8th of October 2013
For
this week we had to create our own storytelling by following the structure seen
in class (“The Princes and the Dragon”):
Once upon a time there was
a brave knight. One day he was riding through the forest
when he met a beautiful princess.
- “What is your name?” he asked.
- “My name is Penelope” replied the
princess.
- “Where do you live?” asked the brave
knight.
- “I live in a big castle” the princess
replied.
Suddenly a huge dragon appeared.”
I am a dragon. I am going to eat you!” said the huge dragon.
- “Oh no!” said the princess.
- “Don´t worry” said the knight. “I am strong,
I am fast and I am clever. I will fight the dragon”.
So the brave knight took
his sword and fought the dragon. They fought and fought
and fought and finally the brave knight killed the dragon.
The
brave knight and the princess got married and they lived
happily ever after.
Before
starting to build our story, Raquel demonstrates us some talks of storytellers.
The first one was about If I should have
a daughter… by Sarah Kay.
http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter.html
“If I should have a daughter,
instead of “Mom,” she’s going to call me, “Point B.” Because that way she
knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to
me. And I’m going to paint the solar systems on the backs of her
hands, so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, “Oh, I know
that like the back of my hand.” And she’s going to learn that this life
will hit you, hard, in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can
kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only
way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.”
It is a great way of
telling us a story, through poetry. The way that Sarah Kay expresses herself is
quite affective. She talks about how would she raise her daughter by adding
some trust and vulnerability through her actions. We should all think
positively in opening ourselves up to being hurt, to always love others and of
course, to always presume that everything occurs because of a reason.
The
next storyteller’s name was Michael Rosen’s Chocolate cake. Michael Rosen is one of the
best-known figures in the children’s book world. He works as a poet,
broadcaster (journalist), performer and a scriptwriter.
We have thought of many ways in
telling stories, which have been written by another person, written by you
written by students or just made up in that moment.
Then, we watched another video of
the same author “We’re going on a bear
hunt” The song is about four children and their father going on a bear hunt. The family slips down a grassy slope,
swishes across a river, smudges through mud and finally sees the bear, who
chases them all back to their home.
With the whole class we did a fantastic and outstanding
representation of the song by doing scaffolding. We were divided in groups and
each of the groups had some words of the song, for example: grass, swish,
swash, swishy. First of all, we had to remember the whole song, and then the
different verses. So, with these words, we knew that belonged to the first
verse. Once the group did the movements we represented outside. We broke the
story into pieces and then we rebuilt it by adding some movements. It was jolly
good!
Later, we practiced working with the story of the very hungry
caterpillar on YouTube.
The 8th of October we presented
our story by using some movements and showing the pictures via PowerPoint.
Conan, the butterfly
Once upon a time there was
a colourful butterfly. One day he was flying around an oak,
when he met a hairy caterpillar.
- “What is your name?” asked the hairy
caterpillar.
- “My name is Conan, the butterfly”
- “Where do you come from?” asked the hairy
caterpillar
- “I just got out of a pupa” replied the
colourful butterfly.
Suddenly, a starving,
angry bird appeared.” I am a bird. I am going to eat both of you!”
said the starving, angry bird.
- “Oh no!” said the hairy caterpillar.
- “Don´t worry” said the colourful
butterfly. “I am strong, agile and I can camouflage in the oak. I
will fight the bird”.
So, the butterfly used
his muscles and his wings and fought the bird. He flew, hit and
fought and finally Conan the butterfly scared the dragon.
During
the fight, the hairy caterpillar started a pupal stage. Conan the butterfly was
very sad because he felt alone. Conan the butterfly waited for weeks and
finally, one day, the pupa broke and another colourful and big butterfly
appeared. Conan the butterfly and his big friend lived happily ever after as
friends.
This is another video of other groups
Previously I had invented one but it didn’t really follow the
structure of Raquel's The princess and the dragons story model.
The wonderful mama pig and her eight little piglets
I really liked the activity, therefore I put it into practice with my students, each of them had to invent a story. It is unfinished but here is an example:
The Frog and the Monkey
Here you have the video of once upon a time with my students, hope that you like it!
