Puppets

Teacher Anne Girven

YEAR	LEVEL	DURATION
5-6	3	4 weeks

Achievement Objective Being Assessed	Learning Outcomes
Transactional Writing	Write and publish a set of instructions, sequencing ideas logically, to make a puppet the students have designed.
Technology
Technological Knowledge and Understanding (L3)	Examine the instructions for toys, discuss their clarity and usefulness.
Technological Capability (L3)	Select and design a puppet, listing the materials required.
Technology in Society (L3)	Interview family members to find out about the types of puppets in their childhood, looking at similarities and differences to present day puppets.
Processes
Processing Information	Gather, select and interpret information related to puppets.
Exploring Language and audience	Explain the features of puppet plays relating to subject, purpose and audience.
Thinking critically	Compare texts of different puppet plays.
Supporting Achievement Objective	Learning Outcomes
Close Reading	Read and relate the meanings of written texts (puppet plays) to personal background knowledge and experience. Read a variety of plays and decide which and explain why some would be suitable as a puppet play.
Using Texts	Using appropriate texts, read, present and perform a play. Students explore and demonstrate the conventions of puppet plays and how use of voice is important.
Presenting	Present a puppet show using puppets and plays already created. Use verbal features to communicate narrative through drama

Teacher background reading

Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your students, and to fit the time available:

Write and publish a set a set of instructions, sequencing ideas "How to Make a Puppet" based on the puppet the student has made.

New Zealand National Library
MacLennan, Jennifer. (1988). Simple puppets you can make. New York : Sterling Pub. Co.
Ross, Laura (Author and illustrator). (1969) Hand puppets and how to make them. New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
Directions and diagrams for making various types of puppets, dressing and handling them, setting up a stage, and writing and producing one's own show. Includes three puppet plays.
Hawkesworth, Margaret & Eric (Illustrators). Puppet Shows to Make: how to entertain with all kinds of puppets.
Trussell-Cullen, Alan. (1987) Puppets. Illustrated by Kathryn Pond, photography by Alan Trussell-Cullen, Richard Redgrove. Auckland, N.Z. : Shortlands Melbourne [Vic.] : Rigby Education
Wilkie, Rene & King, Audrey. (1980's).Fun with Puppets: fourteen plays Christchurch : E. A. Jordan
Coppock, Lilian. (1997) Puppet Talk Line Drawings by Glenn Goodwin. Twickenham, England : Belair
Ideas for making puppets and their use in the development of language skills with children from four to nine years
Learner as a Reader - Learning Media/Ministry of Education.
Describe Explain Argue - Ministry of Education, Used Friendly Resource Enterprises Ltd 1996.
Writing Frameworks - Whitehead, David.
School Journals - Learning Media
Sunshine Factual Texts