Fantasy as cultural context (VELS 3 & 4)

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE!!!

This lesson was super fun and the one I think I enjoyed the most. The beginning of this class we were looking at our names, how could we change our names into a monster name, I came up with NEJ instead of Jen. We then had to come up with an action that went without new monster name; I put my hand on my head and made like a spiky feathered top for my monster. using this action and name we went around the tables to hear what others had come up with, this was helpful as I relaxed and knew that everyone was doing what I was doing so I didn’t have to feel silly. We then create a song within our tables, mixing the names and gestures up whilst keeping the beat and rhythm. I really enjoyed this activity

In groups we came up with a monster dance, when choreographing the dance we needed to take into account, the use of lines, floor space, height levels, and keeping the instructions simple as not everyone is a confident dancer. We used out monster names and gestures in the dance, which I loved as it gave everyone a sense of identity and belonging in the group. Here is the video of our monster dance!

The second part of this lesson was looking at the fantasy story of where the wild things are. In our same groups, the class was divided up and given a script with a part of the story. In our story their needed to be a narrator the rest of the group were acting. I really enjoyed this story as a child so I loved acting out our part of the script! Our group was pleased with the advice Jackie gave us, she helped up to visually show the story better. For example, the scene where max is on the boat, Jackie helped our group explore the ways we could best show a rocky, rickety old boat. When developing our performance we needed to take into account, the use of our script, the different characters points of view, still images and tableaux.

Below is the video of our groups part of the story and below that is the link to the whole class wild rumpus! 

 

It was great to see our whole class come together with a fantastic performance.

Whole class WILD RUMPUS!

Below is the peer assesment sheet