Introduction
Yes! You now have the opportunity to rewrite stories my Standard 5 students! You can jump into a story and change the plot of the story by changing the roles of the characters.
'I will Huff and I will Puff and I will blow your house down!" This is the famous phrase that has turned the wolf into the bad guy and the pigs into the innocent victims in the story " The ThreeLittle pigs"! How did everyone come to this conclusion? The way the author introduced these characters has led us to draw our conclusions about them. You will have the opportunity to change the character of the Big Bad Wolf and The Three Little Pigs!
This webquest will allow you to go deeper into the story of the 'Three Little Pigs and analyze the characters and the way they are portrayed by the writer. You will resrearch characterizations and read the story and then create a characterization web and finally, rewrite the sytory!
Task
You will be placed in groups and your task will be to read the story "The Three Little Pigs' and then research about characterization and how an author introduces and develops a character. You will then fill out a chart on the characters of the 'The Three Little Pigs". After that, you will rewrite the story portraying the characters in a different light and giving them different roles. You have two weks to complete this task.
The details about the assignment can be found on the process page.
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Process
You will be placed in groupds of four.
) You will read the story of The " Three Little Pigs" on one of this link:http://homepages.uni-paderborn.de/odenbach/wwwmath/pigs/pig5.html
2) You will discuss the story and the plot of the story.
3) You will then visit the following site to learn about characterization http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/Characterization.pdf
4) You will then reread the story and discuss how the characters are portrayed and and create a characterization chart similar to the one found in this link on the characters in the "Three Little Pigs".
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/Characterization.pdf
5) You will then use rewrite the story changing the way the characters are introduced and developed and thus changing the storyline story. The Wolf will now be the 'good guy' and the three Little Pigs the "bad guys".
6) You will visit the following site to learn how to draw a "storyboard" that you will use to illustrate your pictures of the new roles and of the characters:http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/Storyboard%20Resource/
You will then present your story along with your storyboard to the class.
Evaluation
Use this rubric to evaluate your Performance:
Rubric for assignments
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Character Analysis
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Students listed traits for each of the four characters and supported all traits 10 points |
Students only listed traits for three main character and supported those traits. 6 points |
Students only listed traits for two characters and supported those traits 4 points |
Students only listed traits for one main character and supported those traits 2 points |
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Story board |
Students created 5-6 pictures for their story board 10 points |
Students created 3 to 4 pictures for their storyboard 6 points |
Students created 1 to 2 pictures for their story board 3 points |
Students did not create pictures for their story board 0 points |
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Performance |
Students read the story with confidence and expression and made gestures and eye contact to add to the performance 10 points |
Students read the story with some expression, gestures and made some eye contact and some gestures. 6 points |
Students read the story but had little expression, few gestures, and little eye contact 4 points |
Students had difficulty reading the story and consistently did not use expression, nor eye contact. 2 points |
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Cooperation |
Students worked cooperatively in groups in all aspect of the project and shared all responsibilities and ideas. 10 points |
Students worked cooperatively in group in most aspects of the project and shared most responsibilities and ideas. 6 points |
Students worked cooperatively with groups in some aspects but sometimes could not agree on what to do and wasted time. 4 points |
Students did not work cooperatively with group and could not agree on what to do. Students did not share responsibilities or ideas and wasted time. 2 points |
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Story Plot |
Students totally changed the story plot to change the images of all Characters. 10 points |
Students changed some of the story plot and characters were left with most of their original traits. 6 points |
Students changed a few of the story plot and changed a few original traits of the characters. 4 points |
Students kept the original plot of the story and barely made a change in the characters' traits. 2 points |
Total Maximum Points- 50/50
Conclusion
Great job writers! You are now able to analyse characters and change their roles in a given story! This activity will also help you to analyse people's characters and understand and become better judges of characters. It also gives you an opprtunityto look beyond the original storyline of stories and llok deeper into the role the author plays in helping you to figure out the importance of the characters and their personalities. Now whenever you read another story, think about the ways you can change the storyline by changing the roles of the characters.