I wanted to outline one of my projects done with three students aged between 9, 10 and 11 years old.
This year 2013, it has been a glorious year for all my students and myself as a teacher. The idea of the project 'English Class Production', was about creating and building a story with the students. First, they had to organize themselves by talking about the characters. Then, I gave them a handout with some questions: What is the name of your character?, Is he/she/it a good or a bad character and why? What is he/she/it wearing?... With this activity I have related it to the Trading card creator that we did in the previous classes with Raquel. Now I know and I can use the trading card in the future with the students.
First, they started to create the story, then they built their characters and the scenes. After building the characters, we recorded the audio for the film and also recorded the whole story with a video camera. When we finished everything, I created a trailer of the story for the parents as a feedback.
After all, as a teacher I saw a great progress and development in the students' oral communication, reading and writing skills. It motivates not just children but also adults by working in this way because you make them feel protagonist of their story.
Here is a good example of the trailer, I hope that you enjoy it:
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