A vivid experience of 'active' language:

Creating impact through use of - adverbs, adjectives, nouns, expressive verbs, action, thought and feeling
Metaphor and simile
Using temporal connectives - especially to create suspense
Settings - making locations immediate for the listener
Linking words with other expressive devices - sound effects, movement
Telling tales with music, dance, drama

Workshop activities:

Exploring language through speaking, playing with and 'tasting' words;
T alking through plots and scenes;
Becoming characters;
Finally ... writing our own versions of our tales.

Stories:

Ancient British tales
... Gawain and the Green Knight
...Floris et Blanchefleur
...Tales from Chaucer
Plus some of the stories that Shakespeare knew...