Films pour enfants

Invent a story

English6-11 years old

Educational activity around the short film Unsatisfying

Expected end of activities

Produce writings.

Read aloud.

Unsatisfying

Unsatisfying © Parallel Studio

TitleUnsatisfying

ThemeDissatisfaction

Genre & keywordsComic, frustration, spoon, domino, ball

Age (for film)6-11 years old

Duration01 min 16 s

DirectorParallel Studio

MusicSamuel Barber

ProductionParallel Studio (France, 2016)

Educational activities

Tell a story with constraints.

Invent, write then tell a story of frustration that happens in a specific context.

The students will invent a story which will take place in a specific context in which they will have to portray the feeling of frustration.

Take for example the desert as an environment. The protagonists of our story will be a camel and a mouse. This desert fortunately has an oasis. Is there water? It's up to the students to decide...

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Based on these postulates, students can imagine a story that depicts frustration, for example:

The camel arrives at the oasis after a long walk, but there is no more water. The camel arrives at the oasis but the mouse has drunk everything. The camel arrives at the oasis but it is afraid of the mouse and does not dare to approach, it's frustrating!!!

Suggest other contexts. The important thing is that children have a well-defined framework to be able to concentrate on the narrative objective which is the presentation of frustration.

Ask the children to tell their stories in front of the whole class and compare them.

Activity sheet written by: Olivier Defaye

the desert, Olivier Defaye. CC0
the camel, Olivier Defaye. CC0
the mouse, Olivier Defaye. CC0