Storytelling

Storytelling (Kids)

1) A Chinese folktale

A folktale is a tale originating and traditional among a people or a folk, especially one forming part of the oral traditional of the common people. It is said that long time ago these tales impart knowledge to the young and explain the world.

How the tiger got his stripes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf7ascNGbcM

Vocabulary Check: Clarify this vocabulary. 
Coat - Stripes - Claws - Proudest - Fang - Wisdom - Horns - Paws

Watch the story and answer these questions:
a) What was the tiger proud of?
b) Why was the tiger afraid of the water buffalo?
c) Who was ordering around the water buffalo?
d) What did the tiger decide to do?
e) What did the human tell the tiger?
f) What did the tiger accept to do?
g) What did the human do at the end?
h) What happened to the tiger at the end?



2) Rakugo: The Art of Storytelling

Inspiring Audience Imagination

Rakugo, the traditional Japanese art of storytelling, developed as a form of entertainment for ordinary citizens during the Edo Period (1603–1868). At first, many different kinds of entertainers would perform the generally humorous monologues, but gradually specialists emerged. These are now known as rakugoka.

Dressed in a kimono, the storyteller remains seated throughout the performance, playing the parts of several characters and acting out different scenes with only a fan and a hand towel as props. Unable to fall back on costumes and scenery, it is the job of the rakugoka to inspire the imagination of the audience through the skill employed in portraying the world of the story. The punch line is known as the ochi (literally, the “drop”) and a good delivery is essential to a successful performance. An alternative pronunciation of ochi is raku, the source of the art’s name.

Video: English Rakugo.

The White Lion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybUa1JoGTUQ

Listen to the Rakugo in English. Watch the video, divide in 5 minutes.

From 0:01 to 5:03 minutes,

1) What is special about the Rakugo he is going to present?

2) What is the name of the story?

3) Who is the protagonist of the story?

4) What kind of job does he want? 

5) What are the five requirements for the job?

From 5:03 to 10:04,

6) Where does he find the job?

7) Where is the manager's office?

8) What is the job?

9) Does the job comply with the requirements?

10) What does he have to do in the job?

From 10:04 to the end,

11) How does he get ready for the job?

12) What does he do in his new job?

13) Who visits the tiger?

14) What scares him about his new job?

15) What does hw discover at the end?
 
3) The Story of the Taj Majal
Listen to the story of the Taj Majal and anwer the following questions.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6i8cLXPGQE
A- Where is the Taj Majal?
B- Who visits it?
C- What does the name mean?
D- What is it?
E- How was the relationship between the King and Queen?
F- How many kids did they have?
G- How long did it take to finish the tomb?
H- What can you find there? 
J- Where are the real bodies of the King and Queen?
K - Why is it famous now?

4) Jack and the beanstalk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VCpAYajmvo
1) How was Jack's life before selling the cow?
2) Why did he trade beans for a cow?
3) What was the giant weakness?
4) What are the three things Jack stole from the castle?
5) What happened at the end of the story?

5) Traditional Japanese Story: Urashima
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSBTBX5juLE

Vocabulary:
- Skillful fisherman
- Poking and kicking
- Grab and run away
- Token of gratitude
- Far out at sea
- Ushered onto a magnificent room
- Mesmerized
- Ageless life
- Disappeared never to return

1) What was Urashima's noble action?
2) Where was he invited later on?
3) How did he pass many years without him knowing?
4) Why did Urashima want to go back?
5) What happened when Urashima got back to his village?
6) How does the story finishes?