High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023

Storytelling Through Improv

Storytelling Through Improv

Streaming Media

Course Code

THE

Course Number

6756

Faculty/Instructor

Elizabeth Horn

Faculty/Instructor Email

Elizabeth.horn@ucf.edu

About the Author

Hi! My name is Kirby Lee, and my Co-facilitator/presenter is Leigh Green. We partnered with UCP Bailes Community Academy (K-8), in order to bring Storytelling through improv to youth.

We would like to thank our professor, Elizabeth Horn for guiding us in our work as we asked questions, developed our teaching methods, and giving detailed feedback as we continue to improve and grow. We would also like to acknowledge Ms. Herrera and Ms. Noon for their help and cooperation during our service learning facilitations, as well as the entire staff at UCP Bailes for being so welcoming and encouraging.

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

In partnership with UCP Bailes, we devised a 3- week workshop designed toward the needs of the class expressed to us. Our students were focusing on Language Arts and writing. We proposed three class times consisting of how we can use our voice and bodies to tell a story, and how we can collaborate as a group through improvisation and dramatic based pedagogy to create a beginning, middle, and end of a story. The workshop lesson plans were devised for 4th - 5th graders and utilized improvisational storytelling exercises and playwriting tools to devise their collaborative story. The lessons themselves were 45 minutes each. Learning objectives were set by the Florida CPALMS standards for Theatre and Language Arts to ensure a comprehensive educational experience.

Keywords

Storytelling

Storytelling Through Improv


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