Elise Joyner

November 27, 2018 Elise Joyner Alyssa Adair’s 1st Grade Class Blackridge Elementary School Adapted from: Process Drama - Unity in the Classroom Creator(s) :   Emily, Makenna C., Jamie (TMA 352 Students) Title: Unity in the classroom Grade Level: 1 st grade Time to Teach: 30 minutes Big Idea(s): Unity in the classroom ●       Sharing what’s important to us ●       Creating unity amongst differences ●       Combining strengths ●       Adapting/flexibility   Drama/Theatre Standard(s): Standard 1.T.CO.2: Identify connections to other content areas in dramatic play or guided drama experiences. Other Core: 2. Develop social skills and ethical responsibility. a. Respect similarities and differences in others. b. Treat others with kindness and fairness. c. Follow classroom and school rules. e. Include others in learning and play activities. f. Participate with others when making decisions and solving problems. g. Function positively

Today was fun and full of connections! Miss Adair wanted to address some of the class issues that she has seen on the playground and in the class, so we did a process drama focused on unity. The bulk of the lesson plan that I used came from a group project devised in my Theatre for the Elementary Classroom class at BYU. The first part of the lesson is the hook to get students engaged with what we were doing. To do this, we played a game called "Seagulls and Crabs." It is a take on triangle tag. There are at 4 people to a group: a seagull, a crab, and two walls. The goal of the game is for the seagull to tag the crab and for the wall to prevent that from happening. The focus on unity came in the form of the two walls working together with the crab to prevent the seagull from winning. The students had a lot of fun with the game and were good to take their own initiative to make sure that every had a turn to be each part. The next part of a process drama is buildin

November 20, 2018 Elise Joyner Alyssa Adair’s 1st Grade Class Blackridge Elementary School Name of activity: Special Me: A Memorization Game Grade: 1st Grade Purpose of the game: Practice memorization skills, focus on drama techniques Procedure: ·       With the class sitting in a circle, have each student share something he/she is thankful for (since we are so close to Thanksgiving). ·       Moving clockwise, each student should take turns completing the sentence, “I am ________and I am thankful for____________.” ·       Remind students that they don't have to pick an object that is they are thankful for; they could be thankful because of an experience or feeling. ·       After each student shares his/her sentence, the person sitting to the left must state what the person who just spoke is thankful for before sharing his/her own unique sentence.   Possible time: 7-10 minutes Source: https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how