Watch the following video, and practice completing a Running Narrative for display within a classroom setting.

• May I Take Your Order video 

 

In this clip Emily (braided blonde hair) reveals what she understands about ordering food in a restaurant. She introduces the restaurant script and defines her role as a server by announcing "Your sister's gonna serve you, and your younger sister." Notice that Emily uses different props as symbols to define the restaurant experience. Before taking her guests' food order, Emily explains, "you get two menus to see" (00:21). Moments later, she carefully folds a placemat to look like a napkin. We learn that Emily believes the order of events is significant for the restaurant script when the seated child requests a napkin and Emily says, "Only after you order" (00:49) The adult sits within the play space and helps the children accomplish their goals, e.g. spelling words. The teacher is not herself pretending at the moment. The question remains: what teacher-role might you recommend in what situation with what age children with what group dynamics?