Characteristics of a well-told story
We all have heard and read stories. It is one of the first things many parents do with their kids.Part 1: Why in childhood?Why are stories so important to childhood? Why do people read stories to kids? In childhood because the stories that we hear amazes us and that's one part of us. Stories are important to childhood because we love hearing about it. I really think people read stories for us because they like it or try to put us to sleep or try to shut us up.
What do the kids get out of this experience? What kinds of things do kids learn from the actual stories and from the experience? The experiences they get enjoying their parents reading to them. They thing that these things come through in real life when they really don't.
Part 2: Why later in life?Why do older people (high school and beyond) read stories? What do these readers get out of this experience? What kinds of things do older reader learn from the actual stories? Later in because that's how it is. Because some enjoy reading books and some just keeps them calm. Older people it just calms there minds.
Part 3: Why in our nation?Why are stories so important to our nation? The New York Times Best Seller lists are one of the most powerful media tools in the world. People flock to buy the books listed there. How do stories fit into the fabric of our national identity? How do stories people write create a forum for the discussion of concerns and issues in our nation? What do stories allow people (the writer and the reader) to do? In our nation because some enjoying reading. Stories are important because we love reading them. The stories allow reader to get the visual of the stories.
Part 4: Your stories What were some stories you remember from your childhood? Why do you think these ones stand out? Think of actual books as well as stories you were told orally by people. Whom do you connect to these stories? Some of the stories that I remember from my childhood is Cinderella, Snowwhite, and Beauty and the Beast. I connect my stories to my mom because she was just like a princess when she was little.
Part 5: Characteristics of a well-told story Develop a list of 7-10 characteristics that stories should have. Be specific. Do not just say that "stories should have good characters." What makes a character good? Think about what the author should do and how the reader should feel when reading. 1. Intro. 2. Begining. 3. Rising action. 4. Climax. 5. Falling action. 6. Resoultion. 7. Ending.