Telling Stories About Yourself

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Telling Stories About Yourself

• Tuesday, December 18, 2007

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Telling Stories

• Telling Stories about ourselves
• We find this done throughout school and life
• English Essays, College Applications, interviews
  it never ends
• Today we will find out strategies to help us with
  this art!

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Why do they ask?

• The reason people ask you to tell stories about
  yourself depends on the person..

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English Teacher

• English Teacher This person wants you to
  improve this skill for later in life.

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College Admissions

• College Admissions The admissions office wants
  to see what type of students and person you can
  bring to their University.

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Job Interviewer

• Job Interviewer This person wants to see what
  you can bring to the company.

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The 3 Types of Stories
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The Challenge Plot

• You overcame an obstacle to get to where you are.
  
• I learned customer service working at an ice
  cream stand. In the summer the line was twenty
  people deep and it was a challenge to keep the
  customers happy.
• Now the listener has an image in their mind of
  you being good at customer service.

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The Creativity Plot

• In this plot, the turning point in the story is a
  eureka moment - when an idea comes to you and
  changes everything.
• It was then I realized I studied best for
  English when I read authors I enjoyed!

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The connection plot.

• This plot comes in when you are telling a story
  about bringing a team together.
• My science project team took in 2 new members.
  They had trouble getting along until I showed
  everyone how to coordinate their efforts. We were
  then were very successful. And won first prize.

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Your Turn

• Can you think tell a story about yourself?
• Please share with the class.

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The END