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Use the note taking guide below to take notes on storytellers, and folktales, myths and legends.

Storytellers Past and Present, Literature book pages 768- 769. The notes are not always in order of the reading. For some responses you will have to paraphrase and summarize.

A.  Present-Day Storyteller

  1. Use ______, props, and ______to engage listeners in the drama of the story.
  2. Stories come from ______and everywhere.
B.  Ancient Storyteller
  1. In the old days stories served to pass along ______.
  2. The job of the ______kept alive ______.
  3. A griots could tell you about ______.
  4. Describe the Xhosa
  5. ______
  6. ______
  7. ______
  8. ______

C.  Storytelling in general

  1. It is important to keep alive the history of where you come from and ______.
  2. Stories are also told about people’s ______, fears, and ______.
  3. Stories are a way of ______.
  4. People were ______so stories were created. For example, how the ______got his roar has a story.
  5. Storytelling is not just narration, it is also ______, ______, ______, and ______. All the arts are connected.
  6. Stories come from the condition in which people ______.
  7. For example, storytelling was very strong in the world of African-American slaves. This is because (paraphrase)

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  1. The power of communication and the oral tradition is (paraphrase)

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D.  Give an example of a story told to you. Who told the story? What was the story about? Could you make a connection to the story? If so, explain. (Think about stories told about your parents, relatives, when you were young, family history. Think about stories told in school by your teachers or your peers). ______

Keeping the Past Alive, Literature book pages 770- 771. The notes are not always in order of the reading. For some responses you will have to paraphrase and summarize.

A.  For as long as words have been spoken ______

B.  Storytellers inspired others to ______.

C.  Stories have been passed from generation to generation and within ______, ______, and ______.

D.  The tellers and listeners were taking part in what is known as the ______.

E.  Four types of oral tradition include

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______

F.  Folklore ______of today.

G.  Using the simile of thread connecting pieces of cloth, folklore connects ______across time and place.

H.  The oral tradition links people and ______.

I.  Common Elements include

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______

J.  Myths

  1. ______
  2. ______

K.  Folk Tales

  1. ______
  2. ______

L.  Fables

  1. ______
  2. ______

M.  Oral History

  1. ______
  2. ______

N.  List the places where the myths, folk tales, fables, and oral history we will read comes from

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  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______
  6. ______

O.  Look at the dates for each of the places where myths, folk tales, fables and oral history. Make a time line identifiynig the civilization and the even listed. You will have 6 items on your timeline.

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