Date submitted: 7/11/2008 

Learning Targets: What you want students to know and be able to do as a result of learning process	Assessment Criteria: The observable traits and dimensions of meeting the learning target—what it looks, sounds, or feels like when the student demonstrates this newly acquired knowledge or skill.
Students will use their bodies and facial expressions to create and express characters, emotions, etc.	The teacher and other students will observe to see that students are appropriately representing their characters, emotions, etc. and will offer positive feedback.
Students will be able to identify the beginning, middle, and ending of their stories.	Students will demonstrate this understanding by acting out these parts in time order sequence in their dramatic performances.
Students will gather props necessary and beneficial to act out their play.	The teacher will observe both the appropriateness and creativity students use with their props.
Students will reflect on their performance and compare it to the written version of the story.	The teacher will ask students to compare and contrast the written version of the story to the dramatic performance of the story.

Responding/Reflecting: Guiding Questions before, during and after the lesson activity that help students build critical thinking skills, link big ideas with historical/cultural resources, and reflect on and assess their own and other’s art.
1. Describe	2. Analyze
What are some ideas you have regarding ways to move your bodies during your play?	How can you make your body change shape?
Are there different ways you can move during your play?	What effect do you think this will have (or did have) on your audience?
Can you think of some different facial expressions?	How can you change the way your face looks to express an emotion (happy, sad, excited, scared, etc.)?
3. Interpret	4. Evaluate
Can you use your facial expressions in the play?	How do you think using facial expressions will help (or did help) to accurately portray your character?
What were some big differences between reading the story and acting it out in a play?	Did you benefit more from one style than the other?

Learning Sequence: Indicate steps needed to achieve learning targets Note Idaho Humanities Content Standard/student artistic process element addressed in each step
1.                                                                                                      CreatePerform/ExhibitRespond/Reflect K-3.T.1.2.2 Compare a written (visual or oral) story with a dramatic performance of that same story.   Check for understanding by: In-process assessment of student learning through questions, self reflection, teacher scan, peer sharing, checklist, or other assessment tools
2.                                                                                                     CreatePerform/ExhibitRespond/Reflect K-3.T.2.2.2 Identify the beginning, middle, and ending of dramatic performances.  Check for understanding by:
3.                                                                                                      CreatePerform/ExhibitRespond/Reflect K-3.T.3.1.1 Create characters, environments, and situations for dramatization.  Check for understanding by:
4.                                                                                                      CreatePerform/ExhibitRespond/Reflect K-3.D.3.1.2 Demonstrate how the body can change, create shapes, change levels, and move through pathways in space at various speeds.  Check for understanding by:
5.                                                                                                      CreatePerform/ExhibitRespond/Reflect Check for understanding by:
6.                                                                                                      CreatePerform/ExhibitRespond/Reflect Check for understanding by:
Responding: Closing Reflection with Students Did you achieve the learning targets? How effectively did you meet each assessment criteria for the lesson? What are some of the things you enjoyed about acting out this story? Could you have expressed your characters emotions without facial expressions? What role did your body language take in helping to portray your characters? Did using props (and scenery) help you to do a better job of telling the story? Do you feel you did a good job of telling your story? What would you do the same or differently next time? By seeing multiple groups, how did we see different ways to tell the same story accurately? Can you think of any other stories that would be fun to act out?