Creative Drama Lesson Plan

Grades 1-3
Lesson 2/2

Core Activity:

Overall Objective of Lesson:
Students are to participate in small groups and develop a stronger sense of self. The students will understand the difference between wants and needs.

Warm-up:
Have the students walk around the room normally. Tell them that as you call out a different character that you want them to become that character. Get the children moving mentally in every direction. Examples of characters: Old man/woman, baby, dinosaur, mouse, a person on stilts, a giant, seagull, shark, dog.

Materials:
Worksheets (one per student)
Chalkboard

Description:
1. Anticipatory Set
a) Has anyone ever imagined that they were someone else?
b) Have you played house or with army men?
c) Today we are going to make believe that we are different people.

2. Objective:
a) This encourages the students to take on other roles and to become the person that they are portraying.
b) The warm up will encourage mind set for the core activity....