Κατηγορία: Comenius

Aim: to write the story chosen by France

Objectives:

1. To familiarize pupils with the structure of stories
2. Enable pupils to write a story on their own
3. Enable pupils to use pictures to illustrate a story
4. Pupils should be able to evaluate their story

Learning outcomes:

1. To be able to read a story and answer reading comprehension questions
2. To be able to distinguish the main characters and the temporal sequence of events
3. To be able to discern the “imaginary” element (magic means, personification) in the story
4. To be able to modify information from the story using their ideas thus affecting the plot of the story
5. To be able to narrate the “reversed” version of the story
6. To be able to summarize the story (orally)
7. To be able to continue the story after a certain point
8. To be able to write with correct spelling, using basic punctuation marks, adjectives in description, dialogue and paragraphs
9. To evaluate their writing in terms of grammar, syntax, structure and content.
10. To cooperate with other pupils in order to produce a story. To be able to listen to and accept other ideas.
11. To be able to depict the scene of a story by painting
12. To be able to use their imagination, express their ideas and have fun at the same time.

The story was written by pupils of two classes of third grade of the 6^th Primary School of Patras, Greece, who cooperated during January 2013.The timetable followed for the writing of the story is described in full detail in the next paragraph. It contains the techniques and the means used for writing the story. The teachers used the pupils’ existing knowledge and their capabilities (children aged 8-9 years).The project was integrated into the subject of ‘Language” and the school curriculum. Our suggestions provide ideas that every teacher can use in order to make writing easier for our pupils.

1^st activity –Starting point

• Pupils were asked to read at home a folk tale from their book (Anthology of Greek Literature, p.50), entitled: “The mouse and his daughter”.
• The following day, the teacher read the story loud in the classroom and then asked pupils to tell the story in a few words (orally).The teacher emphasized the fact that it was a folk tale which meant that this story was not written in a book but was passed from generation to generation orally.

Allocated time: 1 teaching hour

Alternatively, the other class teacher narrated well-known stories like Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, etc. The aim was to make pupils familiar with the structure of fairytales. During the narration, pupils were asked to fill in a table with the most significant information. Συνέχεια ανάγνωσης

Once upon a time in a beautiful green forest there was a wolf, a very hungry wolf. He lived in a tiny wooden house. In the evenings he used to lie down next to the river. His favourite food was roast goat with potatoes.

One day, he was searching his fridge for some goat meat to cook, but he found nothing. Then he decided to go to the opposite mountain to look for goats. He had heard from his friend Mr. Bear, that there lived a clever goat, Nana, with her seven kids.

Nana was a white goat. She had 7 little goat kids which she took care of a lot. She used to feed them, clean them dress them and put them to bed every single day. She would often read them a bedtime story and play with them. Whenever she had to leave home for shopping, she advised them not to open the door to anyone. Συνέχεια ανάγνωσης

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WORKPLAN (PROJECT)

TEXT TYPE : Narration

Subject : writing a fairytale  “Mouthstories” (Bactus and Karious)

Teaching Objectives : The students must be able to:

• Identify the basic structural elements of fairytale
• Trace the linguistic means to be used
• Produce texts (fairytales) that belongs to the type of narration
• Be involve in the assessment process of their own text and that of  other students
• Recognize the characteristics that constitutes the narrative and formal structure of the text-type which are : Orientation ( storyline plot, evaluation) solution. At the stage of orientation  the characters and the circumstances are presented while though the next steps the actions are evolve.. The narration is organized according to the sequence of events.

PART 1

A

• Reading fairytales in which there is an element of plot-twist and compare them with well-known tales.
• Reading “Hansel and Gretel “ Grimms fairy tales and “The Emperor’s New Suit “ by Hans Christian Andersen

Estimated Time : 2 hours

B

1. Reading of the classic fairytale “ Little Red Ridding Hood “
2. Characterization of text as to the kind : narration
3. Identification of structural elements

1. When

Once upon a time

2. Where

In a dense forest

3. Main characters

Red hood (good), Wolf (bad)

4. Other characters

mother, grandmother, hunter, lumberjack

5. Initial event

The Red Hood had to visit her grandmother

6. What difficulties did the hero encounter

she couldn’t understand why her grandmother had changed

7. What did the hero did to overcome the obstacles

She called for help

8. Solving

The hunter saves the Red Hood and her grandmother

1. We can use linguistic means such as :

• Dialogue
• Personification
• Exaggeration
• Adjestives

Estimated time : 1 hour

PART 2

Prewriting stage

• Choice of verb tense: imperfect and past tense
• Compile a list of adjectives that can be used

List of adjectives for the main characters

The good of the tale: courageous, fearless, brave , kind , friendly, goodhearted , magnanimous , lovable

The villain of the tale: cunning, sneaky, malice , stiff , jealous , vindictive , hated.

Estimated time: 1 hour

PART 3

Writing stage

Title …………………………………………………………..

Think and write your ideas:

1. Time
2. Place
3. Main characters
4. Other characters
5. Initial event
6. Encountered difficulties
7. How did the hero overcame the difficulties
8. Solving problem

Karius and Bactus

Once upon a time, in a town with beautiful parks and squares, there lived Aris, a nice but strange boy. Aris loved eating sweets but he didn’t take care of his teeth. He liked trying everything. He ate whatever was in front of him without wondering what it was…

This was a habit that Karius and Bactus loved. They were two tiny trolls that lived inside Aris’ mouth. These trolls were friendly and curious. Bactus was tall and thin whereas Karius was short and fat. They always wore long brown trousers and torn shirts.

These little monsters had wonderful days and even better nights, since Aris never brushed his teeth. Even if he sometimes was about to brush his teeth, after arguing with his mum, the two trolls would climb up his ear and whisper “don’t do it, don’t brush your teeth!”

The two trolls had found plenty of food in the boy’s mouth. They used to eat, and eat and never stopped. Imagine that they ate starters, main course and dessert five times a day! They particularly liked sorbet and the strange tasteful mixtures that Aris created.

They had fun playing lots of games! They played hide and seek and the hidden treasure in the teeth’s cavities, they swayed in Aris’ larynx and played food war with the remains of food stuck in Aris’ teeth .At cold nights they would hide and cover themselves under his tongue.

Since they were so pleased with Aris, they decided to give him a present. You see, they thought that they were great artists, sculptures in particular. So they started creating ornate statues using the boy’s teeth. They were so devoted to their art that they didn’t miss a single tooth. The more statues they built, the more in pain Aris was.

One day, as the two artists continued to create masterpieces, suddenly an unknown visitor entered Aris’ mouth. It was a metal tool with a strange voice that shrilled and scared the trolls to death. Then Bactus said with trembling voice:

“- Aaaah what is this thing? I’m so scared! Help! It ruins our sculptures…I don’t believe it! It is moving towards me!”

“-How can I help you my friend? Karius said bravely.”

“-I have no idea! Look! They destroyed everything Karius!”

“-Humans are so ungrateful beings! They don’t appreciate our artistic work, our talent!”

The two trolls hugged one another and burst into tears. Another tool entered Aris’ mouth and spread white mud making the boy’s teeth healthy again. Karius and Bactus were thrilled-they thought that people finally recognized their artistry and gave them new material! They hugged each other again and cried out of joy this time. It was then that a torrent of blue water filled Aris’ mouth and swept Karius away. Bactus rushed to help his friend.

Unfortunately, the two friends drowned in the rushing water.

After that Aris didn’t have toothache and he decided to listen to him mum and take care of his teeth.

And he lived happily ever after…

Estimated time : 2 hours

PART 4

After writing stage

1. Self-assessment of writing
2. Evaluation of other’s writing: (teamwork) students in group of four evaluate the texts of thjeir classmates.

Name ……………………………..Class……………….Date

Estimated time : 1 hour