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Mad-Lib-retto! (elementary)

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Available to Grade(s): 3 , 4 , 5	Program Can Serve: Music Theater
Art Form: Theater	Curriculum Focus: English
Program Type: Both Grade Level and Arts/PE Program	Integration Continuum Level: Access
# of Visits as a Grade Level Program: 1	Length of Visit (Grade Level Program): 45 min
# of Visits as an Arts/PE Program: 1	Length of Visit (Arts/PE Program): 45 min
Program Format: In-School Performance	Program Format Info: In-School Performance (intended for individual classes of a grade level to experience separately)* *We can do 2 classes at once if desired.
Availability: All year	Location:
Cost Per Student: $10	Minimum # of Students Needed In Order to Book This Program: 30
Program Requires Prior Meeting: no	Meeting Method: Phone , Email
Materials Arts Provider Provides: An original, semi-staged opera performed to prerecorded audio tracks; a small sound system; a few small props, including a bench, and a link to classroom materials with information about opera as well as parts of speech. The classroom materials are suitable for several grade levels, teachers may choose whatever they feel is appropriate for their class.
Materials School Provides: Classroom chalkboard or Smartboard to write on (must have clear space on which we can write the students' suggestions ) Chalk or markers for board A few feet of clear space in the front of the classroom; will also use the classroom door for character entrance.
Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: We would like access to the classroom a half hour prior to the show for setup. We'll only need a few feet of space up in the front of the class for the performance, an electrical outlet to plug our sound into, and use of the classroom door for the first entrance in the opera. Please advise neighboring classrooms of when the performance will be, as they will likely hear us through the walls. We wouldn't want to ruin anyone's concentration if they're taking a test next door.
Program Learning Objective: I can...demonstrate command of formal English using proper parts of speech. I can...refine and complete artistic work through my contributions to the script. I can...ask and answer questions about opera I can...ask and answer questions about parts of speech.
Program Description: "Mad-Lib-retto" brings the excitement of a live performance directly to your classroom - and YOU get to help create the show! Veteran performers John & Deanna Swanson lead the students in using their knowledge of parts of speech to contribute appropriate words, Mad-Lib style, to complete the libretto of an opera. The activity integrates knowledge of the English language with the creation of an artistic work. The opera the students help create is performed live and presented to them for critical review, right in the classroom. An accompanying booklet of classroom materials is provided to the teacher, who may select at their discretion worksheets that apply to their particular grade level. The booklet has information on opera as well as worksheets on parts of speech. Mad-Lib-retto is different from Lollipop Opera's other productions; it does not require a stage or auditorium setting, nor a piano and microphone, and does not rely on set pieces or costumes to deliver the story, which the students help to create. The resulting opera is sung to pre-recorded tracks played on a small sound system which the artists provide.
Additional Notes: Please allow us a half-hour setup time prior to the program so that we may familiarize ourselves with your classroom space, find out where we will be able to write audience suggestions, and set up the sound system.

Core & National Art Standards:

Grade 3

Grade 3: Language Standards: Conventions of Standard English #1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. b. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns. c. Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood). d. Form and use regular and irregular verbs. g. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. h. Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

Grade 3: Speaking and Listening Standards: Comprehension and Collaboration #1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led)with diverse partners on grade 3 topics andtexts, building on others" ideas and expressing their own clearly. b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

Grade 3: Theatre: Creating: Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work. b. Participate and contribute to physical and vocal exploration in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Grade 3: Music: Responding: Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. A. Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria , and describe appropriateness to the context .

Grade 4

Grade 4: Speaking and Listening Standards: Comprehension and Collaboration #1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others" ideas and expressing their own clearly. b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. c. Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others.

Grade 4: Language Standards: Conventions of Standard English #1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a. Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why). b. Form and use the progressive (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking) verb tenses.

Grade 4: Music: Responding: Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. A. Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria , and describe appropriateness to the context .

Grade 4: Theatre: Creating: Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work. b. Participate and contribute to physical and vocal exploration in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Grade 5

Grade 5: Speaking and Listening Standards: Comprehension and Collaboration #1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others" ideas and expressing their own clearly. b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. c. Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.

Grade 5: Language Standards: Conventions of Standard English #1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a. Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences. b. Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses. c. Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.

Grade 5: Music: Responding: Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. A. Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria , and describe appropriateness to the context .

Grade 5: Theatre: Creating: Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work. A. Revise and improve an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work through repetition and self-review.

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