Brainstorm • Create drafts • Organize ideas • Make a choice • Check in with self • Check in with others • Refine work • ARTS IMPACT THEATER AND WRITING INFUSION Third Grade Lesson One: The – Super Expressive Body Actions and Setting – 4 LESSON STEPS____________________________________________ Pre-determine how the room will be set-up for students to move through space – desks moved to the side or students moving among the desks. For the I Wish I Had a Picture exercise will need to be room for a and “stage” room for the audience to sit and observe. 1. WARM UP. Review neutral and character through the game of “Statues”. We’re going to be actors and writers. Actors and writers often think and work the • same. We’ll be learning ways in which actors and writers generate their ideas, construct meaning, and reflect. We will walk around the room in neutral remember neutral movement • – without any character added to it. I will shout out Freeze wherever you are. • “Freeze!” I will then call out a character or feeling. Turn your body into a statue of what I call • out. Criteria-based teacher checklist—room scan, reverse checklist: Holds a frozen position that represents a character, emotion, or state of being. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. After several statues, lead group as the students put a couple of statues into motion. When you make your statues you are generating ideas in a few secondsYou are • able to make a choice from what you already know, we call this background knowledge actors – rely on this all the time. Now let’s construct meaning with your bodies by putting these statues into • motion. This time, after you make a statue, I will say, Then you will move as that • “MOVE!” character. No voices, just movement.
• Brainstorm • Create drafts • Organize ideas • Make a choice • Check in with self • Check in with others • Refine work ARTS IMPACT THEATER AND WRITING INFUSION – Third Grade Lesson One: The Super Expressive Body – Actions and Setting 4 LESSON STEPS____________________________________________ Pre-determine how the room will be set-up for students to move through space – desks moved to the side or students moving among the desks. For the I Wish I Had a Picture exercise will need to be room for a “stage” and room for the audience to sit and observe. 1. WARM UP. Review neutral and character through the game of “Statues”. • We’re going to be actors and writers. Actors and writers often think and work the same. We’ll be learning ways in which actors and writers generate their ideas, construct meaning, and reflect. • We will walk around the room in neutral – remember neutral movement without any character added to it. • I will shout out “Freeze!” Freeze wherever you are. • I will then call out a character or feeling. Turn your body into a statue of what I call out. Criteria-based teacher checklist—room scan, reverse checklist: Holds a frozen position that represents a character, emotion, or state of being. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. After several statues, lead group as the students put a couple of statues into motion. • When you make your statues you are generating ideas in a few secondsYou are able to make a choice from what you already know, we call this background knowledge – actors rely on this all the time. • Now let’s construct meaning with your bodies by putting these statues into motion. • This time, after you make a statue, I will say, “MOVE!” Then you will move as that character. No voices, just movement.
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