Dragons: a well-known feature in Literature

Introduction

To promote reading habits through role play and theatrical techniques
To promote and improve Reading and Listening Skills
To enhance creativity and critical thinking skills (through creative writing or using digital apps or performing)

Process

Introductive Experiential Activities

1. Teacher reads loud a specific quote from the selected book (The Ice Dragon)

2. Pupils are asked to use their bodies and form the shape of a dragon. Then they have to move like a dragon and/or speak like a dragon according to instructions (with strange voice, gross voice, whispering, whistling, strange accent) and/or act like a dragon (attack, crawl, send fire or smoke).

Group Work

3. Pupils work on specific group work for 15 min. Then, they rotate so that groups complete an activity with an ICT application and a creative writing activity.

Group A: they create a dragon figure using Legos and then enliven it, using the Pic Collage app (take a photo and use the app’s features to make it look alive, use speech bubbles)

Group B: creative writing – using given words to rhyme, pupils have to create and write a short poem, following the figure of a dragon on a piece of paper.

Group C: A Quiver coloring page with a dragon is given (from Quiver app for AR). Pupils have to prepare a short story for their dragon according to its features and then enliven it using the Quiver app.

Group D: based on a given set of pictures, pupils are asked to develop the story behind them and narrate it to the rest of the class. (They may record it using the tablet’s recording function).

Learning Objectives

Imagine and create their own dragon in various ways (drawing, using Legos or their bodies)
Produce creative written and/or narrative work (using the recording function, use of Quiver app, use of Pic Collage)
Enjoy reading literature!

Tools & Equipment