Yesterday Stu Duval came to our school to talk about storytelling. At the beginning he told us that pictures can tell a story as much as using a thousand words can. He got us to suggest letters and numbers he could use then he made these into cartoon pictures. It was really funny and amazing. He was so fast at drawing. Next he told us about where he got his ideas for stories, this one was about Huia Bay and a big kauri tree. He drew an amazing picture with chalk pastels and then told a very funny story about Captain Black Custard and Lamington Lil. He wasn't a pirate who was interested in fighting or treasure, he and his pirate crew were crazy for....pudding! They had spoons instead of swords in their belts, and their ship was called The Apple Tart.
We learnt that storytellers get ideas from ordinary things, and exciting days they have and they work these ideas into their stories to make something beautiful. Stu told us it was kind of like cooking up a vegetable soup in a big pot. He used lots of great descriptive adjectives and phrases, and powerful verbs.
We had lots of fun listening to him. At the end of his time with us, he had a quiz to see which class could win the picture he had drawn. Unfortunately for us, but fortunately for them, Room 15 won it!
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