Grade 8 - The craft of storytelling

Tuning In

By Sonal Bhatia

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What makes something a story?

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What just happened? How did you feel at the end?

Open Ended

If a 2-minute film with no dialogue makes us feel this, does that count as a story? Why or why not?

Whole-class circle inquiry:

• Did it feel like a complete story? Why/why not?

• What was “missing”? (dialogue? names? background?)

• What was “enough” to still call it a story? (character, conflict, ending, emotion).

• Could this be retold in words? Would it change the impact?