Yesterday for DRAMA we created our own Story Telling Basket using a variety of toys and items from around our house. Then we set about creating our own stories using some of those items.
We begin this process by choosing characters and a setting for our story. After those decisions are made, we decide on a story problem. “What could ‘go wrong’ in our story??” Our last bit of planning involves a solution to the problem–happy or sad–your choice. “How could the story end?” (You can look here for a story writing think sheet)
As we tell our stories, we have to keep our planning in mind.
In the beginning of the story, we introduce our characters and the setting. The middle of our story introduces the problem we chose. While the end of our story reveals the solution.
We also talked about possible ways to ‘record’ our stories…
- Comics
- Photographs
- Video
- A story writing frame
- 3 events from story frame
- Your own idea…???