Through the telling and hearing of these tales we can explore:

Narrative patterns - repetition, revisiting situations, consequences
Oral expression - voices, silence, pace
Character development - how do characters change in a tale? learning, remembering, relationships
Storytelling devices - percussion, effects, tunes, movement
I nvolvement - hot-seating, role play, drama, dance

Workshop activities:

Creating tales in sound and speech

leading to...
Developing oral tales

leading to...
Writing stories - drawn from the oral 'tradition' created by the learners themselves

Stories all with trees in...
from

Africa
China
Japan
New Zealand
Britain