Hello! My name is Toti. The last day I went to the zoo and I met some new firends. Do you want to know them? O well. See them! (We show the flashcards and children have to say the name of these animals)
the horse
the penguin
the zebra
the frog
the lion
the dolphin
the parrot
the bunny
the butterfly
They like to play. One of them is hidden in this cage and you have to guess who is he by asking questions. Do you want to play with them? Ok lets go! In turns, each child has to ask the puppet some questions like: Can you fly? Can you swim? Do you live in a cold/hot place? Are you big/small? And the questions that they want to ask. You answer the questions with the puppet. When they guess the animal, you show them.
In this handout we can read about the importance of learning through stories andlearning through drama.
Learning thorugh stories is interesting because children can improve their ability to understand, predicting, guessing, retell and even create their own stories in English. Also, learning through stories is very motivated for them. As a teacher, is important to vary the kinds of stories because children can learn more and more if we include, for example: tales, fables, myths, legends, rhyming stories, stories from other cultures, stories that contain different content of the curriculum, and so on. About telling stories is important that children take part in the story because is easier for them to understand the story. Is necessary to follow the three stages of before, while and after when we plan story-based lessons.
Learning through drama is also intersting because they can make connections between language and corporal expression so they can associate actions, words and meanings. With drama ativities they can learn a lot of vocabulary in a funny way. This type of activites help them to be more self-confident.
It is advisable to combine storytelling with drama.
Then there are a lot of stories and drama activities (32) that we can use with children, all of them are very interesting but I'll highlight the activities that I liked the most:
4.1 Words in the story, 4.2 Picture the story and 4.3 Picture books covers: all of these activities consist in make predictions about the story watching some words that appears in the story, one picture of the story or the book cover. In all of them, the teacher must encourage children to make predictions about the story asking them.
4.5 Finger stories: I love this type of acivities because I think that they motivate children. In this case, the story that the author chose is Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle. The following video show this story:
As we can see in the video, the children are very concentrated in the movements and they have had a great time! So this is a good idea to imrpove their vocabulary as well as their kinestesic intelligence.
4.9 That´s no right!: this activity consists in change a familar story. When the children hear something worng they must say That´s not right! and explain the reason for this. For example if we are telling the story of Snowhite, and we say: Snowhite met five dwarfs... the pupils may say: That´s no right! Snowhite didn't meet five dwarfs, she met seven dwarfs. So I think that this activity is good to improve their memory, to practise some structures and it is funny for them because they like to correct the adults so much!
4.15 Build a story and 4.16 Film of the sory: this type of activity is for higher levels (10-12 years old) but I like this because they create their own story so it is good to develop their creativeness as well as their writting skills. In the second activity they must change some things about a well-known stories so it is very funny.
4.19 Freeze!: this is a playful activity that young children love to do. They like to imitate animals and move at the rhythm of the music or another sound. When the teacher says freeze! they have to stop like an statue and remain still for a while. Children can improve or review some vocabulary and practise self-discilpline and self-control. I think that is a good activity to introduce them into drama.
4.23 Story statues and 4.24 Still images: I like this kind of activity because the children have to express with their body some actions that characterize some characters of the story and they have to guess. With this activity they develop their imagination and their body expression.
4.26 Act out a story with puppets: children can make their own puppets, so it develop their cretiveness and their fine motor skills , and then they use them to performance a story. I think that this activity is very useful to make children more confident.
4.32 Class play: I like this activity because the whole class participate as a big group and children usually like to act for their families using different fancy dresses and making their own decorate.
In conclusion, I like this handout because there are a lot of types of activities to do with children in class. Some of them are for Primary but we can adapt for very young children. Also, the ativities are detailed and there are differents comments and suggestions to complete the activities.
The bus won´t go and others
In this handout we have four short stories with three activities each one: The bus won't go:
I like this story because children can learn about the different types of transport in a funny way because in the story and the activities the children can make the different sounds that the vehicles do. The proposed activities are interesting because they can practise numbers, develop their memory (because in the second activity they must correct the mistakes) or improve their communicative skills since they have to give different reasons about the use of the different vehicles. The pig pot:
I like this stpry because uses a lot of vocabulary about animals and different adjectives. The activities for this story includes role playing, so the children can performance this story even for their families. They can make invitations, so this is very motivate for them. The balloon:
This story is good to practise the names of shops, the physical features of their country (hills, rivers, mountains,...), different feelings (frightened, happy, bored,...), to express hopes,... The activities are good because they suggest to adapt the story for our class (the main character can be a child of our class, use the hope expressions to talk about the weather, to develop their knowledge about their town, their country and the Earth,...), make predictions about the story and telling the end of the story.
Mr Morgan´s music shop:
This story is connected with the first story because it uses the same sounds for the different vehicles. I like this story because it uses different sounds that we can hear in a music shop, on the street and in a farm, so we can have a great time reproducing this sounds with the children. The proposed activities invite us to make sounds and clasify them in noisier and quieter, to make maps and use them to see the progress in the story.
In the
storytelling subject, we had to tell a story, without
read. For this activity, I decided to create a story for my own instead of
learning a story. I prefer this because I can remember better what it happens
in the story. The story that I created is the following (the cursive text are the questions that I ask to my mates): Dani is a child. He is 4 years old. He is excited because he is going to go to the zoo with his parents. Do you want to go to the zoo with them? Ok lets go! At first, he see the monkeys cage. What sound do the monkeys? Well done! -I like the monkeys!They are very nice!- say Dani. -Yes! Look at them, they smile us!- say his daddy. -Wow! Look there, the lions!-say his mum. -Grrrrrrrrr the lions are so fierce! Grrrrrrr- say Dani Then they continue the way and they see the kangaroos -Jump jump jump! I like jump as a kangaroo!- say Dani (jump while say this) Can you jump like a kangaroo too? Oh right! They continue but... -It is very cold!- say Dani (put a freeze voice and move the hands like if you want to warm) -Yes it is! -We are in the penguins cave.They need the cold to survive- explain mum. Finally, they go to see the dolphins show. Do you want to see the dolphins show too? Ok, lets go!!! (Move the dolphins like they are swimming and dancing) -Woooow! Look the dolphins, they swim very well! -Yes and I like the jumps over the water! -And look the way that they are dancing! -They are so funny! Dani had a great time, so he goes home singing this song: Today we went to the zoo, to the zoo!! Today we went to the zoo, to the zoo!!! He will never forget this day.
To tell the story I used different images that
I was sticking to the board with blue tack, when the character was appearing in
the story.
I think the way that I tell the story is a
good way because I include my mates in the story, they went with the characters
to the zoo and they can sing the final song. Also I changed my voice to do the different characters.
Once more, I tried to tell this story to
the children with whom I work but including the movements and sounds of animals
while we were advancing along the "zoo" that I created for them with
toy animals. The children had a great time with this story because they took
part in this, they felt as if they were actually at the zoo.
I´m going to comment a revolting rhyme which is created by the well-known author Roald Dahl (you may know him because he had written wonderful books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or Matilda). Roald Dahl created the Revolting Rhymes, a funny series of rhymes about traditional tales. However, this rhymes have been changed. This revolting rhyme is about the story of Cinderella:
I guess you think you know this story. You don't. The real one's much more gory. The phoney one, the one you know, Was cooked up years and years ago, And made to sound all soft and sappy just to keep the children happy. Mind you, they got the first bit right, The bit where, in the dead of night, The Ugly Sisters, jewels and all, Departed for the Palace Ball, While darling little Cinderella Was locked up in a slimy cellar, Where rats who wanted things to eat, Began to nibble at her feet.
She bellowed 'Help!' and 'Let me out! The Magic Fairy heard her shout. Appearing in a blaze of light, She said: 'My dear, are you all right?' 'All right?' cried Cindy .'Can't you see 'I feel as rotten as can be!' She beat her fist against the wall, And shouted, 'Get me to the Ball! 'There is a Disco at the Palace! 'The rest have gone and I am jealous! 'I want a dress! I want a coach! 'And earrings and a diamond brooch! 'And silver slippers, two of those! 'And lovely nylon panty hose! 'Done up like that I'll guarantee 'The handsome Prince will fall for me!' The Fairy said, 'Hang on a tick.' She gave her wand a mighty flick And quickly, in no time at all, Cindy was at the Palace Ball!
It made the Ugly Sisters wince To see her dancing with the Prince. She held him very tight and pressed herself against his manly chest. The Prince himself was turned to pulp, All he could do was gasp and gulp. Then midnight struck. She shouted,'Heck! I've got to run to save my neck!' The Prince cried, 'No! Alas! Alack!' He grabbed her dress to hold her back. As Cindy shouted, 'Let me go!' The dress was ripped from head to toe.
She ran out in her underwear, And lost one slipper on the stair. The Prince was on it like a dart, He pressed it to his pounding heart, 'The girl this slipper fits,' he cried, 'Tomorrow morn shall be my bride! I'll visit every house in town 'Until I've tracked the maiden down!' Then rather carelessly, I fear, He placed it on a crate of beer.
At once, one of the Ugly Sisters, (The one whose face was blotched with blisters) Sneaked up and grabbed the dainty shoe, And quickly flushed it down the loo. Then in its place she calmly put The slipper from her own left foot. Ah ha, you see, the plot grows thicker, And Cindy's luck starts looking sicker.
Next day, the Prince went charging down To knock on all the doors in town. In every house, the tension grew. Who was the owner of the shoe? The shoe was long and very wide. (A normal foot got lost inside.) Also it smelled a wee bit icky. (The owner's feet were hot and sticky.) Thousands of eager people came To try it on, but all in vain. Now came the Ugly Sisters' go. One tried it on. The Prince screamed, 'No!' But she screamed, 'Yes! It fits! Whoopee! 'So now you've got to marry me!' The Prince went white from ear to ear. He muttered, 'Let me out of here.' 'Oh no you don't! You made a vow! 'There's no way you can back out now!' 'Off with her head!'The Prince roared back. They chopped it off with one big whack. This pleased the Prince. He smiled and said, 'She's prettier without her head.'
Then up came Sister Number Two, Who yelled, 'Now I will try the shoe!' 'Try this instead!' the Prince yelled back. He swung his trusty sword and smack Her head went crashing to the ground. It bounced a bit and rolled around. In the kitchen, peeling spuds, Cinderella heard the thuds Of bouncing heads upon the floor, And poked her own head round the door. 'What's all the racket? 'Cindy cried. 'Mind your own bizz,' the Prince replied. Poor Cindy's heart was torn to shreds. My Prince! she thought. He chops off heads! How could I marry anyone Who does that sort of thing for fun?
The Prince cried, 'Who's this dirty ****? 'Off with her nut! Off with her nut!' Just then, all in a blaze of light, The Magic Fairy hove in sight, Her Magic Wand went swoosh and swish! 'Cindy! 'she cried, 'come make a wish! 'Wish anything and have no doubt 'That I will make it come about!' Cindy answered, 'Oh kind Fairy, 'This time I shall be more wary. 'No more Princes, no more money. 'I have had my taste of honey. I'm wishing for a decent man. 'They're hard to find. D'you think you can?' Within a minute, Cinderella Was married to a lovely feller, A simple jam maker by trade, Who sold good home-made marmalade. Their house was filled with smiles and laughter And they were happy ever after.
Then, in another photocopy, we have an exercise about this revolting rhyme, that it consists in complete the gaps with the words that appears in the left right:
Next day, the Prince went charging down To knock on all the doors in town. In every house, the ............. grew. Who was the owner of the shoe? The shoe was long and very .............. (A normal foot got lost inside.) Also it smelled a wee bit ............ (The owner's feet were ....... and ........) Thousands of eager people came To try it on, but all in vain. Now came the Ugly Sisters' go. One tried it on. The Prince screamed, '............!' But she screamed, 'Yes! It fits! .................! ' So now you've got to marry me!' The Prince ........... white from ear to ear. He muttered, 'Let me out of here.' 'Oh no you don't! You made a ..............! 'There's no way you can back out ............!' 'Off with her .............!'The Prince roared back. They chopped it off with one big whack. This pleased the Prince. He smiled and said, 'She's prettier without her ............. At the end of the photocopy that our teacher gave us, there is an exercise that ivite us to start our own Revolting Rhyme, the mine is about "The Lion King" my favourite Disney´s tale: In the hot Savanna Where we don´t need a badana. It was born a little lion that it was one in a million. His name was Simba and he liked to play the marimba. He was a lovely prince that eated a lot of quince. But one day, his father called Mufasa went to work for the NASA. Simba was very sad but a litlle bit glad. He was going to be the king and he could wear the royal ring.
Comments about Cinderella´s Revolting Rhyme: I think this Revolting Rhyme is very funny and surprising because at the end Cinderella prefers marry with a decent man instead of marry with the prince. I like this change but I don´t like when the prince cut the ugly sisters head since it doesn´t appropiated for kids. This Revolting Rhyme is perfect for Primary Children, in high levels, because the vocabulary is difficult and the content is a little violent for young children. The exercises are quite interesting because it encourage us to be creative.
As soon as Wolf began to feel That he would like a decent meal, He went and knocked on Grandma's door. When Grandma opened it, she saw The sharp white teeth, the horrid grin, And Wolfie said, ``May I come in?'' Poor Grandmamma was terrified, ``He's going to eat me up!'' she cried. And she was absolutely right. He ate her up in one big bite. But Grandmamma was small and tough, And Wolfie wailed, ``That's not enough! I haven't yet begun to feel That I have had a decent meal!'' He ran around the kitchen yelping, ``I've got to have a second helping!'' Then added with a frightful leer, ``I'm therefore going to wait right here Till Little Miss Red Riding Hood Comes home from walking in the wood.''
He quickly put on Grandma's clothes, (Of course he hadn't eaten those). He dressed himself in coat and hat. He put on shoes, and after that He even brushed and curled his hair. Then sat himself in Grandma's chair. In came the little girl in red. She stopped. She stared. And then she said, ``What great big ears you have, Grandma.'' ``All the better to hear you with,'' the Wolf replied. ``What great big eyes you have, Grandma.'' said Little Red Riding Hood. ``All the better to see you with,'' the Wolf replied. He sat there watching her and smiled. He thought, I'm going to eat this child. Compared with her old Grandmamma She's going to taste like caviar. Then Little Red Riding Hood said, ``But Grandma, what a lovely great big furry coat you have on.'' ``That's wrong!'' cried Wolf. ``Have you forgot To tell me what BIG TEETH I've got? Ah well, no matter what you say, I'm going to eat you anyway.''
The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistol from her knickers. She aims it at the creature's head And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.
A few weeks later, in the wood, I came across Miss Riding Hood. But what a change! No cloak of red, No silly hood upon her head. She said, ``Hello, and do please note My lovely furry WOLFSKIN COAT.''
THE END
Comments about Little Red Riding Hood:
I like this Revolting Rhyme because it is different than the original tale. I think that is funnier because it has got a touch of humour when the wolf replied Little Red Riding Hood that she was wrong because she had forgot to tell him what big teeth he had got. The end is quite crazy due to Little Red Riding Hood shoots the wolf and makes a "lovely furry wolfskin coat".
On the other hand, I think that Revolting Rhyme is not approìate for very young children because the language is so complicated for them, and maybe the end is not convinient, not at all.
This Revolting Rhyme is better to work with Primary Children because the vocabulary is more proper for this age.
Wow! Said the owlis the tale that I chose for reading in the storytelling
class. In this book, children can learn colours throw
the eyes of a little owl, so this is motivated for them because they usually love
animals.
Another reason why I chose this book is
that it allows interaction with the listeners because:
·We can ask questions and make
predictions about the cover: eg “what is
this? , where is the owl? , what do you think is going to happen?” , …
·We can include the children in
the story: eg the tense “wow! Said the owl”
is repeated almost on every page, so we can encourage children to repeat this.
·We
can ask questions and make predictions while we are reading the story: eg when
butterflies appear we can ask “what is these?”
or “how many butterflies are there?”
; we can also make predictions “when the sun is shining and it starts to rain
the thing that appears in the sky is a…… (rainbow)”
·We
can use a song to review the colours: when I read this book in class in the
end, I sing the following song about the rainbow, encouraging my mates to sing
with me:
Red, orange, yellow,
green, blue
¡purple, pink!
Red, orange, yellow,
green, blue
¡purple, pink!
Is the rainbow, is the
rainbow
A beautiful rainbow in
the sky
Is the rainbow, is the
rainbow
A beautiful rainbow in
the sky
In
conclusion, I think this book is a good choice because I read this, in this way,
for some kids and they enjoyed the book and the song so much!
This entry is about a the tale "Three little pigs" however with another end. I hope you like it!
THREE LITTLE PIGS
Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. They lived with their mother but one day they decided to leave their home: they was going to build three houses for each other. The first pig used straw to build his house. The second pig used sticks to build his house. And the third pig used bricks to build his house.
One day, a wolf was going for a walk and saw the first house. He knocked on the door and said:
- Hello! Are anyone there?
The pig was terrified. He didn´t open the door.
The wolf got angry and lew and blew and the house fell down.
The pig ran and ran to his brother´s house. When the wolf arrived at the second house knocked on the door and said:
- Hello! Are anyone there?
The pigs were terrified. They didn´t open the door.
The wolf got angry and lew and blew and the house fell down.
The pigs ran and ran to their brother's house. When the wolf arrived at the third house knocked on the door and said:
- Hello! Are anyone there?
But now, the third pig opened the door.
-Hello! What do you want- the pig said.
-I´m hungry. Can I eat with you?- the wolf answered.
-No! You want to eat us!- the pig cried.
-No! I don´t like pigs. I don´t eat meat. I hate it. I only eat vegetables and fruits- the wolf explained.
The wolf came into the house and all of them ate a great salad.
Since then, they were the best friends in the forest.
This is an adaptation that is created by two mates and me for the subject "storytelling". This entry is about a well-known tale "The room on the broom"
The room on the broom
The witch had a cat
And a very tall hat,
And a long blond hair
With a beautiful ponytail.
The cat and the witch
Started their trip
On the broomstick
Flew through the wind
Suddenly the wind blew so wildly
It blew off her hat.
A dog found find the hat
And called the witch and the cat
-Thank you so much!- said the witch
-Can I go with you?- asked the dog
-Of course you can!-
And the dog dropped it politely.
Suddenly the wind blew so wildly
It blew off her glasses.
A bird found the glasses
And called the witch, the cat and the dog.
-Thank you so much!- said the witch.
-Can I go with you?- asked the bird.
-Of course you can!- cried all of them.
Suddenly the wind blew so wildly
It blew off her magic wand.
A frog found the magic wand
And called the witch, the cat, the dog and the
bird.
-Thank you so much!- said the witch.
-Can I go with you?- asked the frog.
-Of course you can!- cried all of them.
All the animals are hungry
And the witch decided to cook a delicious meal.
She asked the animals for some food
And they went.
While they were searching for food
A dragon scared them.
-A big dragon is coming!- shouted the animals.
-I`m sorry, I didn`t want to scare you- said
the dragon.
-Don’t worry animals, he is my friend- said the
witch.
And all of them ate the great meal that they
have cooked.
THE END
GLOSSARY
Witch: a woman who has magic powers.
Blond: a person with yellow hair.
Ponytail: is a
hairstyle
Broomstick: is a special stick that the
witch uses to fly.
Wand:isan
special object that the witch uses to do her magic conjures.
ACTIVITIES
Pre-reading:
Questions about the cover:
-How many animals are there?
-Look at the witch face, is she happy or sad?
-Do you think that the witch is good or bad?
While-reading:
In some pages, we are going to ask questions like:
-What is this colour?
-What is this animal?
-Is she/it feel sad/happy/frighten?
After-reading:
- Do you like the story?
-What is your favourite character?
and then, we motivate them to draw their favourite character
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