Lesson Family Folklore
Objective:
TSW explore their family folklore/legends/history. TSW create a true or imagined story based on real or imagined events/people/places from their own family through storytelling, writing, audio/video recording, or dramatization.
Strands:
Imaginative, Descriptive, and Narrative Writing
Content Curriculum Areas:
The Arts, Research Skills (information, technology), History, Social Studies, Community Connections
Literature Connection:
Oregon Trail Stories by Rick Steiber
The House on Maple Street by Bonnie Pryor
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Pollaco
All The Places To Love by Patricia McLachlan
The Whispering Cloth by
Wilfred Gordon.... by Mem FoxMy Family (Mi Famlia!) by Carmen Loma Garza Other family based literature.
Anticipatory Set:
1) Artifacts (in trunk): ie: old keys, tools, pictures, quilts
2) Literature
3) Brainstorming Family (important/funny/mysterious) events
Process:
1) Freewrite
2) Share ideas as whole class, as willing
3) Narrow focus: choose 1 or 2 ideas, persons, or things (places, events)
4) Write or illustrate their story as individuals or in small groups
5) Share the story with whole group
Closure:
Brainstorm other media for "telling" their stories
Adaptations:
- creating photo albums which tell family stories or histories (scrapbooking)
- quilt making *pioneer/immigrant studies
- favorite family recipes
- songs (family favorites, or composing)
- letter writing
Materials in Trunk:
- pencils
- paper: construction paper (2 large multicolored packs, lined paper&emdash;see adaptations
- colored pencils for illustrating (24 color&emdash;crayola ?)
- artifacts as story prompts: ie: pictures, books, quilts, old keys/tools/rusty hardware
- literature books
- scrapbooking supplies (black pages, silver gel pens, black corner tabs, etc.)
- pencil sharpener