Deck 9: StoryTelling

Question 1

As children are exposed to repeated experiences of storytelling of the same story,they may notice additional features about the plot and characters.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Some stories have a unique rhythm and cadence of their own.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Shared stories are believed to be the building blocks of thinking and imagining.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Rarely is phonemic awareness promoted in storytelling by adults.

Question 5

Changing a story in mid-story is not professional.

Question 6

Storytellers should strive to use the same storytelling style they have copied from another teacher.

Question 7

Audience participation is often encouraged by successful storytellers.

Question 8

One criterion for selecting a story involves the values and models presented in the story.

Question 9

Avoid stories with "antiquated language."

Question 10

"Mother-knows-best" stories and stories that teach a moral delight children.

Question 11

One secret of good storytelling is the teller's emphasis on story parts highly enjoyed by children.

Question 12

A fable often teaches a moral.

Question 13

Early childhood teachers should share stories from their own ethnic and cultural background.

Question 14

A teacher taking down a child's dictated story needs to refrain from guiding the child to think about beginning,middle,and ending.

Question 15

Multicultural or multi-ethnic stories should be part of a good language arts program and shared primarily on holidays or during culturally related events.

Question 16

Children develop mental images during teacher storytelling as the story unfolds.

Question 17

Most stories have a problem to be solved.

Question 18

Certain important lines in a story may need to be memorized.

Question 19

An introduction that piques child interest is important in storytelling.

Question 20

Storytelling should be attempted by teachers only after they have developed considerable professional skill.

Question 21

Dramatic pauses during storytelling usually make children's minds wander.

Question 22

A good place to start storytelling to a group of preschoolers is to start telling little personal stories.

Question 23

A good storyteller can't hold its audience as well as a flashing,colorful,animated child's TV program.

Question 24

It helps to be close to your audience during storytelling.

Question 25

At times,teacher storytelling can have an educative purpose.

Question 26

Storytelling can be spontaneous and personal.

Question 27

When taking child dictation it is expected that teachers will help a child express what he/she is trying to communicate.

Question 28

4 year olds are a better audience for a storyteller than 2 year olds.

Question 29

Each child listening to a storyteller constructs the same meanings as the other children.

Question 30

When a story line is learned,the teller can concentrate on dialogue,gestures,and facial expressions.

Question 31

Young children often copy the type of speaking voice a storyteller uses if it is particularly memorable.

Question 32

Both a storyteller's voice and body tell a story.

Question 33

Dictating a self-created story to a teacher can be a required task every preschool child needs to accomplish.

Question 34

Good storytellers maintain audience eye contact.

Question 35

Successful stories have content that is unrelated to children's lives so that children can gain knowledge.

Question 36

Encouraging a child to 'act' his/her self-created story with movements or dance,if the child wishes to do so,is an appropriate strategy.

Question 37

A teacher should speak aloud the steps she is taking while writing down child dictation.

Question 38

Stories that require the teller to sing a line or two are not recommended.

Question 39

Pacing a story at the right speed for listeners is a storytelling skill.

Question 40

Both the audience and the storyteller are absorbed in thought during a story being told.

Question 41

Preschoolers may get the idea while telling their own stories that they can

A)​tell lies about themselves.
B)​tell better stories than the teacher.
C)​alter or influence audience feelings.
D)​none of the above

Question 42

Researchers agree that illustrations,drawings,or photographs should accompany storytelling because the benefit is greater for children compared to storytelling without visuals.

Question 43

Beginning child storytellers

A)​have story sense and story grammar immediately.
B)​sequence story events in mature ways.
C)​often tell a series of unrelated events.
D)​display mature gesturing ability.

Question 44

The plot of the story is the structure of story action.

Question 45

A teacher trying to promote story comprehension after a storytelling session would ask which of the following questions?

A)​"Could the story have a different ending?"
B)​"How did Rover catch the cat?"
C)​"What was the name of the cat?"
D)​"How many times did Rover bark at the door?"

Question 46

A fairy tale

A)​can be a folktale.
B)​can be about real-life problems.
C)​sometimes includes giants,nonhumans,and magical events.
D)​all of these answers.

Question 47

One's opening phrase in storytelling should

A)​transport listeners from conversational speech to the other-world of story.
B)​alert children to sit quietly.
C)​cause children to want to clap.
D)​none of these answers.

Question 48

The act of pantomiming

A)​can introduce and enhance storytelling.
B)​does not suit the developmental level of young children.
C)​may frighten preschoolers.
D)​can add words to children's vocabulary.

Question 49

Because holding attention in storytelling may be more difficult than reading a picture book,teachers

A)​issue many more statements to change child behavior.
B)​include lots of child participation in the telling.
C)​become animated and dramatic at times.
D)​include lots of child participation in the telling and become animated and dramatic at times.

Question 50

Taking child dictation successfully involves being both

A)​a scribe and a facilitator.
B)​an editor and an encourager.
C)​one who suggests/corrects and a writer.
D)​a motivator and an editor.

Question 51

If children have numerous experiences hearing stories that make them laugh,they

A)​put humor in their own story creations.
B)​may realize words have power.
C)​use funny gestures in their own storytelling.
D)​all the above.

Question 52

Storytellers can emphasize,define,or weave specific words into their presentations.

Question 53

Memorizing a story word for word

A)​takes effort but it is worth it.
B)​lets a teacher sound real instead of mechanical.
C)​was recommended as professional preparation.
D)​none of these answers.

Question 54

Teaching a lot of facts during storytelling is recommended.

Question 55

At every point in a teacher's telling of a story,she is aware of

A)​child feedback
B)​how long she is taking in minutes.
C)​what other adults may think of her.
D)​the intensity of her dramatics and diction.

Question 56

When comparing the value of storytelling and reading books to young children,storytelling

A)​actually promotes more language development.
B)​actually promotes less language development.
C)​actually promotes more vocabulary development.
D)​promotes literacy also.

Question 57

Storytelling can increase a child's appetite for impact words.

Question 58

Suggestions for techniques useful for storytelling include

A)​being at the child's level.
B)​maintaining eye contact.
C)​using a prop.
D)​all of these answers.

Question 59

Most good stories end with

A)​children mesmerized.
B)​a quick,satisfying conclusion.
C)​the main character getting what she deserves.
D)​rising action and suspense.

Question 60

One can dialogue

A)​with others.
B)​with one self.
C)​with inanimate objects.
D)​when there is a conversation going on.

Question 61

Parts of stories that create high interest in the child audience can

A)​be noted and discussed at staff meetings.
B)​satisfy the teacher.
C)​be drawn out to enhance their effect while telling.
D)​recorded and analyzed.

Question 62

Describe the best classroom area for storytelling and how to begin a story.

Question 63

How might a teacher use photographs to tell a story?

Question 64

Name 3 picture books that can be used for storytelling without the book,and explain why you choose each.

Question 65

What are story cue cards,and how can they be used?

Question 66

A good sensory and visual image is found in which of the following story lines

A)​Toad jumped in the water.
B)​Little fuzzy duck shook wet drops of water in a spray off his yellow feathers.
C)​The cool air felt cold on the green frog's bumpy skin so he leaped a giant leap and slid into the warm lily pond.
D)​either b or c

Question 67

Sources for stories are

A)​numerous.
B)​often found in the teller's life experiences.
C)​found in collections at libraries.
D)​all the above

Question 68

What features of stories might be focused upon in an after storytelling session?

Question 69

List five suggestions that may help or encourage preschoolers' dictation of stories or other written communication.

Question 70

What intellectual skills and language skills might children encounter when they dictate their ideas to adults to write down?

Question 71

List in proper order the classic story pattern form.