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Transport and Travel - TOW TRUCK DRIVER
Mater - a new story Primary Middle Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Cooperative Learning Activity
1. You are to get into groups of 4 - 5 students to write a small part giving Mater from the movie "Cars" a new story - one that Pixar might like to develop into a movie. 2. To understand "Mater" character look at the following YouTube clips
Mater's Funniest Moments! | Pixar Cars
Cars-Toons | Mater the Greater | Disney Junior UK
3. Process. b. You are now to write on your new section of paper the body of the story without peaking at the previous student's writing. Don't tell each other what you have written - it makes for a very funny story! The body is to be one paragraph in length (or four sentences). After 7 - 10 minutes, you are to fold the paper so that no-one can see what you or the previous student has written. Pass your piece of paper to the person in your group to the left of you. cc. You are now to write on your new section of paper the body of the story without peaking at the previous student's writing but this time you are going to add a new adventure or mishap that Mater gets into. Don't tell each other what you have written - it makes for a very funny story! The body is to be one paragraph in length (or four sentences). After 7 - 10 minutes, you are to fold the paper so that no-one can see what you or the previous student has written. Pass your piece of paper to the person in your group to the left of you. d. You are now to write on your new section of paper a create an exciting ending without peaking at the previous student's writing. Don't tell each other what you have written - it makes for a very funny story! After 7 - 10 minutes, you are to fold the paper so that no-one can see what you or the previous student has written. Pass your piece of paper to the person in your group to the left of you - who should be the person who made up the Introduction for this story. e. Unfold your paper and read all the parts of the story. Be ready to read out the whole story when directed by the teacher. f. After all stories are read (or the best story in each group) by consensus select what you think is the funniest story and the one which could best be converted into a movie. Each student is to now draw a scene in the story. The teacher will allocate a scene to each group. The group is to cooperate together to work out the sequence of their scence and start drawing. g. To get a good idea of how to draw Mater look at the following videos
How to Draw Mater from Cars | Draw With Pixar [6mins]
or
How to Draw Mater | Cars 3
h. Make a "Flip Book" cartoon from your group's sequence and then put it together as a class.
"Drive so others survive": A Community of Inquiry Middle Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding Philosophy Cooperative Learning Activity
1. As a class, read the following article from The Canberra Times and view the pictures.
Determined dad's drive to fix road safety "A father who lost his
23-year-old daughter in a road accident is asking Australians to pledge to
"drive so others survive".
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