
Summary ofNice Quiet Vacation:
Find Information about the above webpage
Howactivity here:
http://140.119.186.100/TITSstuff/VacationTeaser.html
Read the Breaking News page before class.
Learn about your character and the other characters on the Vacation Main Page
Bring your character sheet to tell a story: Some nice basic tips here, with eye-catching visuals
Howclass!
Do not miss this class unless you plan to telltake this course again next academic year!!!!
Come up and talk to me during the game as your character. Yes, this is a story: Some nice tips about detailsTEST!
Make Sure you do the following before class:
Read you character sheets carefully. You should be able to understand what you need to do in the activity. If you have questions about what you need to do or what your story.
Howmotivations are, feel free to tell a story well: This articlecontact me.
Your character sheets are SECRET! Do not show them to your classmates. If you want, you can discuss your character with the person from the other class who has some tips about pacing, eye contact, gestures, and voice.
Howthe same role. But don't show your sheet to tellother people.
If you want to get a story well: This article hashead start on the game, you can talk to some informationof your classmates as if you really are the characters you will play. Don't try to accomplish your secret goals (well maybe you can just send out some preliminary feelers); instead, just concentrate on chatting about defectsgeneral topics, catching up with old friends, and getting to know the characters that you should avoid.
Howhave just met.
Consider how you would act if this were a real social situation and you were meeting these people for the first time. Maintain good social etiquette. Don't do anything rude. (Unless you are supposed to tellbe a story well: Hasreally rude character.)
Items: If you want to have a special item, prepare props. You can bring the Cherry Tree Buck story
Stanford's Graduate Schoolactual item, like a camera, or sunglasses, or an AK-47. Or you can bring a convenient pocket-sized card with a picture and description of Businessthe item you possess. Get any extra special or unusual items that are not on your character sheet approved by a director.
Combat: Sometimes conflicts occur that you cannot resolve through discussion. If this happens and you need to fight, we will use Rock, Paper, Scissors. Each of your characters has a storytelling course
x-Storytelling Links:-LinksCombat Level. THIS IS HOW MANY TIMES YOU CAN LOSE BEFORE YOU ARE DEFEATED. So if I am Combat Level 3 and you are Combat Level 1, you have to Stories:Linksbeat me three times to Stories:
Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales: Scholastic Books site where many authors provide information on storytelling.
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts: Extensive site maintained by D.L. Ashlimanwin. However, I only need to beat you one time to win.
If you are defeated in combat, you are at the mercy of the University of Pittsburgh.
The Joy of Listening: by Eldrbarry, somewinner. The winner can tie you up, kill you, take all your money, push you in the swimming pool, feed you to sharks, ... whatever the winner can imagine doing to you. However, please inform one of the links are no longer working.
We tell stories: Digital stories from Penguin. I especially enjoyed making my own fairy tale. I founddirectors before you do something as drastic as killing another character. We will need to supervise the link here. No ideaexecution.
You regain your original Combat Level whenever you begin a new fight.
Costumes: Please consider what kidosi is, but it hadyou would wear if you really were the character. I encourage you to come in costume. (Yes, bonus points!) Dress appropriately for the following setting:
The Setting: You are at the Polynesian Celebration. This is a lot of possibly interesting links.
Animal Myths and Legends: Australian sitebig room with simply told stories for children
Stories, Folklore and Fairy Tales Theme Page: interesting, but no longer activea big stage and many tables. Hotel guests can have dinner while watching a lot of the links don't work anymore
x-Storytelling Links:-Story Structure:Story Structure:
Classic story structure begins with plot
Aspects of Narrative: Story Structure
Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Taleswonderfully entertaining show. It is 9:00 p.m. Aubrey Callistrian's amazing magic show is just ending. Gwenyffer Dance's beautiful musical performance is going to start soon.
HAVE FUN! HAVE FUN! HAVE FUN! HAVE FUN! HAVE FUN!

Storytelling Links:
Effective Storytelling: A Manual for beginners.
Summary of the above webpage
How to tell a story: Some nice basic tips here, with eye-catching visuals
How to tell a story: Some nice tips about details in your story.
How to tell a story well: This article has some tips about pacing, eye contact, gestures, and voice.
How to tell a story well: This article has some information about defects that you should avoid.
How to tell a story well: Has the Cherry Tree Buck story
Stanford's Graduate School of Business has a storytelling course
Links to Stories:
Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales: Scholastic Books site where many authors provide information on storytelling.
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts: Extensive site maintained by D.L. Ashliman of the University of Pittsburgh.
The Joy of Listening: by Eldrbarry, some of the links are no longer working.
We tell stories: Digital stories from Penguin. I especially enjoyed making my own fairy tale. I found the link here. No idea what kidosi is, but it had a lot of possibly interesting links.
Animal Myths and Legends: Australian site with simply told stories for children
Stories, Folklore and Fairy Tales Theme Page: interesting, but no longer active and a lot of the links don't work anymore
Story Structure:
Classic story structure begins with plot
Aspects of Narrative: Story Structure
Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales

June 23: LARP
http://140.119.186.100/TITSstuff/VacationTeaser.html
Read the Breaking News page before class.
Learn about your character and the other characters on the Vacation Main Page
Fall Semester 2010
September 16: Introductions and Impromptu Speeches

Tell your personal stories.
June 23: LARP
http://140.119.186.100/TITSstuff/VacationTeaser.html
Fall Semester 2010
September 16: Introductions and Impromptu Speeches

June 9:Storytelling
Read the links on the June 9 page
Homework:
Choose the story you want to tell and practice it before you come to class.
June 16: Storytelling
Tell your personal stories.
June 23: LARP
Fall Semester 2010

Please READ this story: {SixSwansTranslation2.doc}
June 9:Storytelling
Read the links on the June 9 page
June 16: Storytelling
June 23: LARP

http://www.storytell.com.au/art.html

Storytelling Resources: Read these and watch the videos.
Science reveals what you need to do to talk people into anything
Business Story-Telling
Watch the Video: http://sharing.mayoclinic.org/2009/04/07/mayo-clinic-music-fun/
Then read the story behind the patient that captured it: http://sharing.mayoclinic.org/2009/04/23/a-bite-of-life/
Wonderful workbook on storytelling by Jennifer Aaker:
http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/aaker/pages/documents/HowtoTellaStoryWorkbook.pdf
Story of a Sign: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyGEEamz7ZM
Sign Language: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGfyxzJacLI&feature=related

Science reveals what you need to do to talk people into anything
Business Story-Telling

Science reveals what you need to do to talk people into anything
Business Story-Telling