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Plan your play. Use the Reader's Theater Padlet and the video to find inspiration for your own retelling. Plan your play through the planning page. It's important to plan your characters, setting, problem and solution. Make sure that when you retell the story, the central message is the same as the original story. Then create your script or what each character will say. Practice your play until it is perfect. Perform your play for the class or record with your iPad.

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When writing your retelling make sure to plan your story with a plot diagram. Plan your book with the planning page from your teacher. Think about your characters, setting, and climax first. From there, plan what events will lead up to the climax and then the falling action or what happens in the end. Make sure that when you retell the story, the central message is the same as the original story. Once you have finished your plot diagram, you can start writing your book. Remember that illustrations make the book fun to read! Make sure you include colorful illustrations within your book.

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Retelling of the Boy Who Cried Wolf play

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Retelling of the Boy Who Cried Wolf play

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These videos and their rights are property of Oxford University Press. The share in this blog has no commercial, but educational purposes.

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Create a retelling through a Toontastic. Plan your scenes with the planning page. Make sure that when you retell the story, the central message is the same as the original story. Make sure you plan what each scene will look like and how you will illustrate each scene.

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Pixie Lott Reads The Hare And The Tortoise | Shell #makethefuture

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UK singer Pixie Lott reads this classic tale and discovers that sometimes slow and steady wins the race. Access to reliable light can mean access to greater opportunities, to employment, and to education. In celebration of light and the joy of reading, Shell #makethefuture and GravityLight have collated a set of 50 classic stories from around the world.

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The Fox and the Grapes by Aesop Illustrated by Paul Galdone

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Remember the play Pushing Up the Sky? It mentions that the Snohomish people who lived in an area of the Northwest would tell stories through totem poles. They would carved stories into totem poles because they did not have a written language. Find out more about totem poles and plan your own! You can retell a story using people are animals that represents part of the story. Plan your retelling with a planning page. Make sure that when you retell the story, the central message is the same as the original story. If you choose to create a totem pole you will have to tell your story verbally too.

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Totem poles are sculptures carved from large trees, such as the Western Red Cedar. In North America, totem poles are part of the cultures of many indigenous peoples of Alaska, British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Totem poles serve many purposes beyond their beauty, and their meanings are as varied as the cultures that make them.

Some totem poles represent stories or important events. On these poles, each figure on the totem represents part of a story. These totems are used as a way to record the history and legends of the tribes.

Figures on a are not gods to be worshipped. Instead, they represent traits and characteristics each or story embodies.

There are many other types of totem poles. poles are erected in front of a family's home to represent the owner's or social . poles are carved in honor of a member. poles are also raised in honor of the dead and include a small compartment for the ashes of the .

Another interesting type of is the shame pole. Shame poles are carved to embarrass and ridicule someone who has done something wrong.

Shame poles are taken down once the person has made . A famous shame pole erected in Cordova, Alaska, included the face of an oil company businessman. It is said to represent the unpaid debt the oil company owes for damages caused by the oil spill in Valdez, Alaska.

Colors used to paint totem poles were limited. Artists relied on natural pigments. Black was the most common, made by grinding , or . Red came from red ochre, a clay-like material. Blue-green was made from copper sulfide.

Common figures found on totem poles include the raven (a symbol of The Creator), the eagle (representing peace and friendship), the killer whale (a symbol of strength), the thunderbird, the beaver, the bear, the wolf and the frog.

Though the has been a part of history for decades, totem poles are still created today. Native carvers in the Northwest continue to carve totems as symbols of their cultural pride and kinship.

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Visit the tribes who have created these special works of art and discover the important meaning behind totem poles.

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DK Find Out! | Fun Facts for Kids on Animals, Earth, History and more!

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Visit DK Find Out! to learn about dinosaurs, space, animals, nature & more. Fun learning activities for kids with videos, quizzes & galleries at DKFindOut.com

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Teach Kids About Totem Poles - Amy's Mythic Mornings

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Amy teaches children about Totem poles. Including their meaning and some of the great animals that make them up! Watch full episodes now: www.vimeo.com/ondemand/amysmythicmornings Hang out with Amy on her Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Amys-Mythic-Mornings/190724397772045 Powered by Virch technology

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Plot Mountain! | The Plot Diagram Song | Scratch Garden

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Nearpod - Create, Engage, Assess through Mobile Devices

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Nearpod is an interactive classroom tool for teachers to engage students with interactive lessons

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Find out about Angel and Jennifer... Listen for their retelling. What do you think the lesson is of their story?

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