COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSE OUTLINE
Course Number: SPCH 13 Division: Communications and Humanities
Course Title: Storytelling
Hours Lecture: 3 Hours Lab: 0 Weeks: 18 Units: 3
Credit Status:
AA/AS: X Non-Degree: Certificate: NonCredit:
Transfer Code: UC: CSU: X None:
Prerequisite or Corequisite: Recommended: Completion of ENGL 12B (or ENGL 12) with a minimum grade of “C”.
Catalog Description:
This course is designed to enable students to analyze and narrate stories from different genres and cultures in a manner that captures the interest of an audience ranging from preschoolers to secondary school students. The course is designed for educators and parents.
Needs/Justifications/Goals:
This course is transferable to the CSU system.
Course Outline Prepared by:
Chelvi Subramaniam Date: June 1, 2005
Curriculum Committee Chair: Division Chair:
Saul Panski Chelvi Subramaniam
SENATE APPROVAL DATE: 9/20/05 BOARD APPROVAL DATE: 8/23/05
TOP NO. 4930.22 USOE NO. 00000000 CLASSIFICATION T5/55001(a)(1)(A)
CAN NO. N/A SAM CODE E
Compton Community College June 1, 2005
Course Outline for SPCH 13
Storytelling
I. Catalog Description
SPCH 13, Storytelling 3 Units
This course is designed to enable students to analyze and narrate stories from different genres and cultures in a manner that captures the interest of an audience ranging from preschoolers to secondary school students. The course is designed for educators and parents.
II. Expected Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to perform the following activities with 70% accuracy.
A. Delineate various modes of storytelling, their historical development, and their utilization in specific world cultures.
B. Analyze selected stories and delineate their purpose and morals, as applicable.
C. Narrate a story with appropriate physiological and vocal skills.
D. List the criteria that make a story appropriate for a given age group.
E. Create and present a story to an appropriate target group.
III. Course Content:
A. Introduction to storytelling
1. Historical perspective
2. Kinds of stories
3. Modes of storytelling
4. Purposes for storytelling
B. Storytelling in other cultures
1. European culture
2. African culture
3. Asian culture
4. Latin/ Hispanic culture
C. Storytelling methods - types of stories
1. Folklore
2. Fables
3. Legends
4. Myths
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5. Fiction
6. Poetry
7. Songs
D. Element to storytelling
1. Tone
2. Melody
3. Rhythm
4. Breathing patterns
E. Storytelling as a mode for communication
1. Private conversation
2. Public speech
3. Role playing
F. Selection of appropriate stories
1. Preschool children
2. Elementary school children
3. Secondary schools children
G. Analysis of stories
1. Who was the speaker?
2. What was the plot to the story?
3. When was the story taking place?
4. Where was the story taking place?
5. Why was the story told?
6. How was the story narrated?
7. What is the moral or lesson of the story?
H. Creation and presentation of stories for appropriate age group
1. Preschool age
2. Elementary age
3. Secondary age
IV Methods of Presentation
A. Lecture
B. Class discussions
C. Small group discussions
D. Oral presentations – storytellers
E. Directed research: group project requirement
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F. Media presentations
G. Class trips
V. Assignments and Methods of Evaluation
A. Quizzes
B. Storytelling projects
C. Oral presentations
D. Peer evaluation
E. Group activities
F. Final exam
VI. Textbook(s)
Recommended
Trelease, Jim. The Read Aloud Handbook. New York, NY: Penguin. 1995.
Bernays, Anne & Pamela Painter. What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction. CITY, STATE: Pearson Longman, Inc. YEAR.
Sawyer, Ruth. The Way of the Storyteller. New York, NY: Penguin Putnam Books. 1990.
Green, Ellin. Storytelling: Art and Technique. 3rd Edition. New Providence: Bowker.
1996.
Holt, David and Bill Mooney. Ready-to-Tell Tales. CITY, STATE: August House. 1994.