Unit 6 Assignment: Creative Puppet Making and Activities

Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Sunday of Unit 6 Points: 100

Overview: For this assignment, you will create two different types of hand-made puppets and design an activity for children that uses your puppets. You will then describe or demonstrate your puppets and activity in a video. Have fun and aspire to model confidence and risk taking by being adventuresome yourself!

Instructions:

1. Create Your Puppet Characters

Create two different types of puppets using materials such as fabric and trim; glue stick; an assortment of buttons, sequins, and beads; paper (or plastic) plates or cups; pipe cleaners; scraps of colored paper; scissors; clothespins; paper bags; and paper tubes from toilet tissue and/ or paper towels – or anything!

As you create your puppets or after they are finished, decide on each puppet’s name,

personality traits and emotions.

2. Design a puppet activity for children

Create a situation that would engage children by coming up with a problem that your puppets need help solving. To demonstrate this, pretend that the puppets are talking to real children about their problem and asking for their help. For instance, you might have your puppets upset and frustrated because they trip on their shoelaces. You could show them talking to each other and acting frustrated. Maybe one puppet is ready to give up and the other puppet is resourceful and asks the children if they ever have that problem and if so, how they solved it.

3. Document your puppets and puppet activity

Record a 5-10 minute video about your puppets and puppet activity in which you describe and demonstrate the following:

• Describe how you made your puppets.

• Demonstrate the activity that you designed to show the puppets’ personalities

and emotions by having the puppets ask the imaginary children for help in

solving a problem.

CHS201 Creative Activity

Unit 6 Assignment: Creative Puppet Making and Activities

Requirements

• Submit a YouTube video of 5-10 minutes. If needed, refer to the CHS201

YouTube Video Submission Instructions to learn how to upload your video

and get a link to submit.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Creative Puppet Making and Activities Assignment

CRITERIA Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement

Deficient

45 Points 36 – 44 Points 27 – 35 Points 0 – 26 Points

Puppets Two complete puppets of two different types, with characters with names and emotions constructed using found materials.

Two mostly complete puppets of two different types, with characters with names and with emotions constructed using found materials.

Two puppet character(s) of the same type are constructed using found materials are somewhat complete.

Puppet characters missing or significantly incomplete/unfi nished.

45 Points 36 – 44 Points 27 – 35 Points 0 – 26 Points

Documentation of puppets and activity design

Video clearly and completely describes puppet making process and materials, puppet characters names, personality/emo tions, and demonstrates problem for children to solve with the puppets.

Video describes puppet making process and materials, puppet characters names, personality/emo tions, and demonstrates problem for children to solve with the puppets but missing some detail or lacking in clarity.

Video missing many details or lacks clarity about puppet making process, materials, puppet characters names, personality/emo tions, or problem for children to solve with the puppets.

Video is significantly incomplete or lacks most of the required details about puppet making process or materials, puppet names, characters personality/emo tions, and problem for children to solve with the puppets.

10 points 8 – 9 Points 6 – 7 Points 0 – 5 Points

Video Format and Length Guidelines

Meets length requirements and is visually clear and audible.

Meets length requirements and is mostly clear and audible with few minor issues that do not impede viewing.

Somewhat short of length requirements or some visual/audio issues that impede viewing.

Significantly less than 5 minutes of video; major issues of visual and audio clarity significantly impede viewing.