Drama 8 Week 4 Lesson Plan
Drama 8 Week 4 Lesson Plan
Drama 8 Week 4 Lesson Plan
Activity Students will complete their Students will spend their first
Sequence tableau unit through their class of the week performing
performances on their first their tableau scenes and be
given day of the week (Sept given feedback before
26-27). (the three classes moving onto improv (sept
are at different stages of 26-27). (Some groups are
tableau presentation and will finished tableau while other
start improv activities as have just started presenting
they finish). so activities will be arranged
to address that).
Students will be introduced
to the essential rules of Students will start improv by
improv (always say yes, say playing intro improv games
yes and which means such as what are you doing?
adding to the offer given to (one person acts out an
you, make statements action such as chopping a
instead of constant tree and then someone will
questions, and there are no ask them what the and they
mistakes when engaging in will say something
improv). (Sept 26 and 29). completely different and that
(The three classes are at person will take on that
different stages of tableau action), space jump
presentation and will start (students get into a line and
improv activities as they do scenes in groups of five,
finish). the first person starts a
scene on their own, then a
Due to a field trip on new scene with two, then
Wednesday, a substitute will three, then four, and then
lead students in a one-day five, and then each person
activity, having them create who started that scene will
short scenes they will find a reason to leave and
present the same day, we return to the prior scene
focusing on character, until it’s all over), and time
relationships, location, permitted rock, paper,
conflict, and resolution. scissors championship
(students will play rock,
paper, scissors where the
loser becomes the winners
cheerleader until we have
two people left and large
groups of adoring fans) (sept
26,29).