Embedded Files
Before the show:
ACTIVITY 1
What Do You Want a Hat Full Of? Journal/Coloring Assignment:
Materials: Coloring supplies, coloring sheet, lined paper.
PRINTABLE PDF LINKED HERE:
Hatful Activity Coloring Sheet
In the play, the characters all go shopping at a special store called the “Hatful Store”. This store has millions of hats, full of anything from dragon eggs to diamonds.
Students will reply to the following journal prompt: If you could have a hat full of anything in the entire world, what would you want in your hat? Students will receive a coloring page with a top hat, and will draw whatever they want in their hat. They will then present their hats to the class. Make note to tell the students to listen for these parts of the play when they see it.
ACTIVITY 2
What is a Pangolin? Informative Coloring Sheet
One of the characters in our show is an animal called a Pangolin. Do you know what a pangolin is?
Materials: The following handout: pangolin-coloring-page.pdf
ACTIVITY 3
Reduce Reuse Recycle Activity
Materials: Fact sheet, Activity.
ReduceReuseRecycleWorksheet.pdf
The characters in the play you are going to see work to help the environment by picking up trash they find and making it into treasures. When you watch the play, pay attention to what the characters do with the trash that they find. Pay close attention to some of the objects characters in the play are holding as well, and you might notice that some of them look familiar. Attached are a worksheet and activity about the 3 R’s: REDUCE, REUSE, and RECYCLE.
ACTIVITY 4
MY PET DRAGON
MATERIALS: Dragon worksheet (attached)
If you had a pet dragon, what would you want it to look like? What would you want to do with your dragon? A character in the play has a dragon, who loves to sing and play music. Imagine you had a dragon as your pet. What adventures would you want to go on together?
ACTIVITY 5
THEATRE VOCABULARY
Materials: Theatre vocab worksheet:
Theater-Vocabulary-Worksheet.webp
What do you know about theatre? This worksheet helps to define some terms for what theatre is, and discusses different types of theatre. Think about which vocab terms are related to the Hatful of Dragons play as you watch it.
ACTIVITY 6
A Dragon’s Feast
Materials: Menu Template
The play that you will see has two dragon friends who go to a cafe for some lunch. What do you think a dragon would like to eat at a restaurant? You are going to make your own menu made of what you think dragons like to eat. Just be warned… Dragons breathe fire! This means you should probably avoid ice cream- because they’re bound to melt it.
ACTIVITY 7
Instruments Vocab Activity
Materials: Worksheet (linked below)
Musical Instrument Unscramble Activity.pdf
In Hatful of Dragons, there are several instruments that are played by the different characters. Some of these instruments you may not have heard of before. In this activity, you will unscramble each word and match the number with the instrument you think it is. Check the back page for the answers to see how you did!
ACTIVITY 8
Theatre Etiquette Crossword
Materials: Worksheet (linked below)
Theatre Etiquette Crossword.pdf
Since you are about to see a live theatre performance, it is important to learn about theatre etiquette. Theatre etiquette means having manners, sitting still, being respectful, and kind to the performers that have worked hard to create a story for you to see. Please remember, a lot of these theatre etiquette rules can also be used in your classroom with your teacher. Remember to always be respectful and kind. Try this crossword puzzle to learn about how you can be a respectful and awesome “theatre-goer”.
After the Show
ACTIVITY 1
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?
Materials: How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen
Venn Diagram worksheet:
In Hatful of Dragons, you met two dragons who went to a restaurant together for some lunch. Unfortunately, they did not have the best time at the restaurant. This book by Jane Yolen offers a new story, about the dragon’s cousin… the dinosaur. (Perhaps the ones that hatched from the hat full of dinosaur eggs in the play!) Read this story and make a venn diagram of any similarities or differences you notice between how dragons and dinosaurs act at restaurants.
ACTIVITY 2
PERFORMANCE REFLECTION
Materials: Worksheet (linked below)
Now that you have seen Hatful of Dragons, it’s important to organize your thoughts. Please fill out this reflection worksheet, asking a couple of questions about the show.
ACTIVITY 3
Build Your Own Hat
Materials: Construction paper, tape, markers, scissors, link to resource.
https://www.firstpalette.com/craft/easy-paper-hats.html
What would you want a hatful of? Use these step by step instructions to make your own hat, and customize it in any way you want.
ACTIVITY 4
Make Your Own Instrument
Materials: Trash/ recycled objects (all cleaned out), link to resource.
https://zinginstruments.com/homemade-musical-instruments/
In the play, the characters all find objects that they create instruments out of. If you look closely, you’ll recognize many different reused objects that were turned into instruments. Now it’s your turn! Collect different recycled objects and use the link to create different instruments like the characters in the play!
ACTIVITY 5
Poem to Scene Activity
Materials: A Hatful of Dragons by Vikram Madan
Pick any poem from the Hatful of Dragons book, and read it aloud. Make sure it’s a brand new one that wasn’t included as part of the play you saw! Then, see if you can make your own scene out of the poem- like the actors did in the play. You can add any lines that you want, but be sure your scene tells the story expressed in the poem! Have fun with it and be creative! Nothing is too silly!
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