Chapter Graphic : Statues
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Approach: Team  Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Giving instructions.
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Resources: 5 photographs.

Questions / instructions:
This activity is called Statues.
Show example photograph.

The children in this photograph are using their bodies to make a statue. Have a good look at the photo, then try to make the same statue. Three of you can make the statue and one of you can check to make sure they have made it correctly.

Allow time.

Now you're going to take turns at telling the others in the group how to make a statue. One person will have a photo. That person will tell the others how to make the statue - but they can't show them or touch them. They need to make the instructions very clear. Let's begin with [A1 ...... name]. I'll give you a photo. The others in the team can't see it, so you have to tell them how to make the statue.

Give photo 1 to A1. Ensure that students are arranged so that they cannot see the photo being described.
Repeat for students A2, A3, A4.


[ Example Photo ]
     
% responses
y4
y8
Clarity of the individual instructions
high
8
26
 
moderate
60
57
low
32
17
Sequencing of set of instructions
gross movement first, then finer details
very appropriate
11
38
 
moderately appropriate
76
57
inappropriate
13
5
 
most details covered
20
55
Completeness of instructions
moderately complete
61
41
 
very incomplete
19
4
Overall effectiveness of the instructions
very high
1
13
 
quite high
21
45
moderate
54
34
low
24
8
Total score:
8–9
5
24
 
6–7
12
28
4–5
45
30
2–3
22
15
0–1
16
3
Commentary:
About 30 percent more year 8 than year 4 students were successful on each task component and overall.
 
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