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