Student learning materials and activities
Drama
Before we read our book, you are going to do a few warm-up games.
Listening activities:
You relax on the floor and close their eyes. The teacher asks you to concentrate on your listening to your own breathing. Then the teacher will play a range of mysterious sounds, for example soft scraping sounds, or creaking rustling sounds. Show and tell a partner what you think it might be.
Looking activities:
The teacher asks you to look around the classroom and imagine if it changed to another room. Imagine if a forest grew in the classroom? Imagine if the carpet was grass? Imagine if the ceiling hung with leaves from trees and vines. Imagine if there was no ceiling and you could look straight up to the sky. Can you imagine that you are somewhere else?
How exiting we are going to read “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak.
We will read, view and listen to the book again to explore the story.
Q What does the story make you think about?
Q How can you describe the characters in the story?
Q How might this story relate to you and your family?
Where the
Wild Things Are
by Maurice
Sendak
Click on the PDF below to access your Drama Booklet
Drama Booklet - Where the Wild Things Are
Developing
Activity 1 in your Drama Booklet
Create a class story board for the Where the Wild Things Are. Write down or draw ideas.
Activity 2 and 3 in your Drama Booklet
In small groups write detail about a scene and create a storyboard.
Characters
Now let’s learn about character and what elements are used to convey their role.
Characters are important in drama. Characters play a role for the audience. Learning about characters and thinking about their feelings can help us connect to them when we are performing. Voice, movement, gesture and role in each scene further enriches our character performance.
Select a character for “Where the Wild Things Are.”
Write your own character profile in your Drama Booklet:
Name of character:
Age:
Male or female:
Role in the play/scene/performance:
Favourite saying:
Usually wears or carries:
Is trying to:
Sharing
Activity 4 and 5 in your Drama Booklet
Participate in the character meet and greet role play.
Individually, choose a character and take on selected role. Student must mime, use movement or gestures to class to identify their character.
Q Why are facial expressions important when performing?
Q Why is your voice important when performing?
Q What is role play? Role play is playing the part of a character. For part of the Summative Assessment you will perform in a play from a scene from the book “Where the Wild Things Are.”
Remember use your voice, body, movement and language to make your performance dramatic!