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Puppet Playhouse: Creative Collaboration Theater (middle)

Last changed: 05/29/2019 12:23pm
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6 , 7 , 8 Theater
Theater English
Both Grade Level and Arts/PE Program Integration
5 90 min
0
In-School Workshop
All year.
$10 0
yes In-Person , Phone , Email
Materials for designing puppets, puppet theater set-up for the performance. Students will be able to retain the puppets after the program, for use in the classroom or to take home as souvenirs, whatever the classroom teacher prefers.
The students should have access to pencils and lined paper. All materials for creating the puppets will be supplied but additional classroom materials such as construction paper, markers, newsprint sheets and glue sticks may provide useful.
The puppet theater is approximately 5 x 5 feet wide and seven feet tall. It breaks down for moving but if the classroom is not tall enough to fit the puppet theater a modified setup will be arranged.
I can create create an original puppet that reveals character traits.
I can collaborate with classmates to create and perform an original puppet play based on one scene of a text I have read.
The class will select 3 or 4 scenes from a text to re-create in small groups of 3-5 students. The teaching artist will organize students in each small group in improvising, writing and performing a short puppet play a based on a selected scene from a text they have all read. They will each take on individual responsibilities as they create a puppet to embody one or more characters, and work cooperatively create costumes or props as needed. Puppetry is a collaborative art requiring a number of transferable life skills, including cooperation, self-control and respect. Even very young puppeteers quickly learn the value of self-control in creating a puppet show together. They will learn the basics of puppetry and rehearse and present the show in a traditional puppet theater setting to their classmates and whatever audience is deemed appropriate by the classroom teacher. The presentations may be taped, if desired.
The class will select 3 or 4 scenes from a text to re-create in small groups of 3-5 students. The teaching artist will organize students in each small group in improvising, writing and performing a short puppet play a based on a selected scene from a text they have all read. They will each take on individual responsibilities as they create a puppet to embody one or more characters, and work cooperatively create costumes or props as needed. Puppetry is a collaborative art requiring a number of transferable life skills, including cooperation, self-control and respect. Even very young puppeteers quickly learn the value of self-control in creating a puppet show together. They will learn the basics of puppetry and rehearse and present the show in a traditional puppet theater setting to their classmates and whatever audience is deemed appropriate by the classroom teacher. The presentations may be taped, if desired.
Ideally the program is scheduled once per week over five weeks.
Caregivers can assist the students in conceptualizing and drafting their plays, and in creating props. One caregiver per small group would be helpful but not necessary. The teaching artist will finalize the scripts for shows for each group, unless caregivers would prefer to take over that task.

Grade 6

Grade 6: Writing Standards for English Language Arts: Text Types and Purposes: #3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Grade 6: Theatre: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: A: Use critical analysis to improve, refine, and evolve original ideas and artistic choices in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Grade 7

Grade 7: Writing Standards for English Language Arts: Text Types and Purposes: #3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Grade 7: Theatre: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: a. Examine and justify original ideas and artistic choices in a drama/theatre work based on critical analysis, background knowledge, and historical and cultural context.

Grade 8

Grade 8: Writing Standards for English Language Arts: Text Types and Purposes: #3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Grade 8: Theatre: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: B: Share leadership and responsibilities to develop collaborative goals when preparing or devising drama/theatre work.