Understanding story elements through book trailers: cultural versions of the Cinderella text
Length: 5 Days
Grade Level: (1-5)
Objective: Understand story elements by creating a book trailer with the main story elements.
Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media
Procedure:
Preparation Collect different Cinderella story texts.
Review Story Elements.
Group students.
Assign each group a Cinderella story version.
Create a graphic organizer for students to record their thinking on.
Introduce the project, expectations, rubric, etc.
Creation Students, in groups, read their assigned text.
Students fill out the graphic organizer.
Find images/symbols that synthesize their thinking on a licensed images platform.
Save to Google Drive.
Use WeVideo to create video.
Upload/Insert MediaAdd a Title.
Record Audio.
Add Music, Transitions, and then Publish.
Reflection
Give students opportunities to reflect.
Self Reflect- fill out a rubric or checklist, answer questions.
Give peer feedback.
Make a plan for their next research video.
Compare and Contrast the different versions.
Discuss using Socratic Seminar method.
Create Venn Diagrams
Resources:
Story elements graphic organizer: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wJnuRFPJmJSHisz1WRdksaV55-99GohHMUJwEQV18go/edit?usp=sharing
Video editor: WeVideo
Essentials Library stock content (in WeVideo)
Cinderella books
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