THE GRUFFALO
The Gruffalo is
based on the story by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffer.
LEVEL 1
CHARACTERS: The
mouse, the owl , the snake, the fox and the Gruffalo.
SETTING: THE DEEP
DARK WOOD
OUTLINE:
A mouse
walks around the wood meeting animals.
The snake, the owl and the fox invite the mouse to their houses to eat,
but he rejects the offers and lies saying he is meeting the Gruffalo. At the
end he meets that imaginary animal he is talking about and gets very scary.
Finally, the witty mouse also lies to the Gruffalo and the monster goes away .
ORGANISATION:
9
children will perform the mouse (one child in each scene), 5 children will perform the Gruffalo, 2
children will perform the fox, 2 children will perform the snake, 2 children
will perform the owl, 2 narrators.
1 child
will be the co –director with the teacher, 1 child will be coordinator of
decorating the costumes. There will be 3 understudies.
CHARACTERS
OBJECTIVES:
The
mouse : he lies to every one. He gets
scared of his own lie. He doesn´t want to be eaten by The Gruffalo.
The
Gruffalo: he wants to eat the mouse.
The fox: he
wants to invite the mouse for lunch. He doesn´t want to be eaten by The
Gruffalo.
The owl : he
wants to invite the mouse for tea. He doesn´t want to be eaten by The Gruffalo.
The
snake: he wants to invite the mouse for a feast. He doesn´t want to be eaten by The
Gruffalo.
SCENES:
Scene 1-
The mouse walks around the wood. He meets the fox. The fox invites him to have
lunch in his underground house. Mouse rejects going to his house because he is
meeting someone special The gruffalo.
Scene 2-
The mouse meets the owl . The owl invites him to have tea in his treetop house.
Mouse
rejects the invitation because he is meeting The gruffalo .
Scene 3 –
The mouse meets the snake. Snake invites him for a feast in his logpile house.
Mouse
rejects going to the feast because he is having a feast with the Gruffalo.
Scene 4 –
Mouse meets the Gruffalo . He smartly lies the Gruffalo saying everyone is scared
of him.
Scene 5
– Mouse and Gruffalo meet the snake. Snake runs away immediately .
Scene 6
– Mouse and Gruffalo meet the owl . Owl flies away quickly.
Scene 7
– Mouse and Gruffalo meet the fox . Fow runs away immediately.
Scene 8
– Mouse said the Gruffalo he is hungry and his favourite food is Gruffalo
crumble. Gruffalo runs away.
Scene 9
– . The mouse is quiet and alone in the
wood.
Scene 10
– All the characters on the stage sing a song together .
Hi Amparo! I really like your play outline. I love "The Gruffalo" and have read it to my students in class. They love it! I think that it is a very good story to dramatise in the classroom, and the students can help with putting the script together, making the scenery and even the costumes. I think it could be a great way to end a project about the book, which could be integrated into subjects such as Art, and even Science (in the topic about wild animals). I would keep the play outline as it is, I think it's great!
ResponderEliminarHello Amparo!, I really like the way you´re introducing this story and it is quite right to start with a brainstorm as it is the best way to generate ideas and creativity in children. I also like the opportunity you´re given to them in respecting every person´s contribution without fear of criticism. Working cooperatively to prepare their customs and decoration is a good idea for this age.
ResponderEliminarI can see you´re using a Big Book in order to tell the story, the Gruffalo is a fun book to read aloud. Big Books are great for interaction and get your students engaged with the story.