Third Grade Drama
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Third grade Drama students have been introduced to the three drama tools: body, mind, and voice. Students will be using these Drama tools to help them explore concepts including using their imaginations, transforming, imitating & concentrating.
Recently, I sent a script home with your child. This script, Lapin and the Ball at M’Sieur Deer’s, will be performed by the third grade drama students on Monday, May 18 (more details will be sent home soon). Please read this script with your child. Along with the script was a short excerpt (stapled to the left side of their yellow drama folder) that your child has been instructed to memorize. Please work with them on this "monologue" every night as students will be using this for Lapin and the Ball at M’Seiur Deer’s try-outs on Tuesday, April 14. I am asking students to speak with loud, clear, expressive voices. I will also be watching for movement and gestures. Sometimes the following techniques help students who have difficulty memorizing lines:
Recording and listening to lines using a recording device
Writing or typing lines repeatedly
Writing lines on notecards
Breaking down script into more manageable segments
Rehearsing lines WITH movement choices
Sharing performances with different audiences (grandparents,
stuffed animals, or neighbors) to ease nerves
Practicing EVERY DAY with a partner
All students will be required to try-out even if they are not interested in a speaking part as this assignment will be for a grade. I am also using this "try-out" as an entrance assessment for fourth grade drama.
The class will present a creative movement performance based on a Louisiana folk tale on Monday, May 18 from 8:30-9:30 AM. More information will be sent home soon!
Thank you so much for taking interest in your child's artistic studies. If you have any questions, please email me at hkbriggs@lpssonline.com.
Underlined words in 1st paragraph = Drama vocabulary words