Theyll Never Know What Hit Them using storytelling to engage students in the research process

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Theyll Never Know What Hit Them using
storytelling to engage students in the research
process

• Shelor Smith
• Hattie Smart
• Deep Run High School

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Britain's Most Wanted Lydia Darragh
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A Conversation with Vittoria Colonna
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Why (we believe) librarians should tell stories

• We can reach a wide audience
• Storytelling promotes library use and student
  research
• Its an attention grabber
• A story can focus students minds
• Something to look forward to

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Why students should tell stories

• Storytelling assignments meet state and national
  standards
• Storytelling is a Plagiarism Proof assignment
• Storytelling/historical role play can be easily
  assessed using a rubric

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Story Telling How To

• Choose a method of presentation
• First person
• First person as storyteller
• Storyteller
• Use books, databases, articles, etc. to find your
  information
• The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes
• The Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes
• Eurekas and Euphorias The Oxford Book of
  Scientific Anecdotes
• Uppity Women series

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Building your Story

• Start with basic facts and information
• Find a voice
• Use the voice to turn plain facts into a engaging
  narrative
• Dress up the conversation with metaphors, figures
  of speech, and other narrative devices

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Memorize and fight stage fright

• Repetition, repetition, repetition
• The rule of three
• Find a voice and use it throughout
• Practice, practice, practice

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Still Not Convinced?

• Storytelling. . .
• creates a sense of belonging you belong to the
  story, the story belongs to you
• gives a sense of appreciation for anyone else
  who tells
• builds confidence
• provides direction
• fosters excellence
• Is fun!