Is the Wicked Witch really so wicked? What did the Big Bad Wolf do that was so bad? Is Prince Charming’s life not quite as charmed as we thought? Students in grades 3-8 will love this hilarious retelling of classic fairy tales. With plenty of active roles available, this piece is a great way to integrate drama and language arts by giving students a chance to practice transformation, characterization and storytelling skills.
How do we get students excited about the details and setting in a story? Dive into the vivid world of The Dreamer, adapted from One Thousand and One Nights by Karen L. Erickson. In this lesson, students in grades 4-12 can practice collaboration, cooperation, and transformation skills by using body objects to act out the different settings of this tale.
To maximize student achievement, download this drama journal for students to use as reflection or formative assessment. A drama journal allows participants to reflect on their learning and artistic growth (metacognition). It also allows you, the teacher, to see how students are using the drama vocabulary, thinking about big ideas, and perceiving their own strengths and weaknesses.
How do actors bring truth to every performance they do, even if it’s outside their own experience? In this lesson, students in grades 6-8 will have the chance to practice telling each other true stories that happened in their lives, and then telling each other’s stories to the class as if they were their own. This lesson challenges students to practice great listening, collaboration, concentration, and imitation skills, preparing them to play more realistic characters and circumstances.
To maximize student achievement, download this drama journal for students to use as reflection or formative assessment. For this poem, we have created a corresponding journal page for your students. A drama journal allows participants to reflect on their learning and artistic growth (metacognition). It also allows you, the teacher, to see how students are using the drama vocabulary, thinking about big ideas, and perceiving their own strengths and weaknesses.
Objective: students will learn to identify and imitate the four basic emotions: happy, sad, mad, and scared.Continuing the work from the previous Emotions Lesson in the Kindergarten series, the Three Billy Goats Gruff uses a familiar fairy tale to give the students further practice in expression of the basic emotions happy, sad, mad, and scared (part of the kindergarten objectives). In this case, the students exercise their empathy in the conflict between the troll and the goats. This will prepare them for the next lesson in the series: Charlie Lesson. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Kindergarten Curriculum.
Objective: students add concentration to their use of imagination with the five senses.What child doesn’t dream of searching for dragons? Building on the previous Magic Carpet lesson, you will guide the children in their hunt as they use their imagination and the five senses in their search (part of the kindergarten objectives). In addition, students should demonstrate cooperation with you and their peers, follow directions, and manage their personal space. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Kindergarten Curriculum.
Objective: students use their imagination and experiment with the five senses to take a magic carpet ride.Young children revel in using their senses to explore the world around them. This lesson gives them the opportunity to use their imagination and the five senses to create a drama. You will guide them as they journey to different places and imagine the sensations of the environment (part of the kindergarten objectives). This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Kindergarten Curriculum.
Objective: students demonstrate concentration, listening, and imitation skills.Building on the previous lessons in the Kindergarten series, students begin working with listening and imitation skills (part of the kindergarten objectives). We adapted this lesson from the Grimm’s fairytale and you can use your own version or we included one for quick reference with teaching tips. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Kindergarten Curriculum.
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Objective: students compare characters and situations in drama to situations and people in real life.
Bullying and being misunderstood are topics explored through the story “Ferdinand” by Munro Leaf. This lesson in our third grade sequence continues the comparison of people and situations in drama to real life (part of the third grade objectives) as well as continuing the study of personification and reality vs. fantasy in drama. In language arts, students sequence the plot before playing out the story. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Third Grade Curriculum.
To maximize student achievement, download this drama journal for students to use as reflection or formative assessment. For each lesson in the curriculum, we have created a corresponding journal page for your students. A drama journal allows participants to reflect on their learning and artistic growth (metacognition). It also allows you, the teacher, to see how students are using the drama vocabulary, thinking about big ideas, and perceiving their own strengths and weaknesses. If you use the journal for assessment and would like more assessment tools, visit our Third Grade Curriculum.
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Objective: Students compare characters and situations in drama to situations and people in real life. Students combine the primary drama tools to create character and setting. Students demonstrate transformation in a drama.
Transformation is key to the message of the story and understanding of societal values of the community (part of the third grade objectives). This lesson uses the story of the same name, "The First Woodpecker": download it to complete the lesson if you haven’t already. Review our tips for viewing student work before you begin. This lesson can also be used with the original story Vision Quest by Karen Erickson. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Third Grade Curriculum.
To maximize student achievement, download this drama journal for students to use as reflection or formative assessment. For each lesson in the curriculum, we have created a corresponding journal page for your students. A drama journal allows participants to reflect on their learning and artistic growth (metacognition). It also allows you, the teacher, to see how students are using the drama vocabulary, thinking about big ideas, and perceiving their own strengths and weaknesses. If you use the journal for assessment and would like more assessment tools, visit our Third Grade Curriculum.
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Objective: Students compare characters and situations in drama to situations and people in real life. Students combine the primary drama tools to create character and setting.
Mythic stories appeal to all ages. This story of "The First Woodpecker," based on Native American myth, is a powerful lesson about respecting societal law and assisting others within a community. The drama places the students in role in an early Native American setting where they play members of a tribe faced with a great dilemma (part of the third grade objectives). A brief history of the Mandan Tribe is included for your reference. Review our tips for No Denial of Creation (helpful in a Life Drama) to improve the imagination and teamwork of the group. We included suggestions for integrating both Social Studies and Language Arts in the lesson. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Third Grade Curriculum.
To maximize student achievement, download this drama journal for students to use as reflection or formative assessment. For each lesson in the curriculum, we have created a corresponding journal page for your students. A drama journal allows participants to reflect on their learning and artistic growth (metacognition). It also allows you, the teacher, to see how students are using the drama vocabulary, thinking about big ideas, and perceiving their own strengths and weaknesses. If you use the journal for assessment and would like more assessment tools, visit our Third Grade Curriculum.