Lesson One – Story Puppets
This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate, describe and record some of the different characters that can be used as puppets to tell and perform a special narrative story.
The class can practise rehearsing and performing an example play script to show how some of the characters might act in scenes from a Punch and Judy story.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate, describe and record some of the different characters that can be used as puppets to tell and perform a special narrative story
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe how different puppets can be used to tell and perform a story and a worksheet to practise performing a play script to show how some of the characters might act in a Punch and Judy story.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore some of the different characters that can be used as puppets to tell and perform a narrative story.
This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to select, shape and combine textile and other materials to make a range of puppet characters that can be used to narrate a traditional story. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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