Allen Elementary- 1st Grade Quarter 2 2017

Ms. Sinong and Ms. Gurule (10/11, 10/19, 11/1, 11/9, 11/29, 12/7)

Theatre Games Learned

Energy Ball

In a large circle, all students hold their hands up, palms facing each other. Students imagine that they are holding a ball of energy. One students creates an energy ball and toss it to another student across the circle. Students can make their energy balls move quickly, or very slowly. They can be large or tiny. Students receiving the energy ball can transform the ball before tossing it to another student. 

Back Dancing

Students are put in pairs and  spread out in the room. Invite actors to stand back to back, and dance to different kinds of music with their backs touching at all times. This is a great activity for developing trust among group members. 

Sculpture Garden

One person is the sculptor and the other person molds the clay into a statue, moving his partner’s arms, legs, facial expression any way he wishes. When all of the sculptors are done, all statue makers wander through the statue garden and admire each other’s work. Next, they trade places. The sculptor becomes the clay and the model becomes the sculptor. 

Object Pantomime

Students pull one out of a hat a slip of paper with an object on it and must pantomime using it or moving as if they are wearing it in front of the class. Audience players must guess what the prop is. 

Greetings

Have the entire group form two lines facing each other. Each side is given a line, such as “Hi, how are you?” And the players on the other side say “Fine, thank you.” The leader calls out a way of greeting such as “Greet each other as if you are old friends.” Next, the players walk toward each other, meet in the middle and deliver their lines ‘in character.’ The point of this game is to show how one line of dialogue can change dramatically given different characters and situations. 

Energy Circle

In a circle, students join hands and close their eyes. One person starts by squeezing the hand of the person to his right very gently. That person “passes” the squeeze along until it goes all the way around the circle.

* some theater games are adapted from Drama Notebook Curriculum 

Songs Learned

Songs with movement are a great way for students to learn rhythm and responsible actor behavior. Students are filmed on an iPad or on Mr. Chip (the custodian)'s camera and watch their performance immediately after to identify who is being a responsible actor and what that looks like. 

These "informances" are taught and filmed within the 70 minute session. 

3 Fat Turkeys
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Trepak Dance
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CCSS. Theatre. 1st Grade

• 1.1 Use the vocabulary of the theatre, such as play, plot (beginning, middle, and end), improvisation, pantomime, stage, character, and audience, to describe theatrical experiences.
• 2.1 Demonstrate skills in pantomime, tableau, and improvisation.
• 2.2 Dramatize or improvise familiar simple stories from classroom literature or life experiences, incorporating plot (beginning, middle, and end) and using a tableau or a pantomime.
• 3.3 Describe the roles and responsibilities of audience and actor.
• 5.2 Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively in presenting a tableau, an improvisation, or a pantomime.