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Co-teaching activity: Let's write a story

This session is aimed for students to create a story with some element given by the teachers

Objectives of the session:

  • To create a collaborative story with the elements given.

  • To read the stories out loud.

  • To vote for the best story. 

Description of the activities:

Activity 1: Presentation of the "new" teacher and explanation of the development of the session and the task. 

 

              Class organization: Group work

 

              Timing:    5 minutes

Activity 2:  Arrangement of the groups. Each group will have 4 students each and they will be heterogeneous. 

 

 

              Class organization: Group work

 

              Timing:   5 minutes

Activity 3:  Writing the story in a collaborative way using the materials given to each group. 

 

 

              Class organization: Group work

 

              Timing:   25-30 minutes

Materials

  • Their autobiographies.

  • Pixton.

  • Laptops/computers

Assessment:

 

  1. The attention and interest showed during the session.

  2. The predisposition and concentration during the creation.

  3. The final comic

 

Attention to diversity: The session lasts 1 hour and a half (arts and crafts hour) so students will have a lot of time in order to create their comics. They will have their biographies and online tools to use them in case they need it to look for a word or structure they need to write in their comics.

Co-teaching activity: Let's write a story

This session is aimed for students to create a story with some element given by the teachers

Objectives of the session:

  • To create a collaborative story with the elements given.

  • To read the stories out loud.

  • To vote for the best story. 

Description of the activities:

Activity 1: Presentation of the "new" teacher and explanation of the development of the session and the task. 

 

              Class organization: Whole class

              Timing:    5 minutes

Activity 2:  Arrangement of the groups. Each group will have 4 students each and they will be heterogeneous. 

 

 

              Class organization: Group work

 

              Timing:   5 minutes

Activity 3:  Writing the story in a collaborative way using the materials given to each group. 

 

 

              Class organization: Group work

 

              Timing:   25-30 minutes

Materials

  • Their autobiographies.

  • Pixton.

  • Laptops/computers

Assessment:

 

  1. The attention and interest showed during the session.

  2. The predisposition and concentration during the creation.

  3. The final comic

 

Attention to diversity: The session lasts 1 hour and a half (arts and crafts hour) so students will have a lot of time in order to create their comics. They will have their biographies and online tools to use them in case they need it to look for a word or structure they need to write in their comics.

Activity 4:  Reading each story out loud for everybody in the class to hear it and be able to vote afterwards.

 

              Class organization: Whole class

 

              Timing:   25-30 minutes

Co-teaching activity: Let's write a story

This session is aimed for students to create a story with some element given by the teachers

Objectives of the session:

  • To create a collaborative story with the elements given.

  • To read the stories out loud.

  • To vote for the best story. 

Description of the activities:

Activity 1: Presentation of the "new" teacher and explanation of the development of the session and the task. 

 

              Class organization: Whole class

              Timing:    5 minutes

Activity 2:  Arrangement of the groups. Each group will have 4 students each and they will be heterogeneous. 

 

 

              Class organization: Group work

 

              Timing:   5 minutes

Activity 3:  Writing the story in a collaborative way using the materials given to each group. 

 

 

              Class organization: Group work

 

              Timing:   15 minutes

Activity 4:  Reading each story out loud for everybody in the class to hear it and be able to vote afterwards.

 

              Class organization: Whole class

 

              Timing:   25 minutes

Activity 5:  Voting for the best story with the online tool mentimeter and, afterwards, obtaining the results of the voting using the same tool.

 

              Class organization: Whole class

 

              Timing:   10 minutes

Materials

  • Pencil and paper.

  • Words and sentences to write their biographies (To see the click here)

  • Laptops/computers

Assessment:

  1. The attention and interest showed during the session.

  2. The predisposition and concentration during the creation.

 

Attention to diversity: The groups will be heterogeneous to ensure participation and engagement and the students will be provided with computers to look for structures and words they need for their stories.

To see the co-teaching rubric click here

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