LaurenDoski
Lesson Plan 2
Due: April 20. 2009
The Three Little Pigs through Puppetry
Objective of Lesson: Students will gain an understanding of dialogue in a given text, and will be able to distinguish from narration and dialogue. Students will learn how to use clues to identify dialogue such as textual clues (said, replied, yelled, etc.), and voice inflection/facial expressions.
Grade(s): 1-2Time: 2 hours (1 hour for 2 days)
Source Materials: The Three Little Pigs by PatriciaSeibert.
Teaching Materials: paper bags, construction paper, pipe cleaners, stick-on eyes, fun-foam stickers, scissors, glue, markers, colored pencils
(Day 1)
Introduction:
Inform the students that we will be focusing on how to distinguish dialogue from the rest of a story. Define dialogue with the students, and give an example. Introduce the story that will be used for the lesson: The Three Little Pigs. Read/interpret the story, telling the students to try to look for points of dialogue in the story.
Discussion Questions:
- What is dialogue?
- How do you know a character is speaking? What kinds of clues can you use?
Grouping: whole groupTime: 20 minutes
Puppet Making:
After the story, inform the students that they will be focusing on dialogue through the use of puppets. Each student will be a character in the story, and will be responsible for creating a puppet for their assigned character (assign characters by drawing names to avoid fighting). Distribute the puppet materials, and make sure to point out the fold in the paper bag that will end up being the movable mouth. Allow the students to create their puppet in their own unique way.
Grouping: whole groupTime: 40 minutes
(Day 2)
Directions and Expectations:
Give directions to the students according to how they should use their puppet: Students are to move the mouth of their puppet when they hear/see signed their character speaking. Students are only allowed to move their puppet when their character is speaking. All students whose character is not speaking should either have their puppet lying on their desk, or have their puppet ready on their hand lying flat on their desk. Teacher needs to model appropriate and inappropriate behavior with the puppets, and have the students practice moving their puppet. The teacher will then remind which characters the students were assigned to, and redistribute the puppets. Before beginning the story, the teacher will remind the students of usual classroom expectations while reading a story. The students need to be paying attention and watching the interpreter, only looking at the pictures after the interpreter has finished (teacher will only show pictures after interpreter has finished signing). The teacher will ask if there are any questions before beginning.
Grouping: whole groupTime: 5 minutes
Story and Puppetry:
The teacher will begin reading The Three Little Pigs as the interpreter signs the story. The teacher will pause appropriately to wait for the interpreter to finish, and show the students the pictures after the interpreter has finished signing. The students will be expected to watch/listen for their character’s turn, and move the mouth of their puppet when their character is speaking (and only when their character is speaking). If a student fails to recognize that it is his/her turn to use his/her puppet, the teacher will stop and ask questions to the class such as “Which character is speaking right now?” “Who (student) has the fox as their puppet?” The teacher should continue reading/interpreting the story until the end, making sure every student participated during their turn.
Grouping: whole groupTime: 35 minutes
Conclusion (Assessment):
Once the class has finished reading the story using their puppets, the teacher will ask assessing questions:
- Was it easy to figure out when a character was talking?
- How did you know a character was talking?
- What clues helped you realize a character was talking? (context, verbal, visual)
Teacher needs to redefine dialogue with the students, and make sure students mentioned the different clues to exposing dialogue in a story (contextual, voice inflection, facial expressions). Ask students if they have any final questions.
Compliment the students on an outstanding performance, and inform them that they will be allowed to further practice dialogue with The Three Little Pigs and their puppets during their free time.
Grouping: whole groupTime: 20 minutes
Vocabulary:
Dialogue
Notes:
Teacher will conduct ongoing assessments with students throughout their performance. Teacher should look for students moving their puppet at the appropriate time, and following the directions by not using their puppet when it is not their turn. Teacher should also look for student understanding by listening to their answers to questions (ex: if students recognize “said” as a clue to dialogue).