The Hare and the Tortoise

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The Hare and the Tortoise
FOCUS ON THE NARRATOR Its not the story, its
the way you tell it.   The key concept in
this assignment is the NARRATOR.
You, the AUTHOR (a real person) create a
CHARACTER (narrator) to tell the story.
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The Hare and the Tortoise

•   You are re-writing the story The Hare and
  the Tortoise.
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• Reduce the story to three or four points
  its beginning, middle and end e.g.
• Tortoise challenges hare to a race.      
• Hare falls asleep during race
• Tortoise overtakes sleeping hare and wins.

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The Hare and the Tortoise
Now choose a narrator for the story e.g. the
tortoise the hare the hares rival/enemy some
other animal that saw the race. This is the
person who will tell your version of the story.  
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The Hare and the Tortoise

• Ask yourself who would this narrator be
  talking to? the LISTENER, Eg
• -   the tortoise telling a news reporter about
  his/her triumph
• - the hare trying to explain this disaster to
  his/her children
• - the hares rival telling his pals about
  his/her rivals downfall

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The Hare and the Tortoise

• Think what would be the key questions you
  would want to ask your narrator to answer for
  you? Eg
• To the tortoise What made you challenge? How
  did it feel when you were left at the start? How
  do you feel now?
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• To the hare Why did you accept the challenge?
  Why did you fall asleep? How are you going to
  cope with the ridicule?

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The Hare and the Tortoise

• Now write the story from your narrators point
  of view, trying to answer the sorts of questions
  you feel your listener would be wanting to ask
  you.

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The Hare and the Tortoise

• How will you start off your story?
• -   What will you say to your listener first?
• -   What will be your tone of voice?
• -   What do you want your listener to know, feel,
  understand?
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• How will you bring your story alive to your
  listener?
• -   what little details will you bring in?
• -   how will you build up tension?
• -   How will you emphasise the important aspects
  of the story?
• -   How will you keep your listener aware of your
  view of what happened?
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• What do you want to leave your listener thinking
  at the end of your story?