Tampa-Hillsborough County
        Storytelling Festival

COACHING MANUAL

MANUALS NOW AVAILABLE

     Thanks to a grant from the Junior League of Tampa, Inc. as well as the 
Arts Council of Hillsborough County and
the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, manuals are
available. All principals, assistant principals, and media specialists in
Hillsborough County public elementary, middle and high
schools should have received a manual in mid-December, 1998. Copies were
sent to private schools in January 1999. If you cannot locate your
school's copy (it's white with an iridescent purple castle on the front) or you are not affiliated with a Hillsborough County public or private school, call Priscilla Lakus at 813-273-3648 or Kelly Lambert at 813-931-2106 or e-mail us at info@tampastory.org for a copy.

     Manuals are free to those who work with youth in Hillsborough County. If you live outside Hillsborough County, please see our online manual (the format is not quite as pretty, but it is all there). If you simply must have a hard copy, send a check for $5.00 payable to the Friends of the Library for postage and handling. Mail your check and request for manual with your name, address, and phone number to:

Priscilla Lakus
Storytelling Festival
John F. Germany Library
900 North Ashley Drive
Tampa, FL  33602

Click Here for Online Manual

 
MANUAL HIGHLIGHTS

     Virginia Rivers, Victoria Gregor, and Amy Crane spent the last year
revising, updating, and expanding the Committee's manual for teaching
storytelling. This manual guides novice tellers step by step through the
process of turning shy and awkward children into Festival Quality
Storytellers who can confidently stand in front of an audience and share a
story. Manual highlights include:

• suggested lesson plans, with a timeline,

• a variety of storytelling games and activities,

• detailed instructions on coaching storytellers,

• suggested curriculum tie-ins,

• Sunshine State Standards and Hillsborough County FCAT benchmarks covered by a storytelling unit, and

• a professional bibliography of books and websites for further help in bringing storytelling into your classroom.
  

     This manual has all the information you need to get started. The
information in the manual is helpful for enhancing your curriculum with
storytelling, even if you are not planning to participate in the Festival.

Click here to see online version of manual

Do you have a question?  Need more information?  Contact us at:  info@tampastory.org

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