Overview

This unique learning tool lets students read and listen to a popular folktale, analyze the structure through story mapping, and create a board game based on their analysis. Ever-popular, board games can be an ideal teaching tool. In Stories on Board!: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales, award-winning storyteller Dianne de Las Casas shows how it's done, allowing students to create their own board games with a unique method that integrates learning and fun. With Stories on Board!, students read and listen to popular folktales, analyze the structure of the story through story mapping, and then create a board game based on their analysis, engaging their aural, visual, and tactile skills. The lesson culminates in a Game Day in which the students play each other's games. The technique is a great way to introduce a unit on folktales, covering language arts and social studies.

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Author:   Dianne de Las Casas ,  Soleil Lisette
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Libraries Unlimited Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 27.40cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9781591588627

ISBN 10:   1591588626
Pages:   107
Publication Date:   30 June 2010
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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<p>. ..what makes this book unique is that it spells out the elements of a good story and relates them to the parts of an interesting game...Recommended for school libraries. - <p>Catholic Library World

...what makes this book unique is that it spells out the elements of a good story and relates them to the parts of an interesting game...Recommended for school libraries. - Catholic Library World

Author Information

Dianne de Las Casas was an author and award-winning storyteller who toured internationally, presenting programs, educator/librarian training, workshops, and artist residencies. She is the author of many books, including the Libraries Unlimited titles Scared Silly: 25 Tales to Tickle and Thrill; Tangram Tales: Story Theater Using the Ancient Chinese Puzzle; Handmade Tales: Stories to Make and Take; and The Story Biz Handbook: How To Manage Your Storytelling Career from the Desk to the Stage.

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