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Subject: Introduction to Drama |
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1. Topic-
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The Essential Elements
Element - Trust
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2. Content-
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Trust
Trust activities are designed to help young student actors develop
relationships within their acting group. These activities create physical
trust in others, strengthen communication skills, and enable students
to learn to relinquish control. |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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| 1.Students should be able through Trust activities to develop relationships
within their acting group. 2.With these activities students will gain
physical trust in others, strengthen communication skills, and enable
students to learn to relinquish control. |
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4. Objectives-
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Students will:
1.act responsibly toward other members of the class
2.feel secure in class
3.share responses with other students
4.identify the class environment as a safe place to take risks |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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| Blindfolds, movable objects in a room, talking circle object |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1.I will instruct students how to execute the exercises.
2. I will monitor the exercises closely to ensure safety
3.We will, as a group, run through two practice rounds at most.
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B. Development-
1.Direct Instruction
2.Inquiry based learning
3.Cooperative Learning
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C. Practice-
1.Activity 1 - Falls:
Students should form groups of two, with both people approximately
the same size and weight. A stands directly in front of B, and both
A and B face forwards. A will fall backwards and B will catch A. B
should keep his or her hands ready to catch A and brace well. At first,
A should stand very close to B, so that it is easy for the catching
to occur. As confidence and trust increase, A and B should be able
to create larger and larger falls. Students should switch roles when
they have completed the exercise.
Activity 2 - Human Chain (Knots):
Students form a circle of up to eight people (the more the better
up to this point). They reach across the circle to grab the hands
of two other students. No student may hold the hand of a student beside
himself or herself. All students must be holding hands. Now the tangle
must unravel itself into a circle again, but it must do so with no
verbal communication.
Activity 3 - Supports:
Students should form groups of two, with both people approximately
the same size and weight. A and B stand back to back, with A bending
his or her knees slightly, so that A's bottom is below B's. A and
B link arms at the elbow and A bends at the waist slowly. When A is
bent 90 degrees, and B is balanced well, they slowly let their arms
go. B should be laying balanced on A's back. This position should
be held for 15 seconds, then A and B link arms again, and B is lowered
gently back to the floor, reversing the original lift. Students should
switch roles when they have completed the exercise.
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D. Independent Practice-
| 1.Students will, as a group, run through two practice rounds at
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F. Checking for understanding-
When all trust activities are completed, join together as a large
group and conduct a talking circle. The students sit in a circle.
An object is chosen to symbolize permission to talk. The students
talk only when they are requesting the object or holding the object.
Use the circle to discuss how the activity went and how successfully
students were able to trust their partners. (time depends on class
size)
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G. Closure-
Write a Journal Entry - Notability Drama Journal
1.How easy is it for you to trust?
2.Why do you find it easy or difficult to trust?
3. What conditions have to be met for you to give trust?
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7. Evaluation-
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| Student evaluates personal progress through reflection (journal,
talking circle) |
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