This document provides a template for a learning activity on producing foot puppets for 12-year old students. The goals are for students to apply step-by-step instructions and explore creativity. Students will work individually to create their puppets. They can use technology to document their work. The teacher will grade pupils based on puppet completeness, drawings, and presentations. The activity is completed within a single class period.
This document provides a template for a learning activity on producing foot puppets for 12-year old students. The goals are for students to apply step-by-step instructions and explore creativity. Students will work individually to create their puppets. They can use technology to document their work. The teacher will grade pupils based on puppet completeness, drawings, and presentations. The activity is completed within a single class period.
This document provides a template for a learning activity on producing foot puppets for 12-year old students. The goals are for students to apply step-by-step instructions and explore creativity. Students will work individually to create their puppets. They can use technology to document their work. The teacher will grade pupils based on puppet completeness, drawings, and presentations. The activity is completed within a single class period.
This document provides a template for a learning activity on producing foot puppets for 12-year old students. The goals are for students to apply step-by-step instructions and explore creativity. Students will work individually to create their puppets. They can use technology to document their work. The teacher will grade pupils based on puppet completeness, drawings, and presentations. The activity is completed within a single class period.
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This template can be used as educators create new Learning Activities/Lesson Plans.
1. Name of learning activity & Average Age of Students:
Title : Produce a Foot Puppet
Average Age of Students : 12 years 2. What did you hope your students would learn from this learning activity?
To apply a step-by-step intructions
To explore the students creativity
3. Did you have learning goals from more than one discipline (for example, literature and history, or science and math) for this learning activity?
No.
4. Were students required to work in pairs or as a group on any part of this
learning activity? No Working in groups was optional. Please describe below the work that students did together. Working in groups was required. Please describe below the work that students did together.
No.
5. Were students allowed to work with technology (ICT) such as computers or
digital cameras for any part of this learning activity? Please describe. No technology was used for this learning activity. Students could use technology for this activity Students were required to use technology for this activity
They used it for writing results of the product
and making suggestions for future changes.
6. What criteria will you use to judge the quality of students work on this learning activity? Are students aware of the criteria in advance of completing the learning activity?
I graded students on the completeness of their
puppets (2 product, 1 final products), their drawings, and their step-by-step presentation.
7. How long will the learning activity take?
a. Completed in a single class period b. Completed in 2-4 days c. Required one week or more to complete
Before the students begin producing their foot puppet, teacher ask the students to do the exercise related to toes and get responses from them. Teacher introduces poem entitled, Toes by Judith Nicholas. Then in pair, students produce a foot puppet by applying all the steps in the instructions given. In group, students create the actions related to the poem and recite the poem with actions. 8. What verbal instructions did you give to students? 9. Is there any other information you would like to include to help another educator using this learning activity be successful?
Students love this activity and it gets them explore
their creativity realizing how much English is involved through their presentation.
