Title: Tell a Tale

Grade Level: 5

Subjects: Social Studies, Language Arts, Writing, Technology

Learner Outcomes:

• Students will prepare an original folk tale based on regional or historical figure
• Students will record their tale on computer using Microsoft Powerpoint
• Students will provide visual background for their tale using Powerpoint
• Students will present their tales to the class

Materials: Writing paper

Technology Tools: multi-media computer, printer, printer paper, microphone

Teacher Notes: Students should be reminded that folk tales were oral stories originally.
 

Procedures:

• Give students a brief background of the Grimm brothers and how they collected oral stories.
• Direct students to open a blank "Powerpoint" presentation. (see: http://www.mightycoach.com/articles/powerpoint/index.html for details.
• Direct students to type the title of their story on the first slide
• Students should use the microphone to record their voice stating the title
• Students should continue creating a background and recording a portion of the tale on consecutive slides

Enrichment Activities: Students may write additional tales, or collect actual stories from family or friends as the Grimm brothers did, then record them using the computer. Encourage students to act out their tale.

State Standards:

• Social Studies: 5.5.7
• Reading and Language Arts: 5.5.1,5.5.2,5.1.5
• Writing: 5.2.1,5.2.2,5.2.3,5.2.4,5.2.5
  
• Listening: 5.3.1,5.3.3
• Technology: 5.3.1,5.3.3

National Standards:

Historical Understanding

• 5. Distinguishes between past, present, and future time

1. Prewriting: Uses prewriting strategies to plan written work (e.g., uses graphic organizers, story maps, and webs; groups related ideas; takes notes; brainstorms ideas; organizes information according to type and purpose of writing)
2. Drafting and Revising: Uses strategies to draft and revise written work (e.g., elaborates on a central idea; writes with attention to audience, word choice, sentence variation; uses paragraphs to develop separate ideas; produces multiple drafts)
3. Editing and Publishing: Uses strategies to edit and publish written work (e.g., edits for grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling at a developmentally appropriate level; uses reference materials; considers page format [paragraphs, margins, indentations, titles]; selects presentation format according to purpose; incorporates photos, illustrations, charts, and graphs; uses available technology to compose and publish work)

1. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of literary passages and texts (e.g., fairy tales, folktales, fiction, nonfiction, myths, poems, fables, fantasies, historical fiction, biographies, autobiographies, chapter books)
2. Knows the defining characteristics of a variety of literary forms and genres ( e.g., fairy tales, folk tales, fiction, nonfiction, myths, poems, fables, fantasies, historical fiction, biographies, autobiographies, chapter books)

1. Knows the basic functions of hardware (e.g., keyboard and mouse provide input; printer and monitor provide output; hard and floppy disk provide storage; the cpu processes information)

Susan Ratcliffe
J.E. Robins Elementary
 
 

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