Choosing and Preparing Your Story
For your final performance, choose a story you love! It can be:
A fairy tale you know well: Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood.
A story you make up: your own original tale with characters you create.
A true story from your life: something funny, exciting, or meaningful that happened to you.
Prepare your story:
Step 1: know the PLOT (what happens, in order). You do not need to memorize every word, just the sequence of events.
Step 2: know your CHARACTERS. Give each one a distinct voice and personality.
Step 3: identify the KEY MOMENTS: the opening hook, the suspenseful parts, the climax, and the ending.
Step 4: plan your AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: where will you ask a question? Where will you use call-and-response? Where will you ask for sound effects?
Step 5: choose ONE OR TWO PROPS if you want them.
Step 6: REHEARSE three times. First for the story flow. Second for voices and pacing. Third as a full performance with gestures, props, and audience engagement.