The Magic of Storytelling
The Australian Reading Hour is back! Celebrate International Storytelling Day with some of your favourite authors and illustrators including Peter Hellier & Sally Rippin!
When: Thursday 9 March 2023
Time: 10am Queensland time (please note the link says 11am because it is being hosted in NSW)
Where: QLearn CSDE Student Space - Blackboard Collaborate session with Ms McDonald. Or you can stream live or watch on demand.
Who: P-12 Students and Parents
Activity outline:
Hosted by comedian and, our stellar line up of authors, Gregg Dreise (My Culture and Me) and Andrew McDonald (Real Pigeons series) – will work together to create and narrate an imaginative and collaborative story, line by line.
Listening attentively, the evolving story will be illustrated LIVE by 3 celebrated illustrators – Ben Wood (Real Pigeons series), Chris Kennett (School of Monsters series), and Shiloh Gordon (The Underdogs series). They're all listening to the same story as it evolves, but will their illustrations all LOOK the same when revealed at the end? Together we discuss the multiple interpretations a single story can have while introducing students to key storytelling techniques, encouraging them to think in ways that are imaginative, creative, interpretive and critical.