Constructivism

0:06 so what I want you to do is I want you to look at these two pictures so you have a picture of Harry Potter and then you have a picture of a movie if you know what movie this is will you please raise your hand thank you so much let's see Jessica a Finding Nemo so we have two movies right here I want you to start thinking about these movies and the story they tell what I want you to do is think of some of these things that they have in common think of what they have in common I want you to think to yourself for a second think to yourself and I want you to turn and talk

0:52 to a partner sitting next to you come up with a list of things that these stories have in common ready thank thank you for not moving yet go there's the so they both have the ocean in the picture right I want to hear what some of you thought I want to find out what these things have in common so let's think what do they have in common what did some of you guys talk about [Music] Tyler can I have a really good typer someone who can type for us Jessica a will you type for us thank you ma'am they both

1:39 have something that's not real in them we have fish talking right and then we have magical Wizards so both have something that's not real in it JJ one that you don't have up there which was characters so you said they both have characters both Main and other characters right problem and solution so we have that one right there it says problem and solution but good yeah that's another one on this card some of you have apples some of you have pineapples some of you have oranges or bananas what you're going to do is when I say go you're going to get your card hold on to it do not move when I say go you're going to find three other people if they're all here today who have the

2:25 same fruit as you so what are you going to do when I say go sa that have what the same fruit so you're looking for the same fruit this will be your group you're working with with your group you'll receive a story you need to read through it and work together to come up with the different pieces that make up that story like we did with our two movies so go through the story come up with a different pieces that make that up and then you're going to write down your findings what are you going to do with the passage Andrew what are you what are you trying to find what are you looking for

3:12 JJ yeah so the different pieces we were talking about right then as a group you're going to come up with a presentation this presentation you will be filming with one of these iPads so you will be given an iPad this is what you'll be filming with okay on this there's a camera function so you can see I'm going to slide it open and I'm going to find the main screen and go to camera and there's the screen so then I'm going to switch it to video and we are going to record a presentation talking about the story we just read and what we okay I'm going to pass out your cards when you hear your name come and

3:57 get it from me remember you're not finding your group until I say go Samantha Emanuel oh Michelle JJ Sarah Taylor Tyler okay what pieces do we have so far we have the problem is Sarah is a new kid that isely stories focus on a plot is that what you're saying and then what the solution why are you including the problem and solution why is that important because like you can have really interesting stor they just stand

4:44 if you don't really tell what's going on you don't tell like if they're having a problem and how they do to problem yeah so without a good problem and solution it's kind of boring right so do really good stories so they have a good problem solution yeah good hey keep it up guys that looks great looks really good probably [Music] would comes knocking on her door asking telling her that she's her best friend so um oh you're already on there okay I'll put you again

5:38 thank you for your eyes thank you Sarah awesome job Ty one second party oh yeah I have to say I've been watching you amazing I see teamwork I see a lot of people actually thinking about what they're reading you guys have been awesome another one second party oh yeah okay you have two minutes two minutes to have it ready to present two 2 minutes starting now when you hear the whistle it's done there's a new girl Nam s out of school popular she gets popular and she's leaving her out the solution is that um Sarah she ditches her friends and for the weekend and spends time

6:23 with come on Maris tried to um Marisol tried to introduce Sarah to everybody in the school then when she he okay we are now going to present these to our fellow classmates we're going to see if we came up with similar ideas or if we had different ideas about the story and the different pieces that make up a story so we're going to start with this one we have here Ty will you please get the lights that's yes yes thank you okay okay so the problem was that the main character rely saw Sarah

7:12 any Sarah moved in across the street in December and went to school the the plot is problem the problem is Sarah's and avoids Mar solution is Sarah tired of all the attention and gos to Mar's house the setting is um the neighborhood Mar's house awesome so let's go back to the terms you guys were using to decide if it was a good story or a bad story cuz you were picking out all the different pieces so what were some of these terms that you guys were coming up with think about the different terms that you heard a lot of people saying even in your group what are some of the different terms that you heard I want you to talk with your partner see if you can come up with the

7:58 different terms ready go problem solution setting characters what up I was thinking about it I was thinking what do all of these stories have what are the different elements and just like you guys I said each story has characters these characters can be people or animals finally has a problem something the character wants to fix the events in there and the solution ah M me each story has the problems thank you Draven the events going through it and the solution that was so good Mir off one

8:46 second party oh yeah I love how you have not been talking right now thank you so much so a really good story contains all of these elements and it's written really well correct if it's it's a good story it's going to have all those different elements I want to see if you can pick it out in a news article and some of you are going to receive a short passage to read that's a short story so there's going to be different types of text and you're going to have to identify you're going to read through it and fill out the graphic organizer on the back okay quickly and quietly you're going to head back to your desk you have 10 seconds and the passage will be coming around to you ready go Sam will you please turn on the lights

9:32 thank you Amanda St we'll finish them tomorrow bring them to me quickly thank you Taylor Amanda thank you for doing it without talking