Spoken stories are a tradition that have existed long before written history. Even in our digital age we first learn stories through the spoken word. A parent or grand parent tends to be our first exposure to the wonder of stories when they read to us before we can do it ourselves.
Even before reading the article on Denise's site I had been contemplating recording some of the stories I used to read to my kids for my soon to be born grand daughter (I am so not old enough for this). While making the video I am about to share I also thought it could be fun to post some readings of other articles and stories. Don't worry, I most likely won't read nursery rhymes (or maybe I will).
For now, enjoy the Jabberwocky...
What a great idea!!! I love the way you did this. I 've been thinking about doing podcast of my stories. Who knows you may be seeing me on my site doing just that. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's fun when you can give the inflection and voices in your head to those who read your work. Yep, I admit it, I like to do the voices when I read.
DeleteJabberwocky is so much fun! I used to have students do a mad-lib based on the poem. First we identifed the nonsense word and what part of speech it would be. My favorite student version was about a toaster. There's also quite the interesting variety of this poem on YouTube. Thanks for a good happy Friday post!
ReplyDeleteIt is one of my favorites. It has a bit of the naughtiness to it when you realize he made up a bunch of the words.
DeleteThats a really cute idea to do for your grand daughter. I cherish the memories I have of being read to before bed by my mother or grandmother. Its weird to think about how stories used to be passed down verbally, and how much they probably changed over time compared to those now in print.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking to tell you that not only should you read your writing outloud, but you should record it as you read it and then listen to it a little later. That's a big difference too!
ReplyDeleteLove your VOICE on the Jabberwocky poem! Sounds like a familiar poem to me, but I'm not for sure. Anyway, I bet your daughters loved it when you used that voice for them!
Also, you are NOT old enough to be a grandPA. Because you don't look a year older than me and I promise you I am not old enough to be a grandma. :-) I bet I tricked you didn't I?--you thought I was 22 huh? Hahahahaha!
I think we've lost our way with spoken stories in legends. That's how history and lessons were taught for the last couple of centuries and now we think kids should just read it and learn it. I'm all for the return of spoken stories!
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