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Stopmotion task in a German primary school

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In this task, third graders, having read a story called ‘Gentle Giant’s Garden’ create a new version of it on the iPad. They first draw and cut out the assigned characters, as well as the background (garden). Then they re-create the story as a combination of narration and dialogue. In order to complete the text, they need to listen to the story on the iPad, and fill in the gaps in the dialogue. The children then take a photo of their character and make it speak using the app Chatter Pix, which allows users to animate a picture with a 30 second recording. The learners speak on behalf of their character, based on the story that they had previously read. Moreover, the characters are then moved around on a background, and photographed using the Stop Motion App whenever they change place in order to create an illusion of movement. The stop motion film and the videos created with the Chatter Pix app are then combined in order to create the final product. The outcome was then shared with second grade pupils at the same school. Before the video was shown, the third graders introduced some of the vocabulary to the second graders in order to facilitate the understanding of the story.

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Da hatten die Schüler auch sehr viel selbstständig zu tätigen und mussten sich auch in der Gruppe sehr viel abstimmen darüber, was sie machen, wie sie vorgehen. Und das ist eine große Herausforderung für die Klasse, weil es sind viele dabei, die sind sehr egoistisch. Die haben ihren Weg, das möchte ich machen und sich dann abzustimmen mit anderen, das war im sozialen Lernen eine große Herausforderung.
This sequence shows how the final outcome, the Stop Motion film, was introduced to the second graders. Naturally, second graders have less experience with the English language; therefore the third graders before showing their film, introduce some vocabulary by playing out some scenes from the story to help the second graders understand it better.
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Addysgeg Rich linguistic input;Collaborative learning (collaboration);Real-world outcome
Iaith Darged Saesneg
Iaith Ddysgu Almaeneg
Technoleg Dyfeisiau iPad/Tabled
Maes Gwrando / Gwylio Llenyddiaeth Cyflwyniad Llafar Darllen Geirfa
Oedran 7-11
Lefel A1 Dechreuwr
Sector Addysg Cynradd

Adnoddau iTILT cysylltiedig

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