Lesson Plan- Lesson # / Total in Unit Duration of Class: 45 Minutes

Class: Drama 7 Unit: Tableau/mime performance/characterization

Date: Nov 8/10
Task: Remembrance Day Performance/characterization activities
Learner Outcomes Plan for Diversity

To develop competency in communication Ensure

skills through participation in and exploration characterization
activities are
of various dramatic disciplines.
approachable for
all students.
To acquire knowledge of self and others
through participation in and reflection on Ensure students
dramatic experience. feel comfortable
with the difficult
subject matter.

Prerequisite Knowledge, Skills, Strategies and Attitudes Preliminary

Matters/Materials
Drama is a constant free flowing subject and students can learn new things in Needed (MN):
drama regardless of previous knowledge they just need to be willing to
participate and try. Rubric
Openness

Time Teaching Strategy Student Activity Resources/ Materials Needed

Introduction Nov Students will be given a Students will get in

8 reminder that if they want to alphabetical order in a circle
perform in the assembly to with instructors every day to
speak with teachers to establish classroom routine.
inform us. Question of the day
Stretching
Students will be given a
reminder of the seriousness
of Remembrance Day and
ensure they show respect to
the situation.

Students will be led in

guided meditation in order to
get into the right head space
for what they are doing.
Activity Students will be led in final
Sequence preparations and rehearsal
for the Remembrance Day
assembly and work to
ensure it matches up with
the timing of the song
provided.
Closure Ensuring that students
understand what they have
learned and what will be
expected from them moving
forward.
Time Teaching Strategy
Introduction Nov Students will be introduced
10 to characterization and the
breakdown of what is
Students will practice the
scenes in order to ensure
they are fully developed and
given the highest amount of
significance and respect for
the assembly.
Students that chose to
perform for the assembly will
be encouraged to take point
and ensure they all have
roles of equal weight in the
final product.
Students will be asked if
they need any further
clarification before next
class and time allowing be
given a broken down of
what’s happening in the
following class.
Student Activity Resources/ Materials Needed
Students will get in
alphabetical order in a circle
with instructors every day to
 expected from them during
the unit.
Activity Students will be lead
Sequence through a series of
character-based games that
will give them an
understanding of what is
expected from them when
they start building their own
characters from the ground
up.
establish classroom routine.
Question of the day
Stretching
Students will play a series of
games that will help them
learn the fundamentals of
character development and
help them start to think how
to incorporate it into their
own characters they will
build.
The games include taxicab
(students create scenes
focused on a taxi driver
picking up passengers, the
driver while develop a
distinct character and so will
the passengers. The taxi
driver will take on the
character of the first
passenger and each student
will then take on each new
character that enters the
scene), and park bench
(students will create scenes
in small groups focused on a
bench and must develop
strong and founded
 characters that make sense
in the space).

Closure Ensuring that students Students will be asked if

understand what they have they need any further
learned and what will be clarification before next
expected from them moving class and time allowing be
forward. given a broken down of
what’s happening in the
following class.