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Course: Storytelling with NAO
5: Point of View

  • 2-5 grade
  • Intermediate

Lesson Description:

Students will learn about first and third person point of view. Students will revise their stories on Choregraphe to have either first or third person point of view.


 

Standards Covered

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Lesson Modules


Teaching Tips:

As a teacher, you know your students. So, use these lessons as a guide and feel free to make adjustments that facilitate your students learning.

Materials to run lesson:

  • Pepper robot
  • Student computers (either individual or 1 per small group)
  • Teacher computer
  • Choregraphe program on Teacher/Student computers
  • Choregraphe file for this lesson
  • Projector
  • A place for projection (projector screen/large blank wall space)

 This module is for instructors only. See the Teaching Tips


Teaching Tips:

  1. Project the observation questions on the Class View. Tell your students that “We are going to listen to the Three Little Chickens story again and then answer the questions. So make sure you are thinking about your answers to the questions as you listen”.
  2. Have students make a circle around the robot to listen to the story.
  3. Connect the robot and run the robot with this Choregraphe file.
  4. Pick 1 student to respond to the robot when the robot asks “Should the chickens trust the wolf and let him in?”. Make sure the student is facing the robot when they respond (yes/no).
  5. Play the “Three Little Chickens” story using the robot.
  6. Show the Class View directions for accessing the observation questions.
  7. Direct students to answer the observation questions on their computers.
  8. Once students are finished, show their responses on the Class View to facilitate a conversation.

Note that the second question is an open-ended question where students can write a long passage. This type of question won't show the results but you can see the students' response in your dashboard.

Who is telling the story?
  • Kara
  • Brad
  • Sandy
  • Narrator

How did you know who was telling the story?


Teaching Tips:

After you have discussed the differences between first person and third person, have the class write a short story paragraph in both first person and third person. Make sure it is the same story told with 2 different points of view in order to help the students differentiate between the two. Show the students the goal for today. Have the students complete the planning questions on their computers.

 

Note that the second question is an open sentence type. The response won't appear on the Class View but you have access to each student's response in your dashboard.

Which point of view are you planning to use in your story?
  • First Person
  • Third Person

  • First Person: Character in the story tells the story.
  • Third Person: Narrator telling a story, they are not a character in the story.


Why did you choose that point of view?


Teaching Tips:

Have students look over the Choregraphe skills they have learned so far on the Class View. You can either choose based on your observations, or have the students tell you which skill(s) they would like to review (survey on student view). Encourage them to add more functions to their story. Also remind them that if they chose 3rd person. That the narrator should have their own voice (speed, tone) and LED color.

You have learned about first and third person point of view. You will revise your stories on Choregraphe to have either first or third person point of view.

Select which Choreographe skills you would like to review. You can select more than one.
  • Animated Say
  • Deleting connecting lines
  • Speed of voice
  • Tone of voice
  • LEDs


Teaching Tips:

If the students are struggling to get the robot to do what they want it to do - do not correct them. Instead, provide them with guide questions to assist in their development of independent problem-solving skills. This takes time to build so be patient with your students.

Some examples of guide questions:

  • What is not working the way you want it to? Let’s look at your code together.
  • Can you show me where you think the problem might be?
  • What resources could you use to find the solution to your problem?

 

Additional Activities: Have students show each other their stories. Students can provide feedback on each oter's story.

If you are struggling to get the robot to do what you want it to do - do not feel bad. Developing independent problem-solving skills takes time to build so be patient with yourself.

Ask yourself the following questions:

  • Where do I think the problem might be?
  • What resources could I use to find the solution to the problem?

Teaching Tips:

Store student files: Put the student files on a thumb drive or store them in some way so that the students can continue working on their project in the next lesson.

Computers/Tablets: Make sure all student computers/tablets are plugged in.

Have quite time for reflection on your learning. 

What is point of view?

Which Choreograph skill did you improve on today?

What will happen next in your story?