Peer Coaching Card for Storytelling It worked when you… Next time try… Pace ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Speaking at a speed I can understand. You spoke too fast/slow when you said _________ Slowing down when you say _________ Speaking quicker when you say _________ Checking the audience is understanding you when _________ ▪ Getting quieter when you say _________ ▪ Get louder when (suggest a place where they should be angry or excited) _________ ▪ Emphasizing a key word like _________ Dramatic Pauses ▪ Paused before you said _________ ▪ Pausing before you say _________ (suggest a place where they are about to share something sad or exciting) Pausing before you say _________ (suggest a place where they are “remembering” something) Body Language ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Spoke at a speed I could understand. Slowed down when you said _________ Spoke faster when you said _________ Volume ▪ ▪ Got quieter when _________ Got louder when _________ Tone ▪ Made your voice sad, happy, angry, etc. when you said _________ ▪ Emphasized the word _________ ▪ Gestured when you said _________ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Eye Contact ▪ Made eye contact with the audience when _________ ▪ Didn’t look at your book very often ▪ ▪ ▪ Shifting in your seat to show you are uncomfortable when you say _________ Clenching your seat to show you are angry when you say _________ Shaking your head to show you are disturbed when you say_________ Putting your hand to your forehead to show you are distressed when you say _________ Raising your eyebrows to show something is surprising when you say _________ Making more eye contact with the audience Looking at your script less Breaking eye contact when you say _________ (suggest a place where they say something sad)
