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Todd County Middle School · OSEU 5 · Reading

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Lesson / Document · South Dakota · OSEU 5

Themes: Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Culture & continuity, Community & responsibility, Listening & observation, Humor & play

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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Lesson Title” | OSEU 5: Oral Tradition & Story Compelling Can you take a written or oral story and script it out to a Reader’s Theater Question Script. Standard 5.3 – Compare the diverse cultures (woodlands, prairie, and plains) Standards and within the Oceti Sakowin through oral tradition and written accounts. Practices Staging the Out of the three Iktome stories can you develop a powerful visual play that connects to the Question audience. Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 How do I put together a powerful What would be the best visual How can I bring the story to life in readers theater story on the Lakota representation of this story? front of an audience? story I chose? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task - Rehearse the play from the - Act out the play for an - Listen to a story from an elder script that was written. audience. - Look at the story written - Write the story in script form Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources - Wolakota.org (storytelling with Duane Hollow Horn Bear) Script that the students created from Staging the show for a live audience - Video of him telling the story the story they heard and read - Written text of the story An argument can be made that a script can be made from the Iktome story they heard Argument Summative and read. Performance - Perform the play on October 25 at 7 pm (Parent Night) Task Extension - Recording the play in Jason’s room. The three activities: - Understand the oral and written story they select. Write the story in a play format. Taking Informed Action - Assess the moral of the story. Can the students determine If it is relevant with the culture of the community. - Through acting display the story’s relevance in the community they live in.

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