The first BIG project in the Teacher Cadet class is to create puppets. Cute! Fun! Can't wait!
But.
Getting the cart before the horse seldom moves anyone anywhere! Before those puppets can be created, a storyline, a purpose, a conflict must be developed.
Think.
Think.
Think.
THE STORYLINE.
My puppets will be punctuation marks that act out the script of the conflicts those punctuation marks often encounter. For instance, being an exclamation mark takes so much energy! Lots!! Too much!!! Stop!!!!
THE STORYBOARD.
Using sticky notes, each is asked to create a storyboard that reflects characters, conflict, setting, and plot. I have used this method before in an extended Enrichment Session I hosted last year during RTI time where the enrollees created Superheroes using HeroMachine, and then storyboarded their plot for that newly created hero...or vice versa, depending on how each's creativity flowed.
This utilizes the Covey's premise of beginning with the end in mind. Before creating those puppets...and let's face it, creating puppets can take intense talent and time..the basic idea has to form, shapes must come into being, for no one has time to create a puppet that gets written our of the story and will not be used.
THE PUPPETS.
Pinterest and I have been contemplating the basic structure of my puppets. As of now, I. Just. Do. Not. Know. That results in a bit of stress for me, for I need their shapes to begin to form so that the vision, the backbone of this newly created world may further take shape, be birthed into existence.
More about that soon...just as soon as these birthing pains result in the lives of my puppets. Ouch!
Stay tuned!
