{"id":594,"date":"2021-10-07T14:11:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T18:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www3.scholastic.ca\/lpeyx-teaching-support\/?page_id=594"},"modified":"2022-03-25T12:05:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:05:31","slug":"imaginative-play-and-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www3.scholastic.ca\/lpeyx-teaching-support\/grade-1\/oral-language-kit\/puppet-lessons\/imaginative-play-and-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaginative Play and Storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"Section-One\" class=\"section\">\n\n\n\t\t<p><span class=\"author\"><strong>Oral Language Teaching Strategy:<\/strong><\/span><br>\n  <a href=\"\/lpeyx-teaching-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/pdfs\/grade-1\/pdfs\/\ngr1_toolkit_oralanguagekit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encourage Partner Talk<\/a> Encourage students to talk through their ideas with a partner before sharing their ideas with the group.<\/p>\n\t\t<p><span class=\"Blue_hi-lite_noItalics\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/span> 20\u201325 minutes<br>\n\t\t<span class=\"Blue_hi-lite_noItalics\"><strong>Materials:<\/strong><\/span> <br>\n\t\t&#8211; crocodile and dentist puppet<br>\n\t\t&#8211; one puppet for each student <br>\n\t\t&#8211; container for the puppets <br>\n\t\t<span class=\"Blue_hi-lite_noItalics\"><strong>Grouping:<\/strong><\/span> whole class, partners, and small groups<br>\n\t\t<span class=\"Blue_hi-lite_noItalics\"><strong>Assessment:<\/strong><\/span> Use selected items from the <a href=\"\/lpeyx-teaching-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/pdfs\/grade-1\/pdfs\/assessmentscale_BLM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grade One Oral Language Assessment Scale<\/a> for recording your observations.\n\n<\/p><div id=\"Section-Two\" class=\"section\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<h2 id=\"BEFORE_MODELLING\" class=\"heading2\"><a name=\"beforemodelling\" id=\"beforemodelling\"><\/a>BEFORE MODELLING<\/h2> \n\t\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>Place the container full of puppets in a place that can be easily accessed by your students. If you have more than 20 students in you class, you will need to add extra puppets to the container.<br>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"speach-bubble left\">We are going to play with puppets today. I am going to show you how puppets might talk when they\u2019re playing and telling stories together.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tIntroduce the lesson\u2019s focus of using puppets as characters during imaginative play and storytelling.<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<p>\n\t\t<em class=\"Blue_hi-lite\"><strong>Setting a Purpose<\/strong><\/em>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>Establish a purpose by asking students to watch and listen to find out how to make up imaginative stories or plays using puppets as characters.\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"Section-Three\" class=\"section\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<h2 id=\"DURING_MODELLING\" class=\"heading2\"><a name=\"duringmodelling\" id=\"duringmodelling\"><\/a>DURING MODELLING<\/h2> \n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"speach-bubble left\">I\u2019ve got a dentist and a crocodile puppet, so I\u2019ll make up a story about a crocodile that needs to visit a dentist.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSelect two puppets from the container and think aloud about who the puppets are and how they\u2019re going to interact.\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>Use the puppets (one on your left hand and one on your right) to act out a story. Use different voices for each puppet. A suggested script is offered below as a sample:\n\t\t<blockquote>\n\t\t<p><strong>Crocodile<\/strong> (tearfully): Oh, poor old me. I need help, Mrs. Dentist! My tooth hurts so much I can\u2019t eat anything! <br>\n\t\t<strong>Dentist<\/strong> (nervously): You\u2019re my first crocodile patient. I can see you\u2019re in pain, and I\u2019d like to help. I do hope you don\u2019t bite.<br>\n\t\t<strong>Crocodile<\/strong> (reassuringly): I\u2019m the friendliest crocodile in the river, and I\u2019ve never bitten anyone!<br>\n\t\t<strong>Dentist:<\/strong> Okay. That tooth\u2019s going to have to come out! I\u2019ll use my needle to freeze it.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"Blue_hi-lite_noItalics\">Teaching Tip: <\/span><\/strong>Encourage elbow partners to practise their own \u2018nervous dentist\u2019 and \u2018crocodile in pain\u2019 voices. Ask a few students to demonstrate these voices for their classmates.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>Invite partners to select their puppets, one at a time. Ask them to talk to each other about possible storylines, then have them use their puppets to tell the story.\n                <\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"Blue_hi-lite_noItalics\">Teaching Tip: <\/span><\/strong>If class numbers are uneven, create one group of three students.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"speach-bubble left\">Mel, it sounds like you\u2019re a mechanic. So Jay, you\u2019re a farmer whose tractor won\u2019t start. You two need to talk about what the problem might be and then decide what\u2019s going to happen next.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tMove around the room, observing and listening as partners negotiate storylines, decide on \u2018special voices,\u2019 and talk through what they want to say. Encourage partner talk, also, for clarifying ideas.\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<p><span class=\"author\"><b>Teaching Tip:<\/b><\/span> Ask a few pairs to share their puppet-talk ideas with the rest of the class. Select students whose \u2018special voices\u2019 for their characters are particularly effective, e.g., \u2018snarling tiger\u2019 and \u2018courageous rabbit\u2019 voices.\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"speach-bubble left\">So, you\u2019re the snowman Eric. How about if you tell the  boy that you are melting and have to go to the North Pole. You might want to say, \u201cI have to leave before I melt.\u201d What\u2019s your answer, Mike? Right, you could say, \u201cCan I go with you?\u201d Now talk to each other about what you might see and how you might feel on your journey.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tIf any pairs of students are having difficulty developing a storyline or interactive puppet conversations, model generating a possible scenario and dialogue with each of those students.\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>Invite a few pairs of students to share their completed stories or plays with the whole class.<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\n\n<div id=\"Section-Four\" class=\"section\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<h2 id=\"AFTER_MODELLING\" class=\"heading2\"><a name=\"aftermodelling\" id=\"aftermodelling\"><\/a>AFTER MODELLING <\/h2>\n\t\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"speach-bubble left\">Yes, Angelo, you found out that you can make the puppets have conversations and \ndescribe things. Did anyone else find out something different? Right, Jenna, you could have your puppet change its mind about what it was going to do.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tRevisit the purpose for watching and listening by asking the students to describe what they learned about making up imaginative stories using puppets as characters.\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li>Students can use the puppets during centre times to create stories. The puppet characters can talk about themselves (e.g., a crossing guard puppet proudly talking about keeping people safe as they cross the street), or interact in new stories and plays. Ask students to share ideas about possible storylines.<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"Blue_hi-lite_noItalics\">Teaching Tip: <\/span><\/strong>Consider having a prop box and a puppet theatre available for students to use during centre time puppet sessions. (See the Instructional Tips for using puppets in the Introduction and Assessment section.)<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oral Language Teaching Strategy: Encourage Partner Talk Encourage students to talk through their ideas with a partner before sharing their ideas with the group. 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