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Subjects Arts & Humanities
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Brief Description This "Readers Theater" script tells the story of one musher and his loyal sled dog team.
Objectives Students will
Keywords Iditarod, Reader's Theater, play, script, musher, dog, Alaska, winter, teamwork
Lesson Plan Cassandra Wilson, a fourth-grade teacher at Applegate Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, was the 2003 Teacher on the Trail (TOTT). Wilson has adapted the children's book Where's the Boss? into a Reader's Theater script with parts for 10 students. You might begin the lesson by reading Where's the Boss? to students; then arrange your class into two groups and have each prepare to perform the play. See Cassandra Wilson's copies of the Where's the Boss? Reader's Theater script and its accompanying lesson plan. You might also read an article about a performance of the play by Wilson's students.
Extend the Lesson Assessment Students write a journal entry to describe how they felt about being part of the Reader's Theater play, and what they learned about working as a team from the story and from being part of a group that put on the production. Lesson Plan Source National Standards FINE ARTS: Theatre NA-T.K-4.2NA-T.K-4.3NA-T.K-4.4NA-T.K-4.5
Acting By Assuming Roles and Interacting In Improvisations Designing by Visualizing and Arranging Environments for Classroom Dramatizations Directing By Planning Classroom Dramatizations Researching By Finding Information to Support Classroom Dramatizations
Acting By Assuming Roles and Interacting In Improvisations Designing by Visualizing and Arranging Environments for Classroom Dramatizations Directing By Planning Classroom Dramatizations Researching By Finding Information to Support Classroom Dramatizations
Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes Using Knowledge of Structures and Functions Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes Using Knowledge of Structures and Functions Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
Reading for Perspective Communication Skills Communication Strategies Multicultural Understanding Applying Language Skills
See more lessons in this week's Lesson Planning article Iditarod Brrrreathes Life Into Tired Curriculum (Brrrr!). Last updated 03/01/2012 |