Successful teaching starts with a successful lesson plan.
Start off the lesson with some sort of activity that not only introduces
the lesson, but gets the students interest. This can be anything. A
question, a story, a presentation, anything that will make the students
hungry for more information.
Subject/Topic:
Objectives and Goals:
Anticipatory Set (approximate time):
Direct Instruction (approximate time):
Guided Practice (approximate time):
Closure (approximate time):
Independent Practice:
Required Materials and Equipment:
Example:
Purpose:
The
purpose of this lesson is to teach students about different types of
puppets so they can make their own puppets out of recycled materials.
The students use their creativity to come up with a movable puppet that
represents a character in their puppet play.
Duration:
Two Sixty-Minute Class Periods
Objectives:
The learner will:
- create a puppet using primarily trash items.
- learn about some different types of puppets and how they work.
- work cooperatively to design the puppets that represent the characters in the puppet play.
Materials:
- Large variety of items you would normally throw away: paper towel
rolls, Styrofoam, plastic ware, fabric scraps (old clothes), yarn, old
buttons, old socks, plastic containers (dish soap works great), broom
handles, dowels, old CDs, dryer lint (makes great stuffing for puppet
heads)
Teacher Note: Have students bring these in prior to this lesson.
- Hot glue gun and glue
- Markers
- Scissors
- Needles and thread, optional
- Examples of various types of puppets: stick, sock, finger, pop-up
- John E. Kennedy, Puppet Mania or Laura Ross, Hand Puppets: How to Make and Use Them
- Adult helpers or volunteers
Instructional Procedure(s):
Anticipatory Set:
Show students examples of different types of puppets: sock puppet,
stick puppet, pop-up puppet, hand puppet and others you have available.
Pass the examples around so students can look at them closely. Analyze
with the students how the puppets are put together, how they move and
what the advantages and disadvantages are of each type. Demonstrate—and
let the students experiment with—how to use the puppets to communicate a
feeling, expression or idea. Show some pages of the puppet book and
explain how it can be used as a resource for making puppets and using
puppets to communicate ideas.
- Set up some guidelines for puppet construction. Each student
should make at least one puppet. Tell the groups to plan together
carefully to make sure each character in the script is represented by a
puppet. Preview the rubric (below) with the students.
- Have students construct their puppets using the recycled pieces.
Hot glue works well for this project, but make sure to have an adult
apply the hot glue for the students.
- Assist and guide students to make sure that the puppets are sturdy/well supported and that they can move freely.
- When the puppet construction is done, students sit in a circle
with their puppets. Students introduce their puppets to the class by
manipulating the puppets and using their puppet voices/characters. They
should name the type of puppet and explain what recycled materials was
reused to create the puppet. Other students can offer specific praise or
suggestions for improvement. Use the rubric to assess the students on
their puppet construction and demonstration.
