Allen Elementary- 4th Grade Quarter 2 2017
Ms. Herrera and Ms. Acosta (10/11, 10/25, 11/8, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13)
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.
Alien, Tiger, Cow
Fortunately, Unfortuantely
Fairytale In A Minute
Students retell fairytales in a minute.
Fairytale in a Different Tone
Students retell fairytales if certain characters had specific traits angry, suspicious etc.
Fairytale Tableau
Greetings
Mall Santa
Slo-Mo Olympics
In this game, an ordinary event such as brushing your teeth or vacuuming, is performed as if it is an olympic event/world championship game. Two competitors go head to head and must move in SLOW motion. There are two broadcasters who comment on their movements.
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.
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.
Alien, Tiger, Cow
Everyone in a circle. When the lead player says “Alien, Tiger, Cow, GO!” Everyone
becomes one of three things: Alien (Player holds up two fingers on top of their head and
says “Deek...Deek.”) or Tiger (Player reaches out with his right hand, making a
clawing motion and ‘roars.’) or Cow (Player bends over, holds his tummy and says “Moooo.”)
The goal is for everyone to become the same thing, so for every round, the majority wins. For instance, if more students choose cows, than the aliens and tigers would take a step back out of the circle. The inner circle gets smaller until a small group achieves success!
The goal is for everyone to become the same thing, so for every round, the majority wins. For instance, if more students choose cows, than the aliens and tigers would take a step back out of the circle. The inner circle gets smaller until a small group achieves success!
Players in a circle for small groups; half the players onstage in a
line facing the audience for larger groups. Player number one starts
a story “Once upon a time, a space crew was about to embark on a
mission. Fortunately, the launch went on without a hitch.” Players
continue to tell the story, alternating lines starting with
“Fortunately/Unfortunately,” until the last player finishes the story.
Students retell fairytales in a minute.
Fairytale in a Different Tone
Students retell fairytales if certain characters had specific traits angry, suspicious etc.
Fairytale Tableau
The teacher announces a title, and calls out three
scenes. Students onstage silently create tableaus, or stage pictures that
portray what’s happening in the scenes below. Kids have ten seconds
between scenes to move around and create a new stage picture.
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.
The local shopping mall recently hired a new helper to portray Santa. Excited children will wait
their turn for a friendly elf to direct them to sit on Santa’s knee. Unfortunately, the child is not an ordinary child, they are a particular character. Santa must guess based on clues given on who they are.
In this game, an ordinary event such as brushing your teeth or vacuuming, is performed as if it is an olympic event/world championship game. Two competitors go head to head and must move in SLOW motion. There are two broadcasters who comment on their movements.
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
CCSS. Theatre. 4th Grade
- 1.2 Identify a character's objectives and motivations to explain that character's behavior.
- 1.3 Demonstrate how voice (diction, pace, and volume) may be used to explore multiple possibilities for a live reading.
- 2.1 Demonstrate the emotional traits of a character through gesture and action.
- 2.2 Retell or improvise stories from classroom literature in a variety of tones (gossipy, sorrowful, comic, frightened, joyful, sarcastic).
- 5.3 Exhibit team identity and commitment to purpose when participating in theatrical experiences.
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