Crayfish and ant

I International Education and Puppet Day 2008

EXPERIENCES ICE WORKING GROUP
The crayfish and the ant. Teia Moner

Didactic unit

Story: "THE LOBSTER AND THE ANT"  
Level: 3rd Primary
Area: Verbal and written language. P.E. Knowledge of the Natural Environment. Knowledge of the Social and Cultural Environment. 

CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS

  • Mild Asperger syndrome.
  • Mild spastic tetraparesis, with alterations and motor disorders due to an injury 4 years ago.
  • Attention deficit. Learning difficulties. Reading and writing disorder.
  • Emotional problems (low self-esteem).
  • Learning difficulties, speech and communication problems.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES

Communicative and audiovisual competence

  • Express emotions and feelings using verbal resources.
  • Use objects and materials as an instrument of expression and communication.
  • Produce oral texts using appropriate resources.
  • Read and understand stories.
  • Sharing and reconstructing stories.
  • Read together and with a guide to deepen the meaning of the text.
  • Pay attention to tone of voice, pronunciation and intonation.
  • Make personal interpretations of the texts.

Artistic and cultural competence

  • Learn to dramatize a story.
  • Learn to interpret and create a character.
  • Explore, know and experience the possibilities offered by the voice and the body.
  • Valuing and respecting one's own artistic work and that of others.
  • Identify the diversity of materials and qualities.
  • Learn about the life and work of literary authors

Competence to learn to learn

  • Be aware of learning abilities, attention, concentration, memory, comprehension and linguistic expression.
  • Set mid-term milestones and meet them.

Physical Education Area

  • Spatial orientation.
  • Learn motor skills.
  • Elaborate motor control and body mastery.
  • Adapt the movement to spatio-temporal structures.
  • Learn to coordinate body movements.
  • Learn to maintain static and dynamic balance.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 
  • Work on oral communication and the relationship with colleagues
  • Coordinate several body movements at the same time
  • Strengthen self-esteem 
  • Work on oral communication and speech 
CONTENTS 
  • Extension and improvement of vocabulary and oral expression.
  • Characteristics of ants. How they are and how they live.
  • Characteristics of cicadas. How they are and how they live.
  • Differentiation of sound intensity.
  • Representation through puppets.
  • Active and collaborative participation in interaction with the group and the teacher.
  • Identification and understanding of theatrical language.
  • Respect for the material used.
  • Personal improvement.
METHODOLOGY

By means of the representation with puppets of a story, the objectives and marked contents are worked on.
first
the story is read. Improvisations are made to find the character.
It is rehearsed and finally performed in front of the Education classes
Children, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Primary.

PROCEDURES
Development of the sessions
  • Reading the story
First of all, he reads the story, which the teacher has previously adapted theatrically.
  • Reworking of the story
After
the students are told that this story must be performed in front of
Kindergarten children and that there are many words that may not
they will understand them and that they must look for words that mean the same thing
but simpler. First the dictionary is searched for the words that are not
they understand and then think of words that mean the same thing. Is
prepare the text so that it is understandable.
  • Find author information
They are told to look for information about the author's life and work.
  • Find information on cicadas and ants
The characteristics of ants and cicadas, what they are like and how they live are studied.
They have to search for information and bring it to share.
The teacher also gives them a drawing of an ant nest to color.
  • Understand the fable, reflect on it and make a new interpretation
In the
fable the attitude of the ant is good because it works and that of the
bad crayfish because it does nothing. But these appreciations are seen
completely correct, since it is good to be hardworking but it is also good to know
enjoy the rest
  • Dramatized readings of the story
The teacher distributes the characters and during some sessions the story is read aloud, interpreting the characters.
  • Improvisations and rehearsals of the story with the puppets
The teacher
he brings the constructed puppets and makes contact with them. Before
instead of rehearsing the story directly, improvisations are made with the puppets.
Movements, sounds, voices of the characters... This work serves to
gain confidence with the object and find the character.
TIMING

12 sessions per term. One weekly session with all three students at the same time. Each session lasts one hour.

EVALUATION

Through an observation grid. (See Annex 1)

MATERIALS
    • Puppets: Grasshopper, Ant, Grandfather and Grandmother
    • Set design: A table and two chairs.
    • written story
 
APPENDIX 1. EVALUATION GRID

STUDENT'S NAME___________________COURSE_____
ACTIVITY: “LA CIGALA ILA FORMIGA”

TARGETS
A (achieved)
NA (not reached)
EP (in progress)
Read giving the correct intonation.
Understand the story.
Sharing and reconstructing stories.
Express emotions and feelings using verbal resources.  
Pay attention to tone of voice, pronunciation and intonation.
Learn to dramatize a story.
Learn to interpret and create a character.
Valuing and respecting one's own artistic work and that of others.    
Relate correctly to others     
Learn to coordinate body movements.    
Enjoy the activity       
Teia Moner 

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