Author Archives: Jason W. Ellis

Jonathan Gottschall’s The Storytelling Animal, The Future of Story

During the first ten minutes of class, write your summary of Jonathan Gottschall’s The Storytelling Animal, The Future of Story in your notebook. Also, write about the other ways that you experience story. Think about some of the examples that Gottschall mentions in this chapter. Before our next class, post your summary/discussion as a comment on this post.

Jonathan Gottschall’s The Storytelling Animal, The Moral of the Story

During the first ten minutes of class, write your summary of Jonathan Gottschall’s The Storytelling Animal, The Moral of the Story. Also, write about how he incorporates the ideas of others into his argument. Does he mention their names? Does he state the title of their work? Does he use quotations? Before our next class, post your typewritten version of your summary as a comment to this post.

Jonathan Gottschall’s The Storytelling Animal, “The Witchery of Story”

During the first ten minutes of class, summarize your reading from Jonathan Gottschall’s The Storytelling Animal, “The Witchery of Story” chapter. Also, what kinds of stories do you like to hear? What kinds of stories do you like to tell? Think about the many kinds of examples that Gottschall mentions. Before our next class, type up your summary and post it as a comment to this blog post.

John Medina’s Brain Rules, Exploration

During the first ten minutes of class, write your summary of the Exploration chapter from John Medina’s Brain Rules. Before our next class, type up your summary and post it here as a comment to this blog post. Remember, this is the last chapter that we will read as a class in this book. Next Monday, we will begin reading Jonathan Gottschall’s The Storytelling Animal.