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SCHOOL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
A school residency with a Certified Stories for Life Artist in Residence will consist of:
A planning session with the classroom teacher and teaching artist before the residency. Classroom teachers will receive a copy of the Owning Their Words curriculum which outlines activities for each day of the residency. Owning Their Words Curriculum booklet. This 50 page manual outlines all lessons, the standards addressed, resources, lesson plans for the artist residency and for Session Two: From Saying it to Writing It, which leads the teacher to continue storytelling as an aid to writing. Teachers find these lessons very helpful after the residency.
5 days in the classroom with the teaching artist - classroom sessions are designed for 40 - 50 minute class periods. Up to 4 classes (30 +/- students each) a day can be done by the teaching artist. A performance of stories (40 - 50 Min) by the teaching artist for the combined participating classes before the second day of classroom instruction. Teaching artist will use the stories told during this performance to demonstrate elements of the story structure and storytelling during the classroom instruction time. . A final presentation of stories by some of the participating students on the last day of the residencyAdaptations of the curriculum and residency can be made with individual teaching artists.
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| Students working together |
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| Through guided discussions, exercises, and games, students learn:
- the interactive value of the storytelling experience
- the significance of oral traditions
- elements of a complete story
- the importance of character development in the creation of stories
- the technical aspects of storytelling
- how to transition from oral storytelling to a written composition
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Stories for Life
Stories for Life is a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to teaching children the art of storytelling. The flagship program, Owning Their Words, is a language arts curriculum that encourages children to develop their oral and written skills through storytelling.
Storytelling is a frequently overlooked, but at the same time uniquely powerful method that enables children to build proficiency in language arts. Owning Their Words ties the South Carolina Language Arts teaching standards to this powerful art form and offers a 10 lesson curriculum, a process which can result in measurable and significant improvements in the development of writing skills and overall language arts competence.
Developed in conjunction with South Carolina State Education Standards, Owning Their Words is a powerful teaching tool that fosters an appreciation for the oral tradition, while at the same time profoundly enhancing each student's ability to become a more effective communicator. Students progress from group storytelling to a final performance in which each child shares his or her own storytelling skills.
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