Theater Integrated Lesson

Tamra Butler-Rice/First GradeTurner Elementary School

2015

Integrated Outcome

Students will create a tableau

of the story “The Lion and the

Mouse” to become familiar

with the story and decide their

favorite part of the story.

After creating their tableau they

will write an opinion piece about

their favorite part of the story.

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ELA Standards

RL 1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text

W1.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

VAPA Standards

Authentic Performance-Based Assessment

• Students will create a tableau to show their favorite part of the story.

• Students will write an opinion piece explaining their tableau and why it is their favorite part of the story.

Text

• “The Lion and the Mouse”

The Creative Process

Imagine

Examine

Perceive

Explore

Experiment

Develop Craft

Create

Share

Reflect

Assess

Revise

THE CREATIVE PROCESS

Creative Process: Share

Students work in collaborative groups to create their tableau.

Students perform CPR – giving feed back and making modifications.

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Creative Process: Imagine/Examine/Perceive

Students use pictures in the story to create tableaus.

Students use pair/share to collaborate prior to creating tableau and while refining it.

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Creative Process:Explore/Experience/Develop

CraftStudents are encouraged and

asked to create different parts of the story in different ways before choosing their final product.

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Creative Process:Reflect/Assess/Revise

CPR is used to provide feed back to students from peers.

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Creative Process:Create

Students work with their partner to create a tableau of the different parts of the story and ultimately their favorite part of the story.

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Rubric

Student Reflection

“It was fun because it helped me understand the story.”

“It made me happy to learn more about the story.”

It was fun working with my partner!”

“I learned to act with my body and my face.”

Teacher Reflection

Students were engaged and became quite good at creating different tableaus.

Students were able to identify their favorite part of the story easily because they were so familiar with the story due to their discussions while creating the different tableaus.

We had a lot of fun!

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This lesson was the result of the work done at the Arts Every Day

workshop offered through the Fresno County Office of Education.