LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 2

The learner will act by interacting in improvisations and assuming roles.

Objective 2.05

Dramatize stories through guided dramatic expression from a story.

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Masks and Aesop's fables
Students learn on of Aesop's fables, make simple masks, and retell the fable as part of a Greek chorus using masks. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts, Theatre Arts Education, and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Readers theatre
Students develop scripts, perform in groups, and practice using their voice to depict characters from texts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–5 English Language Arts and Theatre Arts Education)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Uppity farm animals
Students analyze problems and create solutions by dramatizing the story, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type and the poem, “Farmer Brown Has a Problem” by Diane Ambur. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Theatre Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Using writing and role-play to engage the reluctant writer
Students explore the different characters in the story The Three Little Javalinas and then select one of the characters to write a letter to the author in role. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Theatre Arts Education)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
What a character!
Students analyze how a character's personality traits, actions, and motives influence the plot of a story. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and Theatre Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts