Lesson 25 - The Origins of Storytelling PDF
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Al-Rushd Independent School
2024
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This lesson focuses on the origins of storytelling, discussing reasons why stories are told, and exploring the oral tradition. The document includes learning objectives, tasks, and quotes to get students thinking.
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Monday 4th November 2024 The Origins of Storytelling Learning Objectives: To explore the History of English Literature and Language “Oh Allah! Make Welcome Class...
Monday 4th November 2024 The Origins of Storytelling Learning Objectives: To explore the History of English Literature and Language “Oh Allah! Make Welcome Class useful for me what Sit in your allocated seat, say your dua and you have taught me write the title, date and the learning and teach me objectives knowledge that will be useful to me” Title: The Origins of storytelling 11/07/2022 11:15 Year 7 Lesson Aim: To explore the History of English Literature and Language LEARNING Learning Objectives JOURNEY 1. Discuss the reasons why stories are told. 1.The Oral Autumn 2. State the two ways in which stories are recorded tradition term 1 2.Epic 3. Explore the oral tradition Poetry Autumn 4. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of the oral tradition term 1 3.The Canterbury Tales: 'General Autumn Prologue' term 1 You are here Can you complete these famous literary Autumn quotations? term 1 4. The Autumn “To be, or not to be: that is the ________.” 5. The Canterbury term 1 Refugee Tales: 'The Tales: Hamlet-William Shakespeare Knight's Tale' Autumn 'Prologue', term 1 Term 2 Title: Starter 00 : 01 01 02 03 04 05 00 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 DO Learning Objectives NOW Task: Write down and complete these phrases. You 1. Discuss the reasons why stories are told. have been shown some images. Can you guess which 2. State the two ways in story they belong to? which stories are time Once upon a _____... recorded 3. Explore the oral tradition long ago… Long, _______ 4. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of the oral tradition far In a land far, ______ away…...and they lived Keywords A phrase is a ever after. happily _______ collection of words that stand together The boy who cried wolf as a single clause The ant and the grasshopper Stretch: or a sentence. The bundle of sticks Title: The Origins of Storytelling Learning Objectives 1. Discuss the reasons why stories are told. 2. State the two ways in What is a story? which stories are recorded 3. Explore the oral tradition Why do we tell them? 4. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of the oral tradition How do we tell stories? Keywords What is the ‘oral tradition’? Title: The Origins of Storytelling 00 : 01 01 02 00 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 Learning Objectives What is a story? 1. Discuss the reasons why stories are told. TASK: 2. State the two ways in which stories are recorded 3. Explore the oral tradition 4. Consider the advantages Think of a story that you know really well. and disadvantages of the oral tradition Keywords Write down two reasons why you like that story. Title: The Origins of Storytelling Learning Objectives Task: Guess the story? Why do you think this story was 1. Discuss the reasons why told? The tales were stories are told. 2. State the two ways in mostly written with which stories are children in mind. recorded 3. Explore the oral They were created to tradition teach children basic 4. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of the life lessons in oral tradition storytelling form. The story of Hansel and Gretel was meant to Keywords scare children from wandering off in the woods. Title: The Origins of Storytelling Going back to the stories which were identified in the starter Learning Objectives can you guess what the moral of each story was? What 1. Discuss the reasons why message do you think was trying to be passed on to children? stories are told. The Moral 2. State the two ways in Lying breaks trust — even if you’re telling the truth, no which stories are one believes a liar. recorded One bright autumn day, a family of ants was busy 3. Explore the oral working in the warm sunshine. They were drying out tradition the grain they had stored up during the summer 4. Consider the advantages when a starving grasshopper came up. With his and disadvantages of the fiddle under his arm, the grasshopper humbly oral tradition begged for a bite to eat. “What!” cried the ants, “Haven’t you stored any food away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all summer?” “I didn’t have time to store any food before winter,” Keywords the grasshopper whined. “I was too busy making music that the summer flew by.” The ants simply shrugged their shoulders and said, The Moral “Making music, were you? Very well, now dance!” There’s a time for work and a time The ants then turned their backs on the grasshopper for play and returned to work. Title: The Origins of Storytelling Going back to the stories which were identified in the starter Learning Objectives can you guess what the moral of each story was? What 1. Discuss the reasons why message do you think was trying to be passed on to children? stories are told. Once upon a time, there was an old man who lived in a village with his three sons. Although his three 2. State the two ways in sons were hard workers, they quarreled all the time. The old man tried to unite them but failed. Months passed by, and the old man became sick. He asked his sons to remain united, but they failed which stories are to listen to him. At that moment, the old man decided to teach them a lesson — to forget their recorded differences and come together in unity. 3. Explore the oral The old man summoned his sons, then proceeded to tell them, “I will provide you with a bundle of tradition sticks. Separate each stick, and then break each into two. The one who finishes first will be rewarded 4. Consider the advantages more than the others.” and disadvantages of the And so, the sons agreed. The old man provided them with a bundle of ten sticks each, and then asked oral tradition the sons to break each stick into pieces. The sons broke the sticks within minutes, then proceeded to quarrel among themselves again. The old man said, “My dear sons, the game is not yet over. I will now give you another bundle of sticks. Only this time, you will have to break them together as a bundle, not separately.” The sons readily agreed and then tried to break the bundle. Despite trying their best, they could not break the sticks. The sons told their father of their failure. The Bundle of Sticks The old man said, “My dear sons, see! Breaking every single stick individually was easy for you, but The Moral breaking them in a bundle, you could not do. By staying united, nobody can harm you. If you continue to quarrel, then anyone can quickly defeat you.” The old man continued, “I ask that you stay united.” Then, the three sons understood there’s power in There’s strength in unity unity, and promised their father they would all stay together. Title: The Origins of Storytelling Learning Objectives Why do we tell stories? 1. Discuss the reasons why stories are told. 2. State the two ways in Exciting tales of which stories are entertainment recorded adventure 3. Explore the oral tradition 4. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of the education People may be oral tradition taught a lesson Keywords Interesting connection characters may allow you to make connections Title: The Origins of Storytelling Learning Objectives Stories don’t have to be written down 1. Discuss the reasons why stories are told. A 2. State the two ways in which stories are recorded 3. Explore the oral tradition 4. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of the oral tradition Keywords We also learn them off by heart Title: The Origins of Storytelling Learning Objectives The Quran contains many stories 1. Discuss the reasons why and is memorised by many, some stories are told. 2. State the two ways in who do not know how to read and which stories are others you are blind. Consider The True Vision the | Inspirin g story of the Blind Hafiz recorded 3. Explore the oral following example… | IslamGen - YouTube tradition 4. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of the Our Prophet (saw) oral tradition memorised the Quran from Jibrael Orally which was later written and compiled by the sahaba. The Quran contains Keywords many stories of individuals who we can relate to and learn from. The Quran was not sent down to us for