Spin-a-Yarn

 

 

Four headline clips of the newspaper were given on the spot and the learners were required to spin-a-yarn ensuring connectivity with the clips. Based on this they were given exercises to build a story for at least 2-3 minutes.

 

 

 

This activity essentially covered all aspects of writing skills. This activity helped develop coordination between individuals and groups, present imaginative thoughts/ideas in proper language, learn to build up the story from the previous clue, develop confidence, deal with sentence structure, and encourage imaginative ideas and thought development.

This particular team was speaking in public for the very first time. They also learnt to get over ‘panic’. This activity helped them improve their articulation, pronunciation and putting together their thoughts at the right pace depending on the audience and the content. In addition, they learnt to speak impromptu with logical ordering of points. What's more, they gathered confidence to make eye contact and perk up their body language.

Visualising things and making analogies and learning to spin-a-yarn proved to be a fruitful experience!! This team secured the second position in the competition.