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Puppet Playhouse: Creative Collaboration Theater (4 - 5)

Last changed: 07/09/2024 5:20pm
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4 , 5 Theater
Theater English
Both Grade Level and Arts/PE Program Integration
5 90 min
5 90 min
In-School Workshop
All year. In-School,
$10 100
yes Phone , In-Person , Email
Materials for designing puppets and props, 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 and puppet theater backdrop 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 a 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 scenes 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.

Grade 4

Grade 4: Writing Standards for Literature: Text Types and Purposes #3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined
experiences or events using effective technique,
descriptive details, and clear event sequences
Grade 4: Speaking and Listening Standards for Literature: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas Standard #54: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount
an experience in an organized manner, using
appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details
to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at
an understandable pace.
Grade 4: Theatre: Creating: Anchor Standard 4a: Collaborate to devise original ideas for a drama/theatre work by asking
questions about characters and plots.
Grade 4: Theatre: Performing: Anchor Standard 5a: Share small-group drama/theatre work, with peers as audience.

Grade 5

Grade 5: Speaking and Listening Standards for Literature: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas Standard #5: Include multimedia components (e.g., grapics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
Grade 5: Writing Standards for Literature: Text Types and Purposes Standard #3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Grade 5: Theatre: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Grade 5: Theatre: Performing: Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.