I had originally planned us to just do a musical number, but the students asked if they could write their own play. They have been obsessed with plays since we did Daedalus the first week.
We started by each picking a character. There were a lot of changes. One went from Mrs. Claus to a Baker Man to a Baker Woman. Another went from Elf to Santa. Another went from a tree to a gingerbread girl...
We drafted a story with no real direction. As students changed characters and lines over the weeks, we did draft after draft... Finally, we got some semblance of a story. A Baker with 2 daughters bakes a gingerbread that comes to life. The Elves see the gingerbread girl and try to decide if it should be on the naughty or nice list. After interrogating the gingerbread girl (in the most 3rd grade way possible: by asking a series of multiplication facts "Whats 16 times 2?" and asking her to write in cursive "The elves cant write in cursive because they didn't go to school" ) They determine that since she eats gingerbread, she is a cannibal and therefore a monster and should be placed on the naughty list. At the end, the silent snowman moves which prompts the elves to now wonder if they will have to decide if the snowman now goes on the naughty or nice list. Santa declares No, so they sing a silly song instead. The song was Jingle Bells, Batman smells and they wrote their own second verse which was "Jingle Bells, Tattle Tales. Santa ran away. The elves ran home and reindeers roamed and they said have a good day. hey!"
Its'a very 3rd grade christmas tale!
No comments:
Post a Comment