Building Stories With Word Elf: Weeks 2 & 3

Classes have been running smoothly and we've been creating all kinds of stories!

WEEK 2

In Week 2, we focused more on the concept of "Yes..and!" After launching into the Magical World of Fan, our ship crashed and we ended up in Machine World...once there, we found notes from the Word Elf that spelled out: Welcome to Machine World! We became a machine in order to repair our ship, and fly safely back to Earth.

After our break, we decided to fly back to the Magical World of Fan, where we found MORE notes from the Word Elf--this time spelling out "Who Am I?" which prompted a game of "Yes...and" using props!

In our Thursday class, we learned how to tell a story one word at a time, and received our Word of the Week, which was actually two this go-around: "Yes...and!" We finished as usual with our "Three Little Bears" song.

WEEK 3

In Week 3, we reviewed what we remembered from the week previous, painted our Launch Pad and travelled to the Magical World of Fan. Once there, we discovered notes from the Word Elf that said "Beginning" "Middle" and "End." We talked about how stories have beginnings, middles, and ends, and played a game to create our own. Three hula hoops were laid on the ground for students to move between, each with a different prompt. The first was "Once upon a time there was...", then "When suddenly...." and finally "But it was okay because..." In this way each student crafted their very own story!

On Thursday, we continued the Beginning, Middle, End game by adding additional hula hoops that added depth to our main character. Now, students were asked to fill in the blanks of "Who liked..." and "But didn't like..." Once each student had created their full "play", one student became narrator while the other acted out his/her story. 

And of course, we received our Word of the Week: Play!

NEXT WEEK: We will create stories with paper puppet characters, and continue to explore more ways of telling tales!