Scratch Part 3: Storytelling
Storytelling Rubric
Lesson 1: Paper Story
Objectives:
To take a simple story and add details to it.
Create a fortune teller story teller
Activator: Share your music projects. Fill in music rubric details.
Mini Lesson:
The Itsy Bitsy Spider.
How to make paper fortune tellers/story tellers
Student Engagement:
Make a paper story teller
Write story outline on the outside.
Write story details on the inside.
Wrap-up: Hand in Story tellers
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Lesson 2: Sharing Stories
Objectives:
To share our work.
To see what exceptional student work looks like.
Activator: Share your spider stories with the class.
Mini Lesson: Look at previous work.
Student Engagement: Discussion about the spider stories and the rabbit story
Wrap-up: Collect spider storytellers.
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Lesson 3: The Shape of Stories
Objectives:
To learn about the shape of a story.
To write a story with a clear beginning, middle and end.
Activator: Hand out Storytelling Rubric
Mini Lesson:
Kurt Vonnegut Video: Beginning, middle and end
Discuss Vonnegut's ideas in comparison to Itsy Bitsy Spider and Rabbit Animation
Student Engagement:
Students write an outline of their own stories. (with a main character, beginning, middle and end)
Students may then start creating their programs.
Wrap-up: Save and sign out.
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Lesson 4: Using Our Voices
Objectives:
To learn how to record sound in Scratch.
To think about how to use our voices.
Activator:
What are some cartoon characters with memorable voices?
Mini Lesson:
The Making of Toy Story 3
How to record your voice in Scratch
Student Engagement: Work on Storytelling projects
Wrap-up: Save and sign out.
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Lesson 5: Some useful Programming for your Stories
Objectives: To learn some programming that will be useful in your stories.
(Show, Hide, Set rotation style, Switch Backdrop & When Backdrop switches, point in direction, broadcast)
To continue developing your stories in Scratch.
Activator: What are some of your biggest challenges in your project so far?
Mini Lesson:
Using show, and hide.
Setting rotation style, setting your sprite's center, and using point in direction.
broadcast command
Student Engagement:
Work on your stories.
Wrap-up: Save your work.
_________________________________________________________________________
Lesson 6: Working on your Stories
Objectives:
To create a story animation in Scratch with a beginning, middle and end. (see Rubric)
Activator: How is your project going so far?
Mini Lesson:
Individual review of any of the programming lessons as needed.
Student Engagement:
Work on your stories.
Wrap-up: Save your work....and save a copy too!
_________________________________________________________________________
Lesson 1: Paper Story
Objectives:
To take a simple story and add details to it.
Create a fortune teller story teller
Activator: Share your music projects. Fill in music rubric details.
Mini Lesson:
The Itsy Bitsy Spider.
How to make paper fortune tellers/story tellers
Student Engagement:
Make a paper story teller
Write story outline on the outside.
Write story details on the inside.
Wrap-up: Hand in Story tellers
_______________________________________________________________
Lesson 2: Sharing Stories
Objectives:
To share our work.
To see what exceptional student work looks like.
Activator: Share your spider stories with the class.
Mini Lesson: Look at previous work.
Student Engagement: Discussion about the spider stories and the rabbit story
Wrap-up: Collect spider storytellers.
_____________________________________
Lesson 3: The Shape of Stories
Objectives:
To learn about the shape of a story.
To write a story with a clear beginning, middle and end.
Activator: Hand out Storytelling Rubric
Mini Lesson:
Kurt Vonnegut Video: Beginning, middle and end
Discuss Vonnegut's ideas in comparison to Itsy Bitsy Spider and Rabbit Animation
Student Engagement:
Students write an outline of their own stories. (with a main character, beginning, middle and end)
Students may then start creating their programs.
Wrap-up: Save and sign out.
______________________________________________________
Lesson 4: Using Our Voices
Objectives:
To learn how to record sound in Scratch.
To think about how to use our voices.
Activator:
What are some cartoon characters with memorable voices?
Mini Lesson:
The Making of Toy Story 3
How to record your voice in Scratch
Student Engagement: Work on Storytelling projects
Wrap-up: Save and sign out.
_______________________________________________________________
Lesson 5: Some useful Programming for your Stories
Objectives: To learn some programming that will be useful in your stories.
(Show, Hide, Set rotation style, Switch Backdrop & When Backdrop switches, point in direction, broadcast)
To continue developing your stories in Scratch.
Activator: What are some of your biggest challenges in your project so far?
Mini Lesson:
Using show, and hide.
Setting rotation style, setting your sprite's center, and using point in direction.
broadcast command
Student Engagement:
Work on your stories.
Wrap-up: Save your work.
_________________________________________________________________________
Lesson 6: Working on your Stories
Objectives:
To create a story animation in Scratch with a beginning, middle and end. (see Rubric)
Activator: How is your project going so far?
Mini Lesson:
Individual review of any of the programming lessons as needed.
Student Engagement:
Work on your stories.
Wrap-up: Save your work....and save a copy too!
_________________________________________________________________________