Drama: Farm lesson

Date: November 2014 Title of Lesson:

Barnyard tableau 35 min lesson for a 40 min period

Curriculum Area: Unit of Study:
Drama, Dance

Arts

Learning Expectations
Academic: B1. Creating and Presenting Students will Understand that (the Big Idea) Drama is about taking on different roles. Acting involves developing relationship with other objects/ characters (imaginary or real) Students will know (content/facts) The different onomatopoeia for farm animals

Students will be able to (skills)

Listen to each other. Observe the visual cues (action) and make meaning of it. Respond to the roles by using their bodies to communicate.

Assessment Strategies:
How will you know that each student:

Understands the Big Idea? And/or Knows the content? And/or Is able to do the skill? Student will take on role and use their body and voice to communicate the role. Student will share orally how their role relates to the other roles in their story.

Materials/Resources Teacher Resources Human Resources Student Materials Equipment Paper, pencil Chart paper Personal Notes/Reminders/Homework/Other Considerations: For students who are visual learners, the lyrics to the song will be displayed for their viewing.
*Groupings: W = Whole class, S= Small Group I = Independent

Delivering the Lesson Timing 10min Grouping W S I X Section Hook/Mental Set: Sing and dance to The Pony Song. This activity will prepare the students for using their voices, and bodies to express themselves. Materials PowerPoint with lyrics (if not possible, chart paper

1) 2) 3) 4)

Teach the class The Pony Song. Have the class sing along to the song. Add a clapping rhythm to the song. Introduce and explain the dancing part of the song. -Half the class is forming an outside circle. -Half the class is forming an inside circle. -As everyone sings the song together, the outside circle will stand and clap the rhythm while the inside circle will gallop in a circle. -When the song ends, everyone should be standing face to face with a partner in the opposite circle, and they switch places, thus those on the inside circle will now be standing on the outside, and those on the inside circle will get a chance to dance on the inside. -After each group has galloped once, the teacher will change the gallop style for the next rounds. Gallop styles -Normal gallop -Sideways gallop -Lasso gallop -Silly (anything creative) gallop

with lyrics)

X 3 mins

Sharing the Purpose/Objectives: The 5 purpose of this class will be to learn to be comfortable with using voice and body to communicate ideas. As part of the objective, you will pretend to be a marketing group that needs to design a tableau ad for a company called Fantasy Farm to entice customers to visit. Warm up activity: -Ask students to brain storm a list of farm animals and note it on the board. -Ask each student to write down one animal on a piece of paper. And then crumple it up. -Explain the instructions of the game. -On the count of three, the students will toss their paper in the air, and pick up one of the crumpled piece of paper, open it and read it. -Once they know their animal, they will then

Paper, pencil

go around the class trying to discover their family (ie. Ducks with ducks), but without using human words. Students are allowed to act, and make sound effects. X 10 mins Body: Tableau activity: Tableau of things/ scenes/stories which could happen on a farm. Students will work in small groups of 4-5 students. Teacher will first demonstrate the following activity:
The first person starts the tableau by saying I am a tree and freeze into position as a tree. The remaining members will one-by-one add to the tableau as a new object. For example I am a dog peeing on the tree. The tableau is complete once all the members are frozen in the tableau. Once everyone is in the tableau, the person who was first in the tableau will get to decide the object they will keep from this tableau for a new tableau. Everyone else will exit the tableau, and start all over and help make a new tableau.

2 mins

10 mins (2 min x 5 groups)

At the end of the tableau warm up, the group will pick their favourite tableau, and present it to the class. Closure: Presentation: Each group will then pick their best tableau and present it to the class (2 minutes) -Form the tableau as a group -Each member explains what/who they are in the tableau and what they are doing (or the story behind that pose).

The Pony Song Here I go on my pony Riding on my big fat pony Here I go on my pony And this is how I do it Front to front, front, on my pony Back to back, back, on my pony Side to side, side, on my pony And this is how we do it