This video was so exciting to watch because of the way the students reacted to Christopher Myers. Myers showed the students that everyone has a story to tell about either themselves or the things around them. Even though some of the students did not like to read they were excited to come up for a character for the story he was creating on the whiteboard. What caught my attention was when Christopher said " his grandfather could not read, but yet he told the best stories. My question to everyone is why do they think that is?
When I observed in Rockville Centre 2 semesters ago they had a famous children's writer come to the school. I thought that was so amazing because in many ways that motivated the students to want to read. For many of the students the writer definitely made a difference in their interest in reading.
I feel that his father may have been a great story teller because he had a lot of wisdom. I am pretty sure his grandfather has been through many things throughout his life and has learned many things that you cannot learn in a classroom, and that in itself was a story to tell. Although he was unable to read, that didn't mean he didn't have a great imagination or didn't have an inspirational story to tell.
ReplyDeleteBeing a good story teller you need to be able to use your imagination and creativity. His grandfather also has been through many different things in life and his experiences along the way have helped shape him into a great story teller and helped his knowledge to be able to tell these stories to his grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteFor the longest time stories were passed down verbally before written language existed! A good story teller just needs to have the ability to captivate an audience with his/her voice. An imaginative creative story that keeps listeners at the edge of their seat.
ReplyDeletei think this is because this was the grandfather's difference or thing he needed to overcome. he became even better at story telling because he couldn't read. also he probably used his imagination more and didn't stick to stories he had already read, they were original and creative.
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