(No) Jacket Required

Another TWITTER tipoff took me to the TEACHING EXPERTISE site, which included a good post on story telling techniques...

"The storytelling jacket"

Get an old jacket and put items in the pocket such as a train ticket, a letter, a book or a toy animal. Give the jacket to a group so that they can discover the items. The facilitator asks question to prompt imaginative responses from the participants.
  • Who does this jacket belong to?
  • What is in the pockets?
  • Wonder why there is a ...?
  • What do you think they were doing?
  • Does this person have any friends?
The questions help build an idea of the jacket owner’s life.
From this a story can be developed, either by the group as whole or by individual participants.
This could be an extension of the old feely box, or the assembly of artefacts in a box or bag that is used by some teachers.

Any thoughts on a situation where you might use this technique ?

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