Creative Storytelling - das Dorf
Added: 08 Jun 2017
Contributor:
Simon Green
Resource type:
Lesson Plan
/
Presentation
This resource comprises a series of slides to stimulate students to create a story of their own. Together with the teacher they invent a location, a series of characters and finally a story-line of their own.
How it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- German
Strand: 1. Communicative Competence
Strand unit: Writing/ Schreiben
Suggestions for use: 1. Give each student a blank grid (slide 1). 2. Invite students to say a number and letter (in German) and the teacher colours in that square (slide 2). Repeat several times. 3. Continue adding more colours to the grid (slide 3) 4. Reveal the title "das Dorf" to show the purpose of the activity. as a class we are creating our own "soap" (slide 4). - examples: B1 blau = der See/der Fluss D3 grün = das Feld / der Sportplatz G6 schwarz= das Postman / die Schule 5. Now time to add the characters to the soap: e.g. C1 Helmut Grinda - er läuft gern- 30 Jahre alt B3 Peter Klaus - Polizist - 40 Jahre alt er schwimmt gern. D7 Bärbel Steiner Schülerin 9 Jahre alt - sie liest gern. Each pupil adopts one person and adds characteristics. (slide 5) Characters then meet at different locations and the story begins...
Key Skills:
- Being Creative
- Communicating
Strand: 2. Language Awareness
Strand unit: 3. How you Learn a Language
Suggestions for use: Main Link: LO1.20: Students should be able to write short descriptions of the present, past and future events, activities and personal experiences, as well as imaginative texts. **Note** Teachers could incorporate other MFL specification links into the storyline of the story such as 3.1, 3.3, 3.4. Students can also build and improve their stories with LO 2.7
Strand: 3. Socio-Cultural Knowledge & Awareness
Strand unit: 1. Facts, People, Places & History
- TY
- TY Core Subjects
Strand: A Language
Strand unit: German
