“Show+and+Tell”+for+Monster+Screenplay

= Name of Lesson: Show and Tell =  **Prepared by: Danielle Cavinder** **Class time needed:** 30-35min **Grade level: 9-12**  **Objectives:** · Students will be able to organize a story by using a material object. · Students will give an oral presentation of their final story. · Students will work in a group and develop social skills. **Materials Needed:** · Object · Paper · Writing utensil

**//Activity//:** 

1. Have students gather into groups of 3 to 4 people, and pull out an object(such as a watch, pencil, game, picture) and place it in the middle of the group. 5min

2. Have students choose one of the objects that isn’t their own and free write a story for five minutes about it. (If students seem to be having issues starting their own story, remind them to ask themselves what, why, when, where, who.) 5min

3. Have students share their stories with group members. 5min

4. Have students choose another object, again not their own, and write another story. (This one should flow better after hearing what other students came up with for the first one). 5min

5. Have them share these stories with their group again. 5min

6. Now, ask them to write another story that includes all of the items, including their own, from the pile. 5min.

7. Ask for any volunteers to share their favorite story with the class. 5min


 * Expanding the Activity:**

This is used to generate ideas and to get the students to see stories in ordinary objects.

 **Notes:** For this unit, the plan for this mini lesson is that the students will have brought in an object from home as part of their homework. They will have already written a journal entry about their object. The lesson is designed to help them expand on that, with the intention that many students may wish to write their screen plays based on the story they write about the object.