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Quest 10: Rainforest Storybox Book
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Rainforest Storybox Book |
| Task: |
To produce a collection of class stories about the rainforest |
| Time: |
20 minutes |
| Materials: |
- A Rainforest Storybox created from a shoe box. The outside of the box should be suitably labelled and decorated by the teacher. Inside the box should be a model rainforest plus a selection of small people and rainforest creatures.
- A recording facility
- A blank class 'Big Book' prepared by the teacher which will contain the children’s Rainforest stories.
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Group Size: Pairs
Process:
The teacher introduces pairs of children to the Rainforest Storybox, allowing a short time for exploratory play. The teacher then shows the children the Big Book and asks them to tell a story about the people and animals in the storybox which she can write down in the Big Book and read to the whole class.
The children make up a story using the characters in the box which the teacher records, transcribes and then sticks in to the Big Book.
Product:
The children will tell an oral rainforest story which will be transcribed by the teacher into a Big Book to be shared with the whole class.
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