Grade: 6-8 Subject: DRAMA / WELLNESS
1. Topic-
Peer Pressure Through DRAMATIC ARTS
 
2. Content-
-ROLE PLAY VS. TRADITIONAL DRAMA
-DEMONSTRATING PEER PRESSURE THROUGH DRAMATIC ROLE PLAY.

-RECOGNIZING FORMS OF PEER PRESSURE IN ORDER TO RESIST IT
 
3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
1.STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRADITIONAL DRAMA AND ROLE PLAYING
2.STUDENTS WILL NAME, DEMONSTRATE AND RESPOND TO VARIOUS TYPES OF PEER PRESSURE
3.STUDENT WILL ACT OUT VARIOUS DRAMATIC ROLE PLAYING SKITS BASED ON "SCENARIO HANDOUTS"
 
4. Objectives-
1.STUDNTS WILL REMAIN FOCUSED AND ON TASK IN-GROUPS
2.STUDENTS WILL PRESENT THE SCENES DRAMATICALLY
3.AUDIENCE MEMBERS WILL SHOW RESPECT FOR ALL PERFORMERS AT ALL TIMES
 
5. Materials and Aids-
ROLE PLAYING SCENARIOS, STUDENT RESPONSE SHEET,PEER PRESSURE INFORMATION PACKET, PAPER BAGS,
 
6. Procedures/Methods-

A. Introduction-

1.BRIEFLY INTRODUCE THE DRAMATIC ART OF ROLE PLAYING AND ITS BENEFITS
2.ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO INTRODUCE PEER PRESSURE
 

B. Development-

1.REVIEW THE PEER PRESSURE INFORMATION PACKET AND TYPES OF PEER PRESSURE
2.ORGANIZE THE CLASS INTO SMALL GROUPS A-F
3.GIVE EACH GROUP "THINGS TO REMEMBER" AND "ROLE PLAYING SCENARIO" SHEETS, "BAG OF TRICKS", AND TIME TO PREPARE SKITS
 

C. Practice-

1.GROUPS WILL ACT OUT THEIR SKITS ONE AT A TIME
2.ALL AUDIENCE GROUPS WILL HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS AND CHOOSE THE "TRICK" BEING USED IN THE SCENE FROM BAGS
3.GROUP SPOKESPERSON WILL EXPLAIN WHY EACH "TRICK" WAS CHOSEN
4.EACH STUDENT WILL WORK ON RESPONSE SHEETS
5. AFTER ALL SKITS ARE PRESENTED, CLASS DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE
 

D. Independent Practice-

1. DRAMATIC ROLE PLAYING KITS
2. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
 

E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-

1. SKIT ASSIGNMENT
2. FEELINGS WORD BANK
 

F. Checking for understanding-

1. STUDENT RESPONSE SHEETS
2. GROUP RESPONSES AND DISCUSSION
3. CLASS DISCUSSION
 

G. Closure-

1. THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED PEER PRESSURE IN YOUR OWN LIFE
2. CAN PEER PRESSURE EVER BE POSITIVE?
 

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