Lesson 5: Improvisation and asking
Essential questions:
How do we use story structure and improvisation to Ask. Listen. Tell.?
Lesson overview:
This lesson explores collaborative storytelling. It demonstrates how to use Ask. Listen. Tell. to improvise a short dramatic scene. It is the culmination of the Ask. Listen. Tell. methodology.
Ask: Learners have conducted interviews.
Listen: Learners have listened to someone else’s story.
Tell: Learners tell the story using improvisation.
- Pyramid story structure
- Tableaux
Materials (these are also included, as relevant, in the lesson components below):
- 'Pyramid story structure' template
- An open space