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= **The Dreaming:** = = **Create and perform your own Aboriginal Dreaming story** =

Watch these clips as inspiration for your group project:

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__**Part A**__ Each member of the group is to research Aboriginal Dreaming stories. After you have read or watched a collection of stories, choose one and consider its meaning and how it made you feel. Each member of the group writes a review on their chosen story and shares it with their team mates. Discuss the main events, the moral of the story and how the story fits within the Aboriginal culture. In your review you may consider:
 * The structure of the story
 * Language features
 * Story genre
 * Title, Story teller
 * Possible obstacle & resolution
 * Characters

The following YouTube link and books will assist you with your research for Part A: [|Dream time video clips]





__**Part B**__ From Part A your group will have gained an insight into how the Australian land and the animals came to be, as well as the importance of passing on Aboriginal Dreaming stories to future generations. Use your imagination as a group to create your own Dream Time story. (You will be retelling your story through a performance including characters, masks, costumes and props).

During a brainstorming session with your group, jointly develop a grid of possible story ideas, by reflecting on the stories you have already read, watched and reviewed. Add new ideas to this grid as you think of them. Discuss a setting for your story and design, sketch, paint and develop a model of the landscape or scenes of the story. Make a story map for the narrative.

You may consider the following when planning your story:

• Orientation (the time, place, who) • Characters (animals, humans, spirits) • Complication (a problem or danger) • Resolution (how the problem is solved) • Conclusion (moral of the story or the consequences).

__**Part B**__ Your teacher must see evidence of the group's writing and idea process, including drafts, editing and the final copy of your story. Once you have discussed the final copy with the teacher, it is now time to create a story script, outlining the lines each character will speak and act out. (The story must go no longer than 10 minutes, so aim for around 5 minutes).

[|See how to write a 10 minute play]

__**Part C**__ You are now ready to start assigning roles to your story. Use your imagination and creativity to develop a backdrop and costumes. Here is the template for your story board:

Note : Other possible mediums of presentation include the form of a comic strip, song, painting, power point presentation, story, video, role play etc.

__**Part D**__ Once you have finished your story board, make a list of masks, costumes and props you will need made for the performance. Take your list to your teacher so you can begin bringing your Dreaming to life! Start rehearsing your group story for the exhibition day, or you may wish to film your group story and play it on the day.

Looking at how you'll be assessed.