Story Telling Part 2!
Story telling is a huge part of drama! When we created a definition of drama on the first day - story telling was a part of that definition.
During snack we read the story Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton. Before reading I encouraged the children to think about setting (where the story takes place), conflict (a problem in the story), resolution (the solution), and the ending. The children were very attentive to the reading of the story and answered the questions well.
We then moved into our groups to finish the story telling activity from last week. There were cards with pictures and the children created a story based on the pictures. Some of the children requested that they be able to work more on their story so I am including them here.
Group 1 - James, Jacob, Esther, Sophia, Maddie, Charlie, Olivia
Mom was home cooking in the kitchen when all of the sudden a fire started. She ran with the children to the zoo next door. During the commotion the pet rabbit escaped to the zoo. Soon firefighters arrived and were happy to put out the fire.
While at the zoo the rabbit found that the lock to the camel's cage was made of carrots, he began to munch on them. The camel escaped and began to travel around the zoo. In all the commotion the lion escaped as well and ate the camel and the rabbit.
Group 2 - Julia, Seth, Jonathan, Annika, Thomas, Hailey
Alice went for a hike in the mountains. Unexpectedly it began to snow. Alice frantically looked for shelter. On her path she discovered a snake. Before she could run, the snake spoke. He said, "Don't be afraid. I am a friend. Come, take shelter in my home." As Alice enters the snake's home she is surprised at all she sees. Right in front of her she sees a beautiful underground ocean. In the ocean lives a blue whale named Herald. ALice was having a hard time believing her eyes. She thought, "This is a little strange." Alice began to really like it in the snake's home and decided to stay forever.
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