Author: Olivia Chak 

Title: Puppets

Grade: 3rd

Time Allotted for Lesson: 30 minutes

                                             This lesson will be completed in one session.

Instructional Objectives:      

1. Students will be shown different styles of puppet making.
2. Will be able to have understanding of how to make a puppet.
3. To be encouraged to use an emotion to create the puppet.

Vocabulary:

1. emotions – (n.) an  affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, hate, fear, or the like, is experienced, as a distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
2. different – (adj.) not alike in character or quality.
3. puppets – (n.) an artificial figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand, rods, wires, etc., on a miniature stage.

Materials:                             

1. Visuals of different kinds of puppets
2. Paper bag
3. Markers
4. Construction Paper
5. Glue
6. Color Pencils
7. Glitter

Motivation: I will read a book to the students to help spark their interest.

Questions:

1. Why are puppets created?
2. What kind of puppets have you seen?
3. How will you create a puppet that represents how you feel?

Procedure:                             

1. Pass around the visuals of the different types of puppets.
2. Hand out paper bags.
3. Have the students use a marker to write their name on it.
4. Ask students to design a puppet that represents how they are feeling.
5. Students will put their finished work on construction paper.
6. Students will share the puppets they made with the class.

Student Evaluation: Evaluate the student’s progress.

1. How is your puppet different?
2. How do you tell the difference between each puppet?
3. Why do you think we made puppets?

Extension Activities: Using the puppet that you made, create a story that brings your puppet to life.

Attach Visuals to the Lesson Plan: Show pictures of puppets that relate to the lesson.