Puppet masters

Create and experiment with puppets made out of paper!

Student drama resource developed by The Arts Unit

Years 3 to 6 drama

Your students will:

• explore puppetry as a form of drama

• create puppets out of simple materials

• experiment with movement to bring life to an inanimate object

• devise, rehearse and perform a dramatic work using puppetry.

Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus

Drama

• DRAS2.1: takes on and sustains roles in a variety of drama forms to express meaning in a wide range of imagined situations.

• DRAS2.2: builds the action of the drama by using the elements of drama, movement and voice skills.

• DRAS3.2: interprets and conveys dramatic meaning by using the elements of drama and a range of movement and voice skills in a variety of drama forms.

• DRAS3.3: devises, acts and rehearses drama for performance to an audience.

Collection of student work

• Google Form: create a Google form with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create. Email this form to your students with the Creative Class link and all your student responses will be combined in a Google sheet.

• Google Classroom Assignment: create an assignment or a quiz in your Google Classroom with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create.

• MS Teams: create a quiz or assignment in your class team drive where students can submit responses and upload any files they create.

• Email: ask your students to email you any responses and files they create.

• Flipgrid: a website that allows teachers to create 'grids' to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is a message board where teachers can pose questions called 'topics'. Students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.

• Jamboard: an interactive whiteboard which can be used for class feedback.

For further support on how to create these resources

• Get started with Google Forms

• Create a Google Classroom Assignment

• Assign quizzes to students through Microsoft Teams

• Create an assignment in Microsoft Teams

• Educators – getting started with Flipgrid

• Get started with Jamboard