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Diana Moncada
2. Area B
3. Story Act
4. Objectives:
a. Students will be able to fully understand a piece of literature.
b. Students will use theatre to understand a piece of literature.
c. Students will strengthen their skills of cooperation as they work together.
5. Content Standards:
a. 1.2 Identify the structural elements of plot (exposition, complication, crisis, climax, and
resolution) in a script or theatrical experience.
b. 2.1 Participate in improvisational activities to explore complex ideas and universal
themes in literature and life.
c. 5.1 Use theatrical skills to dramatize events and concepts from other curriculum areas,
such as reenacting the signing of the Declaration of Independence in history social
science.
6. Materials:
a. 4 index cards, in each one there will be 4 main parts of a story picked by the teacher.
7. Directions:
a. Teacher will have a piece of literature that has been read, it could be a story, a poem, so
on. That piece of literature will be divided into 4 main parts
b. Teacher will put students in groups to have a total of 4 groups.
c. Teacher will explain the instructions of the activity and hand each group an index card
that will have their part of the story.
d. Each group will be given 2-3 minutes to think about how they will act out their part so it
can be just as the story is.
e. After all groups have acted out their part of the story, they will be timed and given about
30 seconds, and as a whole class, (students still in their groups) the groups will get in
order to create the story as it originally was. Example, the group that has the first part of
the story will stand on one side, right next to them the group that has the second part of
the story, then the group with the third part of the story, and finally at the end, the group
that has the concluding part of the story.
f. After the 30 seconds are over, they will have to act out their part again, but this time in
the order they have decided, (starting from where they believe is the first scene, then the
second scene, and so on) its okay if the students dont get in the right order.
g. If they are not in the right order, after they have act it out, they will know they are not in
the right order if the story doesnt make sense, and then they will fix it themselves.
h. When they get it right, if there is enough time, they can act it out again.
8. Follow-up Activity:
a. The teacher can ask the students to draw their favorite parts of the story, or they can
simply draw out the whole story as they have understood it.
9. Assessment:
a. The teacher will know if the student understood the activity and the story if the students
are able to act it out. The teacher will also be able to see if the students understood the
story by seeing how fast the groups get the story in order, and if they get it right or not.
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