Retelling with a template

1. Retelling with a template • Visual and temporal scaffold • Models • Structures the process • Very important caveat – a template is an entry point; it is not a recipe • (ICON Project: Dalton, Proctor, Uccelli, Mo, & Snow, 2011; Proctor, Dalton, Uccelli, Mo, Snow & Neugebauer, 2011)

2. Create a Folktale Retelling Show Your PPT retelling will have 9 slides: • A title page • Scenes 1- 7 • Your Author’s Note Try to use your power words in your retelling: avoid, delighted, hospitality, speechless, and trudge Be creative – use words, images, sound, and color to tell a great tale! Title page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Author’s Note

3. Turtle washes up. Turtle went to wash up for dinner. He trudged to the river. When he came back he was dirty still! He had to wash up all over again. Turtle trudged down to the river. Option: Add audio recording 2

4. Author’s Note By: Mariana I retold each of the scenes in ‘Hungry Spider and Turtle,’ and then used sound and color to bring my story alive. I picked my background music and design at the bottom because they reminded me of African art, and this is a folktale from the Ashanti people, who live in Africa. I picked the background color on each slide to help make the setting. The background of the first scene was sandy brown because it was dry and dirty in this part of the story. In the second slide, Turtle was hot and tired so I chose the red-pink color to remind people of how hot he was. I really liked the music I picked for the second slide, because it sounded like African music, but it also made it sound like Turtle was on a mission!

5. Add sound to your slide show 3 ways to use sound: • record your retelling • add sound effect • add music To get started, go to INSERT and • select Movies and Sounds • choose your option • ask someone for help if this is a new skill!

6. Use color to dramatize your story The opening scene in the folktale, “How Coyote Stole Fire” is sad and the weather is cold, so I changed the background gold color to grey. • Go to Format • Background • Choose color • Click Apply • (be sure to be in normal view, or it will change all your slides!) I also changed the font color to black • Highlight your text • Click on font color • Choose color

7. Al’s Thoughts Star’s Thoughts Ready to Begin? • Save your slide show onto your desk top or CD • Go to ‘File’ • Save As • Save into your folder • File name to use: • Your name + your teacher’s name + Hungry Spider retell • E.g., Bridget D-Camelo-Hungry Spider retell • TIP – save each slide as you go along! • If you want ideas for how to do your retelling, check out Al, Star, or Genie’s ideas in the ‘Notes’ section below! Genie’s Thoughts

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9. Retelling Slide Show Self-check • Congratulations! You have a draft and now are ready to review and polish your show • Make sure you have saved your show onto the desktop or CD-ROM • Delete the slides with the directions and save again. • To view your slide show: • Go to view • Slide show • What do you think? Did you tell a whale of a tale? (see your teacher for a more detailed retelling check list). • Review your tale. Do you need to make changes to the content, color, or sound? • Check the mechanics. Do you need to edit spelling, punctuation, or capitalization? • Review TIP: Show your slide show to a friend and get their feedback and help.

10. Spider Can’t Swim. One day Spider was walking, he saw Turtle in his house. Turtle saw him too. Turtle asked spider to dinner. Spider was really hungry so he said yes. Turtle’s home was in the water but spider couldn’t swim. He wondered what he would do. Spider couldn’t swim Option: Add audio recording 4