what are the big objectives of the puppet plays?
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Do you mean 'playing with puppets', or 'a theatre-type show using puppets'?\n\nIf you meant kids 'playing with puppets', then it helps the kids act out situations, like dolls, teddies & other toys do, but a puppet can appear more real - especially if you can't see how it's controlled! The puppets can talk, and have personalities of their own so that the child controlling it can experiment without having to be scolded - you would say "naughty puppet! You mustn't SAY things like that!" or "Bad puppet! Don't go too close to the fire, it's dangerous, and you might get your fur burnt!" So the child doesn't have to actually 'do' anything naughty itself to find out if it IS naughty! Also, kids love to trick adults, and pretending that a puppet is alive is very satisfying!\n\nIf you meant 'a theatre-type show using puppets' then it's just like any other 'show' ... it's a way of portraying either something that DID happen, or something that MIGHT happen. The puppets are rather more 'intimate' than actors, and usually have more 'extreme' appearances than real people - more tall/thin/ugly/crazy/fat etc.\nThere is often a 'moral' in kids theatre shows, with the bad puppet learning to be good, and the good puppets reigning supreme! (Just like TV!)
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Great Play and hard work
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ask some classmates to teem up and do a short play :) employ some symbolical costumes and scenes.. that would be fun\n\n\nedited.. oops! spiegy200 came up faster with the same idea! :)
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http://www.hlf.org.uk/English/MediaCentre/Archive/Puppet.htm\nhttp://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/5540\nhttp://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/MNDM/pub/newrel/NRView.asp?NRNUM=152&NRYear=1997&NRLAN=EN&NRID=1875
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Twenty pages of worksheets?  Are you joking?  That is just going to bore the students into bad behaviour.  Why not assign a different review activity?  Maybe assign each group a major vocab AND grammar concept from the semester, and have them design a game to test their classmates' knowledge of that area.  Or again, give groups a grammar and vocab concept and have them work together to write a script for a short play (or scene) that reviews that concept.  Let them work together to memorize the play and they can perform it when you return to show the work they did.  \n\nAs for English, if you normally spend the entire block in silent reading then I guess you could continue to do that.  But again, why not give the students something that actually ENGAGES them in the learning process?  Have them find a news story that reflects one of the central issues in the play.  When they come to class they can work in groups to discuss how their chosen story relates to the play.  Then ask them to swap news stories with a partner and write a letter to the editor relating that story to the play to current events to their opinions.\n\nThe worst thing you can do when you've got a sub is to give the kids mindless work, which seems to be exactly what you've got planned.  You're just asking for them to act out.
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A play based on a story they are already familiar with (like many of the excellent suggestions above).  If they are already familiar with the story, knowing how to play their roles and learning their lines will be much easier and more meaningful for them, which will increase EVERYONE'S level of enjoyment in the project.  Have fun!
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First of all fun, \nto know other peoples opinion,\nto learn something new\nto create a doll that looks like you \n\n;-)
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Here are a few sites where you can find scripts\nhttp://www.staircase.org/structures/ \nhttp://pbskids.org/zoom/playhouse/index.html\nhttp://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/3765/Myplays.html  \nhttp://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5291/ \nhttp://bms.westport.k12.ct.us/mccormick/rt/rtscriphome.htm \n\nYou can get additiona help from these\n\nhttp://www.onceuponatheatre.org/\nhttp://childrenstheatre.easystorecreator.com/welcome.htm\nhttp://www.freedomtheatre.org/schedule.asp
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The two primary objectives in island hopping were to;\n1. Disrupt the enemy's supply chain and isolate troop clusters along that chain. The isolated soldiers couldn't move, and wouldn't get resupplied. Eventually the enemy soldiers would become farmers and fishermen trying to stay alive.\n2. By picking those islands with prepared air fields, we assured our air forces a platform to operate from and provide our ground forces with much needed air support. We also gave our planes a place to branch out from to look for enemy targets and destroy any effort made by the enemy to rearm or resupply their isolated troops.
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We encourage the teachers we train to create performance objectives.  Performance objectives are statements that say how the students will demonstrate the knowledge they learned in that lesson.  Then, at the end of the lesson, if students can do what you want, they have the knowledge.\n\nFor example, if I want the students to know a list of vocabulary words, I can see their knowledge when they use the vocabulary in a matching activity.  My performance objective could be "By the end of class, students will be able to correctly match the 15 vocabulary words we covered today."  When the knowledge is tied to something they do with the knowledge, it's easy to see whether they have the knowledge or not.\n\nYou teach media tech, right?  So, in your class, the knowledge they will have is operating the cameras and other equipment and putting together their projects.  If they can do those things, they have successfully learned.\n\nAlso, you can have the students fill out surveys to evaluate how the class is going for them.  Sometimes I do this informally by just asking the students to write the answers to a couple of questions at the end of class.  Sometimes this is more formal, like the anonymous evaluations we do at the end of the semester.\n\nSome teachers focus more on their own teaching, thinking that the teacher makes all the difference about learning or not.  Some teachers prefer to see themselves as facilitators of student learning.  I certainly hope that my students don't depend on me for all their learning, since I want them to continue learning after my class is over!  So it's not just about being a good teacher, but whether or not you help students learn.
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Get those cheap paper plates and draw faces on them.  Then put on a skit with puppets or books.  When something happens with a character have the kids hold up the face that shows the emotion of how the character feels.  For example have a puppet character lose a toy, then ask the kids to hold up the face that shows how that character must feel.    \n\nNorman, lighten up, these are pre-schoolers she is asking about.  And actually, the no child left behind act is now placing so much emphasis on reading and math that subjects like science, languages and music are getting left behind.  Yes kids need the basics like reading and math, but they need the other things too to be well-rounded and to make sure that kids who have strengths in different areas all get a chance.  And by the way, I don't think very many schools even teach sex education.
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hand puppet\n\n\nI saw your link, and wanted you to have at least one answer!\n\nHave a great day!\n\n=)
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Teach simplicity to the children,\nDo not vote for voracious politicians, and\nParticipate in rallies against corruption.
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What age? Most kids of ECE age (2-4) are too young for any large organized projects and get plenty of dramatic (pretend) play with stuff as simple as a few hats and capes. I would not direct the play too much, it stiffles their own creativity and social skill building. You can do felt board stories and have them interact with the pieces, or demonstrate a puppet show and then leave the puppets out for them.
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Sounds like a fun assignment. I may do this on my own time, but as this is your assignment, I cannot write this for you.\n\nTry to use your imagination.  Have you read these novels? Any one of them would be exciting to write a script for. Relax and try to have fun.
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The first priority is IQ.\nWithout it that where the mess was created in planet of apes.\nLook at those antiques with creaky legs who came from the cold.\nBack from Russia with love.\nCan't even see the footprints in the snow.\nIn this line of business cheap-skate paper qualification with computer games does not work in planet of apes.\nMust learn to see what the monkeys were up to for the good of mankind in planet of apes.
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The objectives are as ff:\n- Create a shared research infrastructure for the purpose of enabling collaborative research:\n- enhance educational opportunities