The Sacred Scarab Lesson: Review & Assess Overview: the students review how all the tools and skills they learned fit together to create a drama. Objectives: students demonstrate memorization skills; demonstrate interpersonal and collaborative skills; define story elements. Reviewing skills previously learned are at the heart of this summative lesson: acting out a story with human characters, … Read more
The Hare and Tortoise Lesson: Playing Animal Characters Overview: the students will learn how to play non-human characters. Objectives: students define and practice collaborative strategies; define the drama tools; define story elements. Fables are a great way to combine all the drama skills into the first story they will play on their own. The Tortoise … Read more
The Circus Lesson: Introducing the Three P’s Overview: students demonstrate the skills necessary to create a good drama. Objectives: students identify the importance of planning and practicing; discuss good audience behaviors; demonstrate use of the drama tools (mind, body, voice). Students create a variety of circus acts. At first it doesn’t go so well because … Read more
Body Objects Lesson: Creating Settings with Details Overview: students collaborate with a partner using negotiation strategies and applying concentration, imagination, imitation, and transformation skills. Objectives: students collaborate with a partner using negotiation strategies; apply concentration, imagination, imitation, and transformation skills; identify story elements. Students transform their bodies into objects and then into settings with a … Read more
Concentration and Partner Work Lesson: Statue Maker Overview: students explore the role of the mind in drama. Objectives: students evaluate self and praise others; define the 5 key vocabulary words (imagination, imitation, transformation, concentration, and collaboration); practice self-management; demonstrate collaborative strategies Freeze! How long can students stay frozen? Can they hold still for a partner, … Read more
Book, Stick, Chair, Person: The Three Drama Words Overview: the students will learn what transformation, imitation, and imagination have to do with drama. Objectives: students name the four fine arts; evaluate self and praise others; define the 5 key vocabulary words (concentration, imitation, imagination, transformation, collaboration); speak and listen in character. Is there a book in … Read more
Introducing the Five Senses Lesson Overview: the students will learn why actors need to know and use all 5 senses. Objectives: students name the four fine arts; demonstrate the five senses; evaluate self and praise others. The five senses are key to acting, visualizing literature, and understanding the world. Often they are only addressed in … Read more