This coming week is a four day week. As a result of the shortened week, we will engage in assignments that are more active this week in stations. As such, we have several activities that are hands on, and either need students to focus on artistic technique for our water colored world map, or practice public speaking strategies when they present their first selected poem to the class.
Besides that, students will use excerpts from last week's journal (Three Friends on a deserted island - who and why) to tell a story about how a character description, randomly assigned from a classmate's journal, will be the main protagonist needed to save the day in a story outlined, and told by each student. Students will work with story building ideas (setting, plot, conflict, climax, resolution), outline a basic storyline and tell their stories to their group. The groups will discuss the stories, make suggestions, and tell their stories in order to decide which story was interesting and was presented in an engaging manner. This activity will culminate in a class-wide story telling round, where the best story from each group, chosen jointly by the group and Mr. Rodgers, will be presented and judged by the entire class.
It should be a great week. Of course, there will be five stations, with extra time for painting and practicing poetry and story telling.
No comments:
Post a Comment