You know that storytelling is an important skill every student must master. It is an important skill for work and in life. The best business leaders are great storytellers. The best community leaders are great storytellers. To sell, to persuade, to influence, to show, to tell, to entertain - you need to tell a story. Stories make an emotional connection. But where do they come from? How do you structure a story? Is there a template? Or even some story starters that people use? The Student’s Storyteller’s Activity Book answers all of these questions. This pack of 24 pages of activities will guide students on how to find, create and deliver great stories to any audience. Table of Contents Finding Great Stories Personal Stories Deeper Personal Stories Structuring Your Story Structuring Your Story Stories with Messages The Story Spine Stories with Character Two Must-Have Stories Delivery Story Analysis 29 Storytelling Tips

Telling stories with a purpose is just about the most important skill an educational leader needs. Stories create an emotional connection with the audience. This activity book is for teachers or education leaders in any setting. It guides you through the steps to structure stories with a message. The activity book also includes a bonus page of tips for teachers on how to improve their storytelling to kids. If you have any aspirations to enhance your educational leadership aspirations then improving your storytelling skills will make a difference. The 22 pages in this Activity Book will help you make that difference.

10 simple actions that anyone can take to overcome the fear of public speaking. Overcoming that fear helps people stand out at work, take charge at family events and be upfront at any school celebration. Everyone will be thankful that it is you standing there speaking. Your life will be changed when you have the confidence to speak to any audience at any time. Download this 38 page manual of tips, actions and templates that will help you speak with confidence. I’d be disappointed if anyone does not feel that this pack suits their needs. If it doesn’t, please get in touch and your money will be returned - no issue at all.

Fearless Public Speaking for Kids More than 40 pages of essential information for Middle School students wanting to improve their public speaking skills. From writing the speech to constructing a speech, and delivering a speech with fun, quotes and impact - it’s all here presented in a fun and inspirational way. Learning how to speak in front of an audience is one of the most important skills that any student should leave school with, and this manual will help your students to practise the right things. After all, public speaking is all about practice. I’d be disappointed if anyone does not feel that this pack suits their needs. If it doesn’t, please get in touch and your money will be returned - no issue at all.

This product consists of two A3 Information Sheets listing 35 Speechwriting techniques (including examples of each) that the professional speechwriter uses. Download and print out the pdf’s and students can reference them when writing a speech. Speechwriting and public speaking are important learning experiences in my language classes - hope you agree. Students entering speaking competitions only need to included a few of these techniques and they will impress any judge. I’d be disappointed if anyone does not feel that this download suits. If it’s not suitable, please get in touch and your money will be returned - no issue at all.

This Single A3 Info Sheet encourages the use of a Gratitude Journal Includes: purpose of a journal some starting ideas reasons for creating a #gratitudeattitude keyword list that will help to start writing I’d be disappointed if anyone does not feel that this download suits. If it’s not suitable, please get in touch and your money will be returned - no issue at all.

Single A3 Info Sheet outlining the 12 main types of humor, with examples, illustrations and further leads to look up. Use as an easy reference guide to prompt discussion around the types and differences between different comedy genres. I’d be disappointed if anyone does not feel that this pack suits their needs. If not, please get in touch and your money will be returned - no issue at all.

A single simple A3 Tip Sheet on how to deliver a remarkable speech. Easy tips that anyone can use to improve their public speaking. Includes such things as: 15 tips on giving a knockout speech to any audience What to do if you are reading your speech Explains the type of speeches typically delivered Important feedback questions to ask Motivation to get up on stage and do it - again and again Printout this tip sheet and refer to it every time you or your students prepare to deliver a speech on any occasion to any audience. I’d be disappointed if anyone does not feel that this download suits. If it’s not suitable, please get in touch and your money will be returned - no issue at all.

Single A3 pdf Tip Sheet for students to assist with their Speechwriting. Includes: 13 tips when writing a speech 25 plus personal speechwriting ideas The two main speech structures Essential techniques that make speeches effective, with examples The three main speech types … all on a single page for easy reference

25 Plus pages of worksheets for students to practice these tips and then compile them all in to a speech for any purpose. Includes an answer key. A good speech is like a good play, movie, or song. It is a form of entertainment. And like all entertainment, if it doesn’t entertain, then the feedback is immediate. There are not many classes that teach students how to write a speech, however there are many occasions in later life when we need to give a speech. These tips will help your students to develop an effective speech. The tips aren’t the normal ones (like, ‘make sure your speech has a beginning, a middle and an ending’). They are from many years of personal experience. I’ve written speeches for all occasions and a variety of professions.

One of the most common events that will happen to anybody who enters work life, will be to participate in meetings. It is important for Middle School students to start learning how to conduct themselves at meetings, and to learn about meeting procedures. This pack of worksheets includes activities on: creating an agenda note taking being a chairperson taking minutes proposing a motion Have fun conducting your own class meetings once these worksheets have been completed. I’d be really disappointed if anyone is not happy with these packs, so if that’s you, please get back to me and your money will be very happily refunded. I’d really like some feedback too, so all comments most welcome.

Being really funny means you need to have a humor attitude. These worksheets shows Middle School students how to develop a humor attitude. The worksheets highlight the difference between being the ‘class clown’ or local ‘nitwit’, and focusses on looking at life with a sense of humor - using the lens of laughs. My classes really enjoy the focus I have on humor - I’m sure yours will too. Great activities and strategies for anyone wanting to let more humor in to their life. 17 pages in total including an answer key where necessary. I’d be really disappointed if anyone is not happy with these packs, so if that’s you, please get back to me and your money will be very happily refunded. I’d really like some feedback too, so all comments most welcome.

It is important for any student to understand the difference between the two types of humour - one that hurts and offends, compared to the type that makes you feel good, energised and relaxed, and there are no victims that feel bad. These ten worksheets focus on helping Middle School students identify the difference between the types of humour. The worksheets analyse the Sarcastic Wit, the Nit Wit, and the Clowning Wit. I have found that teaching humour in the classroom is such fun - of course - and it can have relevance to many parts of the curriculum. Answer key included

Telling a joke to a group of people is a real art - and no-one ever teaches us how to do it! These worksheets explore some key aspects of joke telling and they can be great fun in any middle classroom. I suggest setting the ground rules with the class right at the beginning so that any inappropriate material is not used as a joke… but that never really happened in any of the lessons that I conducted with my students, so hopefully it is a non-issue for your class as well. This pack includes 12 pages of worksheets plus an answer key showing some suggested answers to the questions about jokes. Headings in the pack include: - Defining a joke - Putting on your humor hat - What is the best joke you have ever heard? - Know your audience - Joke types - How to write your own joke - How to deliver a joke I really enjoy working with humor in my classes and I have about a dozen packs of worksheets that worked in my class in my TES store. ******************************************** I’d be really disappointed if anyone is not happy with these packs, so if that’s you, please get back to me and your money will be very happily refunded. I’d really like some feedback too, so all comments most welcome.

From time to time a special visitor comes to the school and your class might be called on to ask them a question. How often is that question very ordinary, may be a bit embarrassing, and sometimes it may not really excite the visitor? I have used these worksheets to prepare my students to come up with some more interesting questions to ask the visitor to the class or the school. My students sometimes also need to visit a local politician or business person as part of a class project, and I use these worksheets to again prepare them for the visit. I find these type of interpersonal communication skills so important for later life and that’s why my store is full of activities around public speaking, using humor and interviewing techniques. I hope you find this pack useful to start the topic of interviewing.

The ability to construct and confidently present a speech to any audience will always be one of the most sought after skills required in any form of employment. Any student needs to master the skills to speak confidently, and this pack of worksheets will provide every student with some unique insights to how to speak confidently. Topics include: Developing a hook to involve the audience Telling a story to engage the audience Develop a Call to Action to finish off the speech Tips to gain confidence with public speaking And the importance of seeking feedback about a speech that was delivered. These topics and more are covered in these 20 plus pages of activities aimed for the Middle School Student Answer key included

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” - Groucho Marx “The problem with common sense is that most people are morons.” - The Sarcasm Society Sarcasm can be witty, but in the school environment it can be hurting. Teach your students to recognise sarcasm and to be careful with its use. This bundle includes a great introductory Full Quality narrated slidedeck that introduces the topic of sarcasm. The slidedeck includes: - samples from Groucho Marx, - how sarcasm can hurt others, - some samples for students to test their sarcasm detector, and - some examples for sarcastic body language. The bundle also includes a starter pack of humour worksheets centred around the topic of Sarcasm. Topics include: - Irony v Sarcasm - Sarcasm Detector - Sarcasm as Verbal Bullying - Groucho Marx and his form of Sarcasm - Comparing Sarcasm with being Sincere - Plotting types of Sarcasm on the Nasty v Nice scale, and the Funny v not Funny scale … and more Great fun for the classroom, but this pack also relates to the topic of emotional bullying and how some words that seem funny to others can impact a victim’s feelings.

Create fun storyboards that students then place on to geographic locations on Google Earth. The storyboards can be used to walk through a story showing each step of the plot on Google Earth - using images and descriptions - but they can also be used to create a tour of anything that you can think of. This pack shows students how to create their own simple Tour on Google Earth, by creating a storyboard(Word template included), setting up Placemarks, inserting images and description as well some activities at each location, then recording the tour for others to view. Very motivating. Also includes an assessment Rubric, answer key, 12 worksheets, and a Word document Storyboard template. Note that there are some very minor steps included that apply to Mac users only.

Great fun pack that investigates the types of Pranks, Hoaxes and Scams that are carried out in a variety of circumstances - on the web, in the classroom, in the news and so on. Students identify the differences and get an understanding that this is not a new thing - it all started with Jonathon Swift (Gulliver Travels). These pen and paper worksheets explore this type of humor and discusses the impact it might have on the victim. I really enjoy teaching about humor in the classroom and this is another of my packs that my classes have been working on. I also use the topic to cover off some ‘bullying’ issues and make sure that all students understand that a prank can often have a negative effect on someone else - and so needs to be avoided. The pack is also great for introducing the topic of email scams and how they can impact people who are not wary. 28 pages including a comprehensive Answer Key I’d be really disappointed if anyone is not happy with these packs, so if that’s you, please get back to me and your money will be very happily refunded. I’d really like some feedback too, so all comments most welcome.