Grade/Subject: 7B/Drama Unit: Movement Lesson Duration: 60 Min

Date: Mar 22. 2017

Learning Objectives
Students will:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of how to use facial expressions to show character
2. Demonstrate an understanding of how physical bodies to create a character
3. Demonstrate the ability to master connect and release techniques
Assessments
Observations: Key Questions:
I will observe the students while they Can I see your specific character when
are warming up and learning the mime you are walking?
techniques. Have you clearly demonstrated your
I will observe their characters during ability to grab and release?
the games Have you experimented with using
I will assess their answers at the end facial expressions to tell a story?
of the class
KSAs Observed:
1. Demonstrate understanding of and apply
appropriate safety procedures.
2. Demonstrate awareness of personal and shared
space.
3. Use physical relaxation techniques effectively.
4. Recognize the need for and demonstrate
warmup activities.
7. Demonstrate awareness of his or her own body
and its movement potential.
Transition (1min)
I need everyone in an alphabet circle, today Im going to call you out by company.
Question of the Day: What is something from the tableau unit that you think will help you in
this mime unit?
Procedure
Introduction (20 min)
Hook: Today is the first day of your mime unit. Since this is a short day, we are going to
spend the class doing some workshopping and just getting to know the basics of mime.
Assessment of Prior Knowledge: Who has ever heard of, or done mime before? If so, what is
it?
Begin with stretching and warming up their bodies. So, what is mime, what is the history of
mime? How did it start?
What does it mean? The performance of mime originates at its earliest in Ancient Greece; the
name is taken from a single masked dancer called Pantomimus, although performances were
not necessarily silent. In Medieval Europe, early forms of mime such as mummer plays and
later dumbshows evolved. This type of mime was more like a clown act, it was meant to be
extremely entertaining and was often used as a humorous act. In 1811 in Paris, Jean Gaspard
Batiste Debura turned mime into the art form it is today.
Mime is the use of movements and gestures in order to express something or tell a story
without using speech.
This is just a brief history; we will go into more detail after spring break. One of the most
famous mimes is Marcel Marceau. (Show some clips). So what does mime teach us? Well it
teaches us to create a character only using your actions. Theres no talking when you are
miming, so it helps you to learn how to build character without relying on your voice. This
means that you need to make very deliberate and purposeful choices, because all your choices
will contribute to your character. How you walk, your facial expression, how you react to
situations you are presented with. This will also help you work on your isolations.
Body (40 min)
Method:

Some of the techniques to work on:

Concept of Resistance: Wall or Desk
The Click & Release: Interaction with an object, Fridge and glass- open, drink, shut, rope-
single and tug of war.
The Walk: Walking, turning, running
Balloons
Stairs and ladders
Reactions: Happy, sad, scared
Talking and eating
Falling

Before we do games: Guest star Mr. D to do contact and release, how to pick up objects.

Games:
For Your Eyes Only
Act out watching one of the following using only your eyes and eyebrows
A fly, a monster movie, a tennis match, a video game

So what does this game teach us about mime? What skills are we learning here?

Pick a Posy
Walking through a flower garden, find a flower, pick it, hold it by the stem, smell the flower,
sneeze, pick a petal, drop the flower, follow its path down and watch it land.

What skills are we learning in this game? How will this help up later?

Follow Your Nose

Walking around the room leading by different body parts: Nose, elbow, hips, knees, toes, top
of the head, shoulders, stomach
What skills did we learn here?

Closure (3 min)
Refocus: Great job today everyone! We will be continuing this unit after the spring break.
Before I let you go, what is something you learned today that you think will help you the most
in mime?
Transition to Next Lesson: See you next class

Reflection: