Allow students plenty of time to practice reading their parts. You might have them memorize their parts or read from their script during the performance. As an option, you might provide a tape recorder so that students can record their reading of the roles and play the recording during the performance, matching the puppets' actions to the taped words. After students have completed the script, give them the materials to make their puppets. If a table-top puppet stage is not available for the performance, a table turned on its side will serve the purpose.
Students can hide behind the table as they hold and manipulate the puppets above the table's edge.
Have each group perform its puppet play. Tell the audience to listen carefully to each play, and to respond actively with facial expressions, exclamations, and gestures. As a peer review, have listeners determine how successfully each group has captured the story through dialog. Have listeners also discuss how well the play presents the cultural values of the society from which the story comes. The Bachelors and the Python a. Kalemeleme and Kinku have opposite personalities.