El misterio del loro pirata: una aventura colaborativa

In this class students have fun working together to become characters, move and act out our adventure across an imaginary ocean to an island full of animals and pirate treasure.  We collaborate to come up with and try ideas to solve our mystery.  In addition to acting and storytelling, we will draw and share our ideas, make and follow a map, and learn some fun facts about parrots.  Students will be given the opportunity to share ideas by messaging on the classroom page after class, including their ideas about further adventures of Miranda and her bunny.  In fact, this class came about because of suggestions given by students in the instructor's first class about MIranda and the bunny -- "The Mystery of the Missing Macaw."

A typical day in class:
-Creative warm-ups for the voice, body and imagination related to the animals we will meet and the way we will travel during our imaginary adventure.
-Find a letter in a bottle from Dina the pirate about the mystery we will be solving. Learners help fill in the missing information in the letter.
-Step into role and begin our adventure!  This is where we move through imaginary environments, transform ourselves into characters, and search for the missing parrot and pirate treasure.  While "in role" we learn and sing a funny song about an adventure on a pirate ship.
- We draw and share pirate maps and take something from everyone as we make a plan about how to move forward in our story.  We will finally solve our mystery and find the missing parrot during this part of class. Hooray!
-We say goodbye to Dina the Pirate and transition out of our imaginary world, and spend our last few minutes discussing moments we remember.