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STUDENTS: Ariadna Hurtado, Naiara Prado, Gemma Ribalta, Noah Vera and Alba Villar
Short description
Short description
In the main activity, students will create a story in a comic format. The following activity will consist of children using an augmented reality application to create any scenarios or backgrounds they need for their story.
Contextualization
Contextualization
Target Age: 6th grade or 11–12 years old.
Target Language Level (based on CEFR): A1/A2.
Location (indoors, outdoors, gym, classroom, etc.): The activity can take place in different locations, depending on the needs of each group of work.
Project's aims
Project's aims
Learning objectives (SWBATs)
Learning objectives (SWBATs)
Write a draft for a comic in order to create a written and coherent story.
Produce six AR images in groups related to the story in order to create the comic’s images.
Discuss vocabulary and plot lines in order to come to an agreement about their final product.
Preparation for the app task cycle
Preparation for the app task cycle
Downloading ARLOOPA app if needed. Students will have to download the app on the tablet if it is not downloaded yet.
Becoming familiar with technology if needed. Part of the first session is dedicated to letting the students experiment with the app and see what it has to offer.
Getting an account if needed. It is not necessary to create an account to use the app.
Preparation for the app task cycle
Preparation for the app task cycle
Downloading app if needed. Students will have to download the app on the tablet if it is not downloaded yet.
Becoming familiar with technology if needed. Part of the first session is dedicated to letting the students experiment with the app and see what it has to offer.
Getting an account if needed. It is not necessary to create an account to use the app.
Materials
Materials
Handouts: Handouts with information about the common structure used when creating a story will be given to children. Examples of common connectors will also be provided. Link to Language Support.
Equipment: A minimum of nine tablets will be needed in order to ensure that there is one available for each group work. With these, students will be able to use Arloopa to create the images and WordReference to obtain determined vocabulary.
Additional materials required: Papers, pencils, and the handouts of language support printed for each group will be needed.
Brief description of each phase of task cycle
Brief description of each phase of task cycle
Since it would be impossible to carry out the whole activity in a single 1-hour lesson, we have decided to split the activity in 3 lessons.
LESSON 1 – 1 hour
LESSON 1 – 1 hour
PRE-TASK
Before the main activity, the teacher will explain that the students will have to create a comic with AR images. After sharing the main goals, they will receive a brief explanation by the teacher about how the AR app works. The teacher will specify how to take photos and that some images are not available unless they have access to the premium version of the app. They will also have free time to explore it personally, playing with the camera, the objects and any location it offers. Before starting the task, the teacher will create heterogeneous groups of 3 students.
MAIN-TASK
Students should use this session to comprehend how the app works and find inspiration for their comics. During this main task, children will need to choose a topic they have studied before. Children will have enough time to try out and explore the augmented reality application in order to get to know how it works and its possibilities.
POST-TASK
To finish the lesson, children will have to decide which characters and backgrounds they would like to use for their story, based on their chosen topic.
LESSON 2 – 1:30 hour
LESSON 2 – 1:30 hour
PRE-TASK
Before the main activity, children will create a list of common vocabulary, with the help of WordReference, related to their chosen topic to make the creation of the story easier.
MAIN-TASK
During this main task, children must create a draft of a story based on their chosen topic. They can use any handouts (story structure and connectors, for example) given by teachers to help them write sentences. They can also use their vocabulary list and an online dictionary such as WordReference.
Children must create any images they require for their story. In order to do so, children will use an augmented reality platform (Arloopa) to create all the backgrounds and objects needed. The children can also interact with the AR scenery and objects, appearing in the image doing any action they want to. To do this, students will have to give and follow instructions in order to locate the person who is appearing in the photo (in front of the device).
POST-TASK
To finish the lesson, once the children have got all their images for the story, they will add them to the comic template on Canva. Teachers will take the responsibility to print them out on an A3 cardboard, so children can finish the comic manually the following day.
LESSON 3 – 1 hour
LESSON 3 – 1 hour
PRE-TASK
Before the main activity, children will be given handouts with options of speech bubbles they can use to write the dialogues. They will also receive the printed images they created in the previous lesson now set in a comic format.
MAIN-TASK
During this main task, children, in groups, will paste the printed pictures and write the dialogues or narrations they decided to add to the stories, creating their comic.
POST-TASK
To finish the lesson, every group of children will read out loud their story to the rest of the class. The other groups will need to guess the topic their classmates just have talked about throughout their story.
Later on, these comics will be kept in the school library, so everyone can leaf them through.
Additional or alternative activities
Additional or alternative activities
Creating a story all together:
Another way to focus the aim of this activity would be having all groups of children create a single comic based on the story.
Another way to focus the aim of this activity would be choosing a common topic which all groups would create the comic about. Besides, another difference would be that the structure of the comic would be divided per group and each one should be in charge of the creation of the assigned part. For instance, if there are six groups of four people, two of them would be responsible for the introduction; two for the plot and the rest for the ending.
Creating different stories about one same topic:
Another alternative for this activity would be to propose a common topic for all students. This topic would be based on something the students would have been working on in the past or on other subjects. That way, students would be able to see different plots about the same topic, which they know plenty about. Students would benefit from this idea because they would see different outcomes and that would improve their creativity.
Examples of materials and app in use
Examples of materials and app in use
This is an example of how it would be done.
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