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Arrange the group in a horse-shoe seating arrangement if there is room. If not choose another arrangement allowing participants to see each other. Facilitator starts a story by saying one sentence. All participants then contribute to the story by adding sentences. A good story would: | {{activity|cumulative talk|10}} All the participants get up to rearrange the seating. Arrange the group in a {{activitytag|horse-shoe seating arrangement}} if there is room. If not choose another arrangement allowing participants to see each other. Facilitator starts a story by saying one sentence. All participants then contribute to the story by adding sentences. | ||
A good story would: | |||
* be contextually appropriate: for example, use common names of characters and a setting familiar to participants. | * be contextually appropriate: for example, use common names of characters and a setting familiar to participants. | ||
* have a theme relevant for participants such as education (girl-child receiving schooling later supports family), importance of forests and wild-life (saving a snake later becomes useful for invention of new medicine), treatment of diseases (steps taken by a family to treat an ill person) etc. | * have a theme relevant for participants such as education (girl-child receiving schooling later supports family), importance of forests and wild-life (saving a snake later becomes useful for invention of new medicine), treatment of diseases (steps taken by a family to treat an ill person) etc., | ||
* be short and have few characters | * be short and have few characters, and | ||
* have a problem which is collectively resolved in the end. | * have a problem which is collectively resolved in the end. | ||
For instance, you could create a story about welcoming a new child to the school, perhaps a child with an impairment or some kind. Tthe facilitator starts by saying: "The other day, I heard my neighbours talking about whether their child should be starting school, because their child has difficulty walking, and they were not sure whether children like that should go to school." | |||
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