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Imagination River Storytelling Camp by Mary Fellows
Keywords: middle school, language arts, oral presentation, library skills, teacher/student relationships
ABSTRACT
The Imagination River Storytelling Camp project taught 120 kids in four middle schools in the Capital Region of New York to be storytellers. Thirty-three of these students participated in a three-day camp to intensively develop their skills. At the first annual Riverway Storytelling Festival in 2003, thirty students told stories to enthusiastic audiences.
The project was sparked by a storytelling curriculum partnership involving a local middle school teacher and professional storyteller. Their experiences and valuable input led to the development of the Imagination River Storytelling Camp project, which paired four middle schools each with a professional storyteller and their public librarian.
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