Storytelling

• - Characters are important to a story because their knowledge and skills determine how they react to events and people
• - The setting of a story can create situations for characters to overcome

• - A plot has a beginning, a middle and an end. Characters need to be established first, encounter a problem second, and ultimately overcome the problem.

   

As a group and in pairs, students discuss elements of character, set, and plot. The group will use LEGO props to tell a story, before breaking into small groups to plan, enact and share their own story. You may opt for a written storytelling session, though we recommend this for Years 3 and above only. All groups share their story with the group, using their LEGO characters and set to act it out.

We are learning to:

• - Use plot points to create drama
• - Develop characters
• - Create a setting relevant to our story

English

• Speaking, Writing and Presenting:  Purposes and Audiences (Levels 1-3)
• - Recognise how to shape texts for a purpose and an audience. (Level 1)
• - Show some understanding of how to shape texts for different purposes and audiences. (Level 2)
• - Show a developing understanding of how to shape texts for different purposes and audiences. (Level 3)

The Arts

• Drama:   Developing Practical Knowledge (Levels 1-2)
• - Explore the elements of role, focus, action, tension, time, and space through dramatic play. (Level 1)
• - Explore and use elements of drama for different purposes. (Level 2)
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  Drama:   Developing Ideas (Levels 1-4)
• - Contribute and develop ideas in drama, using personal experience and imagination. (Level 1)
• - Develop and sustain ideas in drama, based on personal experience and imagination. (Level 2)
• - Initiate and develop ideas with others to create drama. (Level 3)
• - Initiate and refine ideas with others to plan and develop drama. (Level 4)
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  Drama:  Communicating and Interpreting (Levels 1-2)
• - Share drama through informal presentation and respond to ways in which drama tells stories and conveys ideas in their own and others’ work. (Level 1)
• - Share drama through informal presentation and respond to elements of drama in their own and others’ work. (Level 2)

Health and Physical Education

• Relationships with Other People:  Identity, Sensitivity, and Respect (Levels 1-2)
• - Demonstrate respect through sharing and co-operation in groups. (Level 1)
• - Describe how individuals and groups share characteristics and are also unique. (Level 2)

• Thinking:
• Students think creatively to generate story elements such as character, setting and plot.
• Using language, symbols and text:
• students explore language devices and symbolism as they relate to storytelling, and practice oral language skills through sharing ideas with the group and in pairs.
• Managing Self:
• Students practice library-appropriate behaviour throughout their visit.
• Relating to Others:
• Students utilise theory of mind to explore what they can reasonably expect their audience to know about a character, their back story and a setting in order to tell an effective, impactful story. 
• Participating and contributing: 
• Students share ideas with the group and in pairs throughout this class.