Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes

© www.shakeandstir.com.au storytelling // the basics three things to consider: 1. Co-Operation – the ability to be able to tell the story together as a group. 2. Characterisation – snapping between storyteller and character, physical and non-physical characteristics. 3. Imagination – try and think outside the box! Use things like multiple narrators, sound scapes, body percussion, gesture as well as voice! 4 line scripts: 1: This is a story 1. Once upon a time 2: Of a war of sorts 2. In a land not so far away 3: That began one stormy night Altogether: There was a small boy Altogether: On the old school oval 4. Who never grew up 1. I always wondered about Sarah Altogether: Once upon a time 2. She was a strange sort of girl 2Whendayswerelonger Altogether: She was always different 3. And nights were darker 4. She never played with us 4. There lived a man who knew too much blank script: Now it’s your turn to decide on narration // character // how to break it up! We never really understood how it happened. There they are! I can see them clearly now. It was as if it was magic. Look! Over that way. Which way? Sometimes they were there in the morning, other times not. But it was very clear that they wanted something. Not something. Someone. And the more we tried to understand it, the harder it became. That way! But what was to become of them? And what of us? © www.shakeandstir.com.au Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes: Cinderella I guess you think you know this story. You don't. The real one's much more gory. The phoney one, the one you know, Was cooked up years and years ago, And made to sound all soft and sappy Just to keep the children happy. © www.shakeandstir.com.au Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes: Goldilocks This famous wicked little tale Should never have been put on sale It is a mystery to me Why loving parents cannot see That this is actually a book About a brazen little crook Had I the chance I wouldn’t fail To clap young Goldilocks in jail © www.shakeandstir.com.au Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes: Snow White When little Snow-White’s mother died The King, her father, up and cried “Oh, what a nuisance! What a life! Now I must find another wife.” (It’s never easy for a King To find himself that sort of thing.) He wrote to every magazine And said, “I’m looking for a Queen.” At least ten thousand girls replied And begged to be the royal bride The king said with a shifty smile “I’d like to give each one a trial.” © www.shakeandstir.com.au Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes: Three Little Pigs The animal I really dig, Above all others is the pig. Pigs are noble. Pigs are clever, Pigs are courteous. However, Now and then, to break this rule, One meets a pig who is a fool. © www.shakeandstir.com.au George Orwell’s ANIMAL FARM adapted by Nick Skubij This is the story of a rebellion. That began one stormy night at Manor Farm. Word had gone around during the day that Old Major, the prize Middle White Boar, had had a strange dream – And wished to communicate it to the other animals The animals had all agreed to meet in the big barn as soon as Mr Jones, the farmer, was safely out of the way. As soon as the light in the bedroom went out, there was a stirring and fluttering from all the farm buildings. Before long, all of the animals began to enter the barn. First came the three dogs. Then the sheep. The horses. The donkey. The cow. The cat. And of course The pigs. © www.shakeandstir.com.au Tequila Mockingbird by Nelle Lee Stanton. The place where the drought never ends. Where the empty swimming pool sits next to the grassless lawns, a mocking reminder of a time of plenty that will never come again. Where depression signs litter the roadside, and the sound of gunshots means that another herd of cattle won’t be making it to market. Stanton. It’s smaller than I remember. The long trek home from the town centre, up what seemed to a child of four, like the biggest hill ever climbed is now just a short walk up a small rise, across an overgrown field. The bakery on the corner which once seemed to me like the biggest shop in the world - a confectionary heaven –is in fact a crappy shop-front with a refrigerated counter and a few shelves of expired tic tacs. When I was last here, we were a family. There was hope – life – rain..

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