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The Little Red Hen
First graders act out the story The Little Red Hen while developing vocabulary through dialogue, using pantomime and verbal interaction.
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Posture and Pantomime: Total Body Movement
Learners analyze posture and pantomime in an analysis of total body movement. In this body movement lesson, students read a chart of movements and the mood or attitude they convey. Learners complete several space and observation...
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Theatre Lesson Plan
Second graders complete pantomime and improvisational theatre activities. For this theatre lesson, 2nd graders play a 'sound ball' game and recreate sounds as they toss the ball. Students discuss projection for an actor and practice the...
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Creating Clinflict Through Gibberish
Students explore ways to communicate and solve conflict. At the beginning of class, students must communicate emotions without using words. They brainstorm important relationships in their lives. Next, groups of students create a...
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Dancing Good and Evil from Dance in America
Students create a pantomime, work cooperatively to conduct and share research, identify and discuss how movement is used to depict the ethereal Odette and the sinister Odile, and creatively pay tribute to the lovers, Odette and Siegfried.