Literacy Development in the Storytelling Classroom

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ISBN: 9781591586944 | 1591586941
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/22/2009

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This resource offers a series of grade-appropriate lessons that link storytelling in the classroom with the development of essential language skills.

Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
Foundations and Inspiration	p. 1
Classroom Crossings: Serious and Sweet	p. 1
Storytelling in the 'Hood	p. 5
Leaving Our Children Behind: Literacy and National Standards	p. 11
Assessment of Storytelling	p. 17
Leaping the Biggest Hurdle: Helping Shy Adults Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking	p. 23
Storytelling in Schools: Quantitative Studies and Innovative Projects	p. 28
Preschool and Kindergarten	p. 33
The Inextricable Link Between Language and Literacy	p. 33
What Do You See? Visual Literacy and Story Structure	p. 38
The Root Children: Fiction or Nonfiction?	p. 41
Bringing the Story to Life with Puppets	p. 43
(I Got Those) Low-Down, Dirty, Emergent-Reader Blues	p. 46
Story-Songs, Stepping-Stones to Literacy	p. 50
Adventure to the Unnamed Planet	p. 54
The Turnip: The Great, Big, Enormous Power of Story	p. 57
Move It!	p. 62
The ESL Storytelling Class	p. 65
Young Children Can Instinctively Navigate the Storytelling Landscape	p. 70
Primary Grades	p. 77
Stories Make a Difference	p. 77
Canada Geese	p. 79
If You Can Read, You Can Cook	p. 81
Grandma, My First Teacher: Lessons Learned Outside of School	p. 86
My Grandmother's Bouquet of Friends	p. 88
Storyboarding and the Computer	p. 91
Drawing Stories	p. 100
Storytelling with Origami/Fold-and-Tell Stories	p. 105
Rainsticks and Rhythms: Storytelling with Craft, Rhythm, and Movement	p. 110
Li'l Willie and His Diddley Bow: How One Boy's Imagination (and Practice) Helped Him to Learn to Play an Instrument	p. 116
Creating an Amazing Ten-Minute Group Story	p. 120
Finding and Using Patterns in Story	p. 123
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, or ...	p. 129
Gingerbread Fun	p. 131
Doggone Good Stories of Aesop	p. 136
Dora and the Diamonds	p. 140
Immigration and Literacy in America: Sometimes It Pays to Speak Another Language	p. 148
Spiced-Up Storytelling: Adding a Second Language	p. 152
Idiomatic Expressions, Storytelling, and the English-Language Learner	p. 154
Pop, Plop, and Tell: Having Fun with Vocabulary	p. 160
Read, Spell, and Tell	p. 164
Reading Nature: A Treasure Hunt	p. 171
Liar!	p. 175
Garrett Morgan: The Traffic Light Genius	p. 179
Elementary Grades	p. 183
Imagination and Community	p. 183
The Pipeline Blues: Crafting an Historical Story of Indirect Persuasiveness and Citizenship	p. 188
Persuasive Writing: Moving Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay	p. 193
Story Scavenger Hunts	p. 199
Student Storytelling in the Classroom and Beyond	p. 202
Every Picture Tells a Story: Visual Narrative and Caldecott Medal and Honor Winners	p. 207
The Shape of Music: Revealing Visual Narratives Within Artworks	p. 213
Tailypo: Creating Vivid Characters	p. 217
Hidden Memory: A Family History Project	p. 224
Storytime Family Style-Building Generational Bridges	p. 228
What's in a Name?	p. 232
Beginning Reading-A Family Affair: Mainsteaming Korean Students Through ESL Storytelling	p. 236
Using Picture Books as a "Jumping-off" Place for Storytelling	p. 239
From Myth to Superhero: Connecting Ancient Stories to Our Modern World	p. 243
Exploring the Westward Expansion Through Storytelling (Using Learning Centers)	p. 246
Teaching History, Language, Literacy, and Cultural Pride Through Storytelling, Music, and Movement	p. 251
Middle School and Beyond	p. 255
Use Your Words: Reimagining Literacy	p. 255
Creative Book Making: Stories of the Seasons	p. 259
Historic Accounts as Narrative Prose	p. 277
Waking the Mythic Mind	p. 285
A Poetic Approach to Storytelling	p. 288
Taking the Right Myth-Steps	p. 293
Stealth Teaching: Engaging Reluctant Writers	p. 296
Appendix of National Standards and Abbreviations	p. 299
Suggested Resources	p. 303
Index	p. 315
About the Editors	p. 325
About the Contributors	p. 329
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Literacy Development in the Storytelling Classroom

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