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Pinocchio

Adaptation by Lani Brockman Music & Lyrics by Susan Bardsley

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EDUCATOR’S CURRICULUM GUIDE

These educational resources have been underwritten, in part, by 4Culture, using funds from the King County Lodging Tax.

Pinocchio

HELLO, TEACHERS!Thank you for choosing to bring your class to StoryBook Theater’s production of Pinocchio! We’re confident that you will find our show entertaining. We have created this packet for you to help make seeing our play an even richer learning experience for your students. Included are some pre-show preparatory reading materials and a few post-show activities and games. All of our exercises were carefully developed to meet the Washington State EALR’s in Arts, Communication, Reading, Writing, and Math. Not all activities may be practical for your particular grade level, so feel free to pick and choose, as well as modify, from the activities below to best meet your classroom’s learning needs. They’re not meant to be followed to the letter, but to be used as ideas for your own classroom’s creative dynamic. Have fun, and enjoy the show!

Story SynopsisThe lonely toymaker Geppetto has never had a son. One day, he carves a puppet out of wood and names him Pinocchio. A magical blue fairy visits Geppetto that night and brings the puppet to life, although he is still made of wood and not yet a real boy. The Blue Fairy explains to Pinocchio that in order to become a real boy, he must learn to listen to his father and always tell the truth. Geppetto is so excited to have a new son, he goes out into the village to sell his own coat so that he can buy Pinocchio a schoolbook.

Pinocchio sets off for school the next day, but is distracted when he sees a puppet show in the village. He exchanges his new schoolbook for a ticket to the show. While Pinocchio is dancing to the music, he is noticed by the Fox and Cat, who are up to no good. They think that a live wooden puppet can be their ticket to getting rich! They convince Pinocchio to go up on stage with the other dancing puppets so that the Puppet Master will see him, but instead, the Puppet Master is angry that Pinocchio interrupted his show. He begins to carry Pinocchio away to use him as firewood to cook his dinner, but Pinocchio pleads with him and sings a song that makes the Puppet Master so sad that he lets Pinocchio go. He also gives Pinocchio five gold pieces to buy a new schoolbook and a new coat for his father. The Cat and Fox then convince Pinocchio that if he plants his gold pieces in the Field of Miracles, they will grow a tree with five thousand gold pieces. Pinocchio does as he is told and falls asleep. The next day Pinocchio realizes that the Cat and Fox have stolen his gold while he was asleep. The Blue Fairy visits Pinocchio to tell him that Geppetto is lost at sea looking for him. When she asks him questions about why he didn’t go to school, Pinocchio lies and his nose grows. Pinocchio rushes to the sea to rescue his father. He is swallowed up by a giant shark, but he finds Geppetto in the shark’s belly! He tells his father the truth about what happened and that he is very sorry for what he did. Together they come up with a plan to tickle the shark to make him cough, and when he does, they surf back to freedom.At home, Pinocchio does not wake up and Geppetto thinks he has lost Pinocchio. The Blue Fairy’s magic brings him back to life and she explains to Pinocchio that because he has learned his lesson and was a very good and brave wooden puppet, he has finally become a real boy.

VocabularyAbandon – to give up or leave aloneAdieu – one way to say goodbye in FrenchAgent – a person or business authorized to act on another’s behalfAlert – to warn or notifyAnalytical – taking something complicated and making it simpleAssociate – a person who joins others in some activityConsider – to think about carefullyDeclaw – to remove the claws from, like those of a catDeserve – to earn or be worthy of somethingDew – water that sometimes collects on the ground (i.e. grass) early in the morningDim-witted – not very smartDisguise – clothes or masks that are used to make someone look differentExchange – the act of trading one thing for anotherExpectation – to want or hope that something will happen in the futureExtravaganza – a spectacular showFate – something that will happen in the future no matter what action you takeFurious – very angryGenerosity – the trait of being very givingGesundheit – a German word that is said after someone sneezesGlum – sad Ignorant – uneducated or lacking knowledgeLaden – filled with a lot of somethingLame – crippled Marionette – a puppetMature – to be full-grownMicroscopic – so tiny it cannot be seenMiracle – an amazing and perhaps impossible eventOpus – a musical workPatron – a regular customerPortray – to look or act like somethingPresence – to exist in a particular placeRascal – someone who is up to no goodRemark – a personal opinionResemble – to appear like something elseScholar – someone who has a lot of knowledgeSelflessness – thinking about others before yourselfShame – a feeling of guilt for doing something wrongSympathy – to share someone else’s feelingsWaterlogged – completely filled with water

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“CINDERELLA” Washington State Cirriculum Guide

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“PINOCCHIO” Washington State Curriculum Guide

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Theatre Terms •Character – the people in the play

•Setting – where the action takes place

•Plot – the sequence of actions, from beginning to end

• Improvisation – in acting, making up the lines as you go without planning it

•Pantomime – to act without words, only moving your body

•Prop – any object used by a character in a play

•Set – on the stage, this is what shows the different settings, like the background or furniture

Character List •Blue Fairy•Geppetto•Pinocchio•Fox•Cat•Puppet Master

ACTIVITY #1 – ‘GOING TO THE THEATER’(Grades PreK - 4) Learning Targets: Students will practice and define appropriate behaviors when seeing a live performance.Materials: Board or paper and marker to make list of student ideas.Room Arrangement: Seated circle to start, with room to walk around.What the TEACHER does:1. Initiate a discussion with questions such as “how do we behave

at school?” “how do we behave at home?” “on the playground?” “at the library?” etc.

2. Introduce the question “how do we behave at the theater?” and encourage students to share ideas.

3. Designate areas of your classroom to be various locations. Have students move around the room, and encourage students to act out the appropriate behavior when they are in each space.

4. Once they have established the appropriate behaviors, write a list of ground rules that will apply when going to the theater.

Adapted from: http://www.usq.edu.au/artsworx/schoolresources/piedpiperofhamelin/preparingyourstudentsEALRs: Arts Arts: 1.4

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Settings •Geppetto’s Toyshop•The village•A large field•The belly of a giant shark

ACTIVITY #2 – ‘PROUDLY PRESENTING’ (Grades PreK - 4) Learning Targets: Students will take turns sharing information about themselves with a partner and “presenting” them to the class. They will demonstrate understanding of “performance space” and the different roles of audience and performer.Materials: noneRoom Arrangement: open space clearly divided into “performance space” and audience areaWhat the TEACHER does:1. Make sure each student has a partner.2. Explain that partners will have 5 minutes to take turns telling each other things about themselves (favorite foods, how many pets, favorite sport, hobbies…etc)3. After partners have shared, have them sit in audience area with their partner.4. Show them the “performance space” and explain that each student will have a chance to “perform” today by presenting their partner to the class.5. Model for them by presenting a puppet or stuffed animal. “I am proud to present an amazing animal today who likes to swing on branches and make funny faces…please welcome Milton Monkey! (Milton appears and takes a bow.)6. Discuss what the audience’s role is. (Active listening, quiet, applause after performances.)7. Choose a student to come up to the performance space to present their partner. Partner waits until their name is presented to enter performance space and take a bow. Switch roles. Continue with all partners.8. Encourage strong speaking voices and good posture.9. Gather feedback after the activity. How many students enjoyed presenting their partners the best? How many liked being presented? How did you feel when you were in the “performance space”?EALRs Arts: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.2, 2.3; Communication: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1



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ACTIVITY #4 – PUPPET MASTER(Grades 3 - 4)Instructions: 4 players at a time. 2 players will be puppets; these players offer improvised dialogue in a scene of your choice, but they are not allowed to move about themselves. The other 2 players are the puppet masters that will provide the movements for the puppets. After a few minutes of this, select 4 new players to try.Questions that may be used to prompt scenes:

1. What would it have looked like if Pinocchio really did make it to school that day? The other character can be a classmate or the teacher.

2. What would have happened if the Puppet Master did not take pity on Pinocchio? What else can Pinocchio try to save himself?

3. What if a giant tree grew with five thousand gold coins? What would Pinocchio have done with that money? The other character can be Fox, Cat or Blue Fairy.

4. What do you think Pinocchio’s first day as a real boy was like? How would it have been different from being made out of wood? The other character can be Geppetto or a new friend.

Extension: Audience etiquette. Discuss what the audience’s role is (active watching, quiet, applause after each performance, etc.)EALRs: Arts 1.4, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 Communication 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1

ACTIVITY #3 – ’MAD LIB’ (Grades 1 - 4)Instructions: Ask students for specific words that fit the descriptions of #1-10 below. Then plug their words into the short summary of Pinocchio below.1. Name (Proper Noun)2. Thing (Noun)3. Place 4. Number5. Action (Verb)6. Thing (Noun)7. Body Part8. Place9. Animal10. Thing (Noun)A nice old man by the name of ___1___ made a puppet out of ___2___ and named him Pinocchio. One day Pinocchio was supposed to go to ___3___ but went to a show instead. There he met two rascals named Fox and Cat. They got Pinocchio in trouble and almost cooked. Instead, Pinocchio was given ___4___ gold coins. Fox and Cat told Pinocchio to ___5___ his gold in the ground and wait until it grew into a huge ___6___. Instead, they stole his gift and Pinocchio was left with nothing. When the Blue Fairy visited Pinocchio, he lied and his ___7___ grew. He had to go find his father, who was lost in the ___8___. Pinocchio found him in the belly of a giant ___9___. He saved both of them by tickling the giant creature until it coughed them out. Pinocchio proved himself worthy to be a real ___10___.Read the story aloud to the class substituting the words they provided. They will laugh, but invite them to correct you while they are having fun, and see how much information from the story they can recall. Variation: Have students write their words down, then give them a worksheet with the story and have them substitute their own words and share stories with a classmate. Allow them to discuss the differences between their stories and the true version.EALRs: Arts 2.1, 2.3; Writing 1.1, 4.1; Reading 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2; Communication 1.1, 1.2

ACTIVITY #5 – SOUND OFF(Grades PreK-3)Instructions: Everybody sits in a big circle. Remind students about participating during the performance when they helped make sound effects of the sea. One player starts the game by making a gesture and a sound (they don’t have to make sense) to his right neighbor. The neighbor immediately imitates the gesture and sound, then turns to his right neighbor and makes a totally different gesture and sound. Tell players not to preconceive, ask them to throw themselves into this exercise. Variations: Instead of passing the sound/gesture to your neighbor, players can pass it to any player in the circle. Or try the game without imitating the sound/gesture received; just have players turn around and throw a new gesture/sound to their neighbors as fast as possible. EALRs: Arts 1.4, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 Communication 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1

ACTIVITY #7 – NOSEY NUMBERS(Grades 2 - 4)Instructions: Either together on the board or separately on a worksheet, challenge students to solve these number problems relevant to the play (adjust them according to your classroom’s math skill level):

1. On the street where Geppetto lives, all the houses on the north side are even numbered, and all the houses on the south side are odd numbered. Geppetto’s house number is 21. Is it on the north or south side of the street?

2. The Puppet Master asks Geppetto to make him 12 puppets on strings for his show. Geppetto already has 5 puppets in his store. How many more does he need to make for the Puppet Master?

3. There are 2 windows on each side of Geppetto’s house, which is shaped like a box. If Geppetto closes half of his windows at night, how many windows does the Blue Fairy have to choose from to enter the house?

4. Cat and Fox are hungry. Cat has 25 cents in his pocket and Fox has 50 cents. They need $1.50 for a meal they can share. How much more do they need?

5. A ticket to the puppet show Pinocchio wanted to see was $5. Pinocchio traded his schoolbook, which actually cost $20. How many tickets could Pinocchio have actually purchased with his schoolbook?

6. The Puppet Master sold 8 tickets to his show one morning. At $5 a piece, how much money did he make?

7. Pinocchio plants his gold coins in the Field of Miracles at 5:30pm. Cat and Fox say that it takes 10 hours for the tree to grow. Pinocchio falls asleep until 8:00am. If what Cat and Fox said was true and the tree grew, how long would the tree have been there before Pinocchio woke up?

8. Pinocchio’s nose is 2 inches long. He tells a lie to the Blue Fairy, and it grows 6 more inches. Then he decides to tell the truth, so his nose shrinks back 3 inches. How long is it now?

9. Pinocchio had to swim 1 mile before the shark swallowed him. While they were inside its belly, the shark swam away from shore 5 more miles. His powerful cough sent them flying 2 miles closer to shore. How much did they have to swim to get back to shore?

10. It takes at least 100 people to clap at the end of the show to help bring Pinocchio back to life. If only 45 people are clapping, how many more need to join in to save Pinocchio?

EALRs: Various Math EALRs within Numbers and Operations depending on grade level and modifications made to problems.



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ACTIVITY #6 – FAIRYTALE SNAPSHOTS (Grades 1 - 4)Instructions: Break into groups as evenly as possible – maybe about 5 or 6 in each. Each group is to meet in a separate area of the classroom so they can plan secretly. They are to:1. Choose a popular fairytale story that everyone knows;2. Select characters among the group (if there are more group members than characters, they can select to be inanimate objects that are vital to the story);3. Develop three “snapshots” that portray the beginning, middle, and end of the fairytale story by posing as their characters or objects. All players must be involved in each snapshot. They should also remain consistently the same characters throughout to avoid confusion. Gather all the groups together after an allotted amount of time to watch each other’s presentations. When a group is ready to present at the front of the class, the audience must close their eyes while the snapshots are arranged, and open them when the snapshots are ready to be viewed. The audience’s job is to guess the fairytale after each presentation. The easier it is for the audience to guess the fairytale is a good indication of the success of the group. Extension: Audience etiquette. Discuss what the audience’s role is (active watching, quiet, applause after each performance, etc.)EALRs: Arts 1.4, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 Communication 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1

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AFTER THE SHOW:DISCUSSION, VISUAL ART AND WRITING PROMPTS

1. Pinocchio thought it would be okay to skip school for one day and do something fun. Do you think that was a good idea? Why or why not? What makes you go to school every day? Do you like school? Why or why not?

2. Would you believe anything that a stranger said to you? What is the best way to deal with strangers approaching you? Who is the best person to listen to and trust?

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4. Do you always tell the truth? Why do people lie sometimes? Is it sometimes a good thing to lie, or is it better to always tell the truth? Why or why not?

EALRs Arts: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.3Communication: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.4, 3.2, 3.3, 4.3Writing: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.4, 3.5

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