Lesson: Introduction to Drama

Lesson Summary:
Determine a definition for drama, discuss why we are studying it, and how drama can be used in our everyday lives.

Standards Addressed:
Standards listed here in the format: 1.13, 5.11

Mastery Objective:
How is drama different than other art forms? How do I work as an active member of a drama class?

Learning Objective:
Students will be able to:

create their own personal mini drama

explore the definitions of drama

Students will know:

classroom expectations
their classmates

Materials:

Index cards with questions

Handout- expectation sheet

Greet students at the door

Warm-Up: Name Game- Name and Movement
Index Card Game- What is?
Expectations and Overview- Handout
Mini Project- The biggest drama of your summer vacation.
Wrap Up - What is Drama? -Journal- So What? Now What?
Fruit Salad/ West Wind Blows

Lesson: Theatre Etiquette

Lesson Summary:
Explore how theatre etiquette can shape the guidelines and foundations for our classroom.

Standards Addressed:
Standards listed here in the format: 5.5, 5.11

Mastery Objective:
What is your behavior and expectations in a performance environment?

Learning Objective:
Students will be able to:

brainstorm behavioral standards in a theatrical environment

adhere to guidelines created by themselves
create a visual representation of the protocol of audience etiquette and Academic conversation as a tool in a theater
class

Students will know:

how to react in a theatrical setting

behavioral standards they created for themselves
tools to engage in powerful active listening

Materials:

Index Cards- Tick and Question

Pieces of Paper- 11x17

Greet students at the door

Warm-Up: Index Card- Ticks and Talks
- Assign a tick to each student. Hand out questions to each student. They must interact with each member of the class.
Create list of theatre etiquette rules
Break into groups to create posters for the classroom
Hand out Journals- What? So What? Now What?

Lesson: What is Drama?

Lesson Summary:
Determine a definition for drama, discuss why we are studying it, and how drama can be used in our everyday lives.

Standards Addressed:
Standards listed here in the format: 1.6, 5.11

Mastery Objective:
What is drama?

Learning Objective:
Students will be able to:

create their own personal mini drama

explore the definitions of drama

Students will know:

classroom expectations
their classmates

Materials:

Virtual Whiteboard- What is Drama? slideshow

Greet students at the door

Warm-Up: Inner Outer Circle- What is Drama?
Powerpoint Overview- First 5 slides
-Using your voice to express thoughts- Preliminary debates (cats and dogs, coke and pepsi, vanilla and chocolate, etc). Then split
two groups that debate does drama imitate life or does life imitate drama?
Continue Slides- 6
Hand out Journals- What? So What? Now What?

Lesson: The Evolution of Storytelling

Lesson Summary:
Explore how storytelling can be used to share history, religion, culture and how it evolved over the years?

Standards Addressed:
Standards listed here in the format: 5.11, 2.7

Mastery Objective:
How is storytelling an effective means of exploring history and culture?

Learning Objective:
Students will be able to:

transfer oral history to a visual medium

Students will know:

how storytelling evolved over the years

a story from another culture

Materials:

Bean Bags
Cow-tail Switch
Cut out squares for the story quilt

Greet students at the door

Warm-Up: Bean Bag Toss Name Game/ Storagami (once upon a time there was a)/Object Pass
Powerpoint Overview- Slides 15
-What is the best story youve ever heard, read, or seen? Who is the best storyteller in your family? Your group of friends? Discussion to follow
Cow-tail Switch- Hand out rubric
Build the Quilt
Hand out Journals- What? So What? Now What?
Underground Railroad Quilt Assignment
http://page.reallygoodstuff.com/pdfs/154227.pdf

Lesson: Tableau
Lesson Summary:
A tableau is a frozen moment in time- a picture brought to life. It includes depth, levels and expression.

Standards Addressed:
Standards listed here in the format: 1.9, 1.13, 5.11

Mastery Objective:
What makes an effective stage picture?

Learning Objective:
Students will be able to:

identify depth, levels and expression in a stage picture

work in small groups to create stage picture

Students will know:

the definition of tableau and traveling

Materials:

Newspaper headlines
Fruit bows

Greet students at the door

Introduction to Traveling (milling and seething)
PB&J
Slide 34- Fruit Bowl- With real manipulatives
Newspaper Headline Tableaus
What? So What? Now What?
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