Gema cooks her book- Level 1

TITLE: Gema cooks her book.

CHARACTERS

1.     Narrator

2.    Gema

3.    Gema´s mother

4.    Little Riding Hood

5.    Little Riding Hood´s grandmother

6.    Little Thumb

7.    Peter Pan

8.    Wendy

9.    Hansel

10. Gretel

SYNOPSIS

Gema is a little girl with a lot of imagination. She opens her book and start living the stories as it she was the main characters. She has to choose one of them for her school. She discovers different famous tales through their characters. They tell her a small summary of what happens in them.

First, Little Riding Hood and Little Riding Hood´s grandmother appear and they told her that their tale is the best one and they give her their reasons. Gema turns the page and Little Thumb appears. He explains his tale and why she has to choose him.

Gema turns the page, and Peter Pan and Wendy begin to tell their story and how she could feel if she chooses their story. Gema turns the page. The last tale is about Hansel and Gretel. They tell to Gema that they need help to find their parents so she has to choose their tale.

Finally, Gemma loves all tales, for this reason she decides to create a new story with all the characters they have read.

CHARACTER OBJECTIVES 

11.  Narrator: the narrator is omniscient. He tries making the scene easier to understand.

12. Gemma: She is nine years old. She is a girl with a lot of imagination. She loves reading and she chooses her favorite book for her homework. If she could, she would be reading during all day.

13. Gemma’s mother: Gemma’s mother is a teacher. She taught him to read and she understands Gemma’s passion for books. She is very patient with Gema. She will try that Gemma stop reading because she has to eat.

14. Little Riding Hood: She tells Gemma what happens in her tale and because her story is the best. Her wardrobe is as we know in her story.

15. Little Riding Hood´s grandmother: Grandma focuses on speaking about the wolf all the time and she tries to scare Gemma. Her wardrobe is as we know in her story.

16. Little Thumb: He will tell his tale but he tries that Gemma doesn’t´ choose it because He has lot of fear to meet again with the giant. His wardrobe is as we know in the story.

17. Peter Pan: He talks about his story and the importance of not growing. He also explains who are “the lost children”. His wardrobe is as we know in the story.

18. Wendy: She tells Gemma all the things she has done in Neverland and if she chooses her history, She could be one of the mothers of “the lost children”. Her wardrobe is as we know in the story.

19. Hansel: He tells the story until they meet with the witch. He talks about how bad it was to see that they were totally lost in the forest. His wardrobe is as we know in the story.

20.Gretel: She tells her how brave you have to be if you want to kill the witch and what happens when they killed the witch.

SCENE BREAKDOWN 

SCENE 1: The scene is located in the living-room of the house of Gemma. The time is just before eating because her mother begins to call her to set the table. Gemma does questions about how she may writes her story for the school and she decides to start reading the book of traditional tales.

SCENE 2: The scene is located in the living-room of the house of Gemma. Gemma starts to read the first tale and Little Riding Hood and her grandmother and when they start to tell her their story. The light goes out and when the light comes back, they are in the forest with Grandma´s house in the background. Gemma continues sitting in the same chair at the beginning but in the forest. When they finish telling their story, the lights go out again and Gemma is back in her living- room.

SCENE 3: The scene is located in the living-room of the house of Gemma. Gemma starts to read the second tale and Little Thumb appears and he starts to tell her his story. the light goes out and when the light comes back, they are in the Giant´s castle. Gemma continues sitting in the same chair at the beginning but in the middle of the castle. When he finish telling his story, the lights go out again and Gemma is back in her living- room.

SCENE 4: The scene is located in the living-room of the house of Gemma. Gemma starts to read the third tale and Peter Pan and Wendy appear, and when they start to tell her their story. The light goes out and when the light comes back, they are in Neverland with Hook´s boat in the background. Gemma continues sitting in the same chair at the beginning but in the Neverland. When they finish telling their story, the lights go out again and Gemma is back in her living- room.

SCENE 4: The scene is located in the living-room of the house of Gemma. Gemma starts to read the fourth tale and Hansel and Gretel appear, and when they start to tell her their story. The light goes out and when the light comes back, they are in Witch´s house (It´s a candy house). Gemma continues sitting in the same chair at the beginning but in front of the house. When they finish telling their story, the lights go out again and Gemma is back in her living- room.

SCENE 5: The scene is located in the living-room of the house of Gemma. Gemma starts talking about all the stories that she has read and she says that she liked a lot and she does not know which she is going to choose. She begins to pace around the room until finally she stops because she has an idea. She mixed up all the stories! And thus get the best story of all. Her mother called again to set the table and Gemma leaves the book in the middle of the floor. All the lights go out alone one that it focuses on the book.