Jumping Ducks - Pinocchio

SYNOPSIS:

Geppetto works in a recycling plant in Nottingham, in the north of England.

He feels very alone and is tired of living like that. However, one day he discovers a piece of wood, which he recycles and converts into his son, Pinocchio.

We join Pinocchio on his first day at school where he is being a bit naughty and is telling lies. This gives him a very big nose! We see Pinocchio struggling with what is right and wrong. Finally, he learns to be kind, to tell the truth and to help others.

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In this modern musical recreation of Pinocchio, students learn how to recycle effectively; understand the importance of going to school; that listening to your parents is essential and that the best adventures are those we create ourselves through our imagination.

1) Worksheet 1: Flashcards of the characters and settings of the play Characters: Pinocchio, Geppetto and Mrs.Brown.

Settings: Geppetto’s House, Recycling Plant, School.

The aim of the exercise is to learn the names and be familiar with the characters and some settings of the play. Use the Flashcards to introduce the characters, the settings and get familiar with the vocabulary of the play.

Characters: Get your students to colour in the pictures of Pinocchio, Geppetto and Mrs. Brown.

House: Get the children to colour in the pictures of Geppetto’s house. The students from Cicle Inicial can write down the parts of the house (kitchen, table, chair, tea pot, medal).

Recycle Plant: Ask all your students to colour the containers in blue, green, yellow and brown.

School objects: It’s Pinocchio’s first day at school and he thinks he has got everything he needs. However, he only has his book. What other objects does he need?

Students should try to find some of the school objects in the word search.

Children from C.I. can write the names of all the objects.

Pinocchio Goes To School Routine: To talk about Pinocchio’s routine, draw your students’ attention to the clocks.

Children from Infantil can repeat the actions (waking up, having breakfast, going to school, etc.) using mime. Those from C.I. can repeat the time and corresponding actions, and label the clocks as well. For further vocabulary, you can play a game. Use the cards in Appendix 1 and have your students mime the actions described. The rest of the class has to guess the action. These cards can also be used for Pictionary instead of a mime game.

What do they already know?

Ask your students of CI what they know about these characters. Who is Geppetto? Who is Pinocchio? What is Pinocchio made of? Is Pinocchio a good boy or a bit naughty? Explain that Mrs. Brown is Pinocchio’s teacher.

You can also ask them to draw their own Pinocchio and create a Pinocchio with recycled materials in the class or at home.

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2) Worksheet 2: I Love To Recycle Song & Recycling Exercises: The day of the show some of your students are going to help Geppetto do the recycling while we play I Love To Recycle Song. Listen to the song and learn it. You can get your students to bring plastic and paper to the class and do the recycling with them with the song and study the vocabulary that way. You should be in control of the glass materials.

Worksheet 2.1: I Love To Recycle Song.

Cicle Inicial: 2-1 Fill in the gaps in I Love To Recycle Song.

Key: 1-recycle, 2-recycle, 3-blue, 4-green, 5-yellow, 6-blue, 7-green, 8-yellow, 9-tin.

3) Worksheet 3: Parts of the Body Exercise & No Clothes Song: Pinocchio is a piece of wood and Geppetto realises to become a boy he needs a: 1-body, 2-arms, 3-legs, 4-feet, 5-nose.

Children from Infantil can repeat the parts of the body, while those from C.I. can name and write down the parts of Pinnochio’s body.

Worksheet 3.1: No Clothes Song Listen to the song No Clothes, learn it and children from Cicle Inicial can fill in the gaps of vocabulary. Each drawing has a number to be filled in the blanks.

Key: 1-clothes, 2-trousers, 3-shirt, 4-socks, 5-shoes, 6-hat.

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4) Worksheet 4: Family & Household Chores: Geppetto is a single dad. These days it is normal to see a dad wearing an apron and cooking happily. Roles are definitely changing. What is Geppetto doing? Match the pictures with the corresponding chores.

Key: 1-sweeping the floor, 2-cooking dinner, 3-washing dishes, 4-washing clothes.

Worksheet 4.1: The Cleaning Song: Geppetto builds Pinocchio out of recycled materials. To do so he creates a mess and needs help from your students to clean and tidy his house. Listen and learn the song and the movements. The students from Cicle Inicial can fill in the gaps of the song.

Key: 1-sweep, 2-dust, 3-wash, 4-clean, 5-left, 6-right, 7-around.

5) Worksheet 5: Food & Drink Matching Exercise: Geppetto prepares a nice breakfast for Pinocchio for his first day at school. What does he prepare? Match the images with their names by using the numbers.

6) Worksheet 6: The Forgiving Song: The beginning of this song will help your students to familiarise themselves with the vocabulary at the end of the show: truth, lie, good, forgive are some words that will be used in the show.

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Worksheet 6.1: The Nose of Pinocchio: Vocabulary Exercise: Vocabulary exercise: Pinocchio’s nose shows us if he has been good and kind, or he has been bad and has lied. Nose, good, kind, small, big, bad, lie. Teach your students this vocabulary as it will be useful for the show.

Your younger students can colour Pinocchio, especially the nose.

Why does Pinocchio’s nose grow?

7) Worksheet 7: Post Show exercise: Emotions & Theatrical Exercise: happy, angry or surprised. Ask them why they think Pinocchio was sad, happy, angry or surprised.

Ask them to draw one scene where Pinocchio is happy, for example when he was on his way to school.

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WORKSHEET 1

MRS. BROWN Copyright © Jumping Ducks

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GEPPETTO Copyright © Jumping Ducks

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PINOCCHIO Copyright © Jumping Ducks

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Kitchen Table Chair Tea cup Medal

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WORKSHEET 1 WHAT ELSE DOES PINOCCHIO NEED?

-Ruler -Pencil case -Notebook -Pencil -Pen -Rubber Copyright © Jumping Ducks

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-Get up -Go to school -Have lunch -Eat dinner -Go to bed

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WORKSHEET 2

Plastic

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Glass

Paper

Organic

WORKSHEET 2.1 I Love To Recycle Geppetto: I love to recycle, it makes me feel swell I love to ______ but we have to do it well I recycle plastic and paper I recycle glass and tin I love to ______ , it makes me feel swell I love to recycle, but you have to do it well Paper in ______ Glass in ______ ______ for plastic and tin Cling clang cling clang cling clang cling clang Which bin do I put it in?

Ok, boys and girls, Paper, where does it go? Blue? Yes! And a can of coke? Yellow? You are fantastic!

And what about this glass bottle? Green, yes! Yes!!

Great, you are really great!

And now that we know where everything goes let’s sing it one more time...

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Paper in ______ Glass in ______ _____ for plastic and ______, yeah!

I love to recycle, it makes me feel swell We love to recycle Now we know How to do it well

WORKSHEET 3

body arms legs feet nose Copyright © Jumping Ducks

WORKSHEET 3.1

No Clothes

1 3

6

I’ve got no ______ To keep him warm To walk around To go to school.

Hi Ho the derry-o That’s the only way to be Now I am very happy Because I’ve got some clothes on him

I need clothes to cover him There are no clothes on him

I’ve got his clothes To keep him warm To walk around To go to school

Hi Ho the derry-o That’s the only way to be He needs _______ and a ______ So let’s put clothes on him

4

Let’s put ______ On his small feet With _____ on top So he can dance

5

I want a ___ for his hard head So let’s put one on right here

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I needed clothes to cover him I’ve got some clothes on him Hi Ho the derry-o That’s the only way to be Now I am very happy Because I’ve got some clothes on him

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Cooking lunch

Washing clothes

Washing the dishes

Sweeping the floor

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WORKSHEET 4.1 The Cleaning Song So let’s sweep, sweep, sweep to the left Let’s _____, _____, _____ to the right Jump up and down and turn around And sweep everything in sight!

Let’s clean, clean, clean to the right Jump up and down and turn around And _____ everything in sight!

Faster!!

So let’s dust, dust, dust to the left Let’s dust, dust, dust to the right Jump up and down and turn around And _____ everything in sight!

So let’s wash, wash, wash to the left Let’s _____, _____, _____ to the right Jump up and down and turn around And wash everything in sight!

Everybody! Let’s clean!

So let’s clean, clean, clean to the left

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So let’s clean, clean, clean to the ____ Let’s clean, clean, clean to the _____ Jump up and down and turn ______ And clean everything in sight!

WORKSHEET 5 1

2

3

4

cereal orange juice toast

5

6

7

8

jam bananas sandwich water apple

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WORKSHEET 6 The Forgiving Song

Let’s be good and tell the truth Let’s be kind and do not lie Learn to forgive and work together And everything will be fine!

Everybody!

So let’s clean, clean, clean to the left Let’s clean, clean, clean to the right Jump up and down and turn around And clean everything in sight!

Faster!!

So let’s clean, clean, clean to the left Let’s clean, clean, clean to the right Jump up and down and turn around And clean everything in sight!

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WORKSHEET 6.1

small

big

good

bad

kind

lie

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WORKSHEET 7 DRAW ONE SCENE. HOW WAS PINOCCHIO?

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happy

angry

surprised

APPENDIX 1

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Wake up

Have breakfast

Have a shower

Go home

Do homework

Sleep

Special Thanks To: Anna Serra Villalbí ex-teacher and director of Escola Els Pins, Cornellà de Llobregat.

Gemma Sambola Mañé, social educator at Associació Intress.

Mònica Serarols Farré, teacher of special education at Fundació Estimia.

Xavier Ocaña Lleixa, head of studies at Escola Pia de Sarrià-Calassanç.

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