Selected Poems of Joy Harjo - Music Center

Model Lesson Nine – Theatre & Puppetry Arts: Rehearse Your Found Poem Shadow Play
Grades 2 – 5
Materials: Found Poems, Shadow puppets, Shadow puppet screens and stands, Light source for shadow screens and extension cords, Control rods, Masking tape, Sound Effects instruments and
handmade items (optional), Tag board; Teacher & Student Portfolios.
Enduring Understanding: As we explore our connection to Nature and to other people, we can gain understanding of our shared values and universal human heritage.
Essential Questions Related to Lesson and Unit: What new understanding of the anchor work poem did you get from doing the Shadow Play?
Big Idea for Lesson: Creativity is being able to find the connections between apparently unrelated ideas.
SUMMARY
Lesson Nine Outcomes Creative Task & Criteria Assessment Strategies
Students will be able to:
Produce a shadow play, using text, puppet
movement and sound.
(AP, CE, HCC, AV, CRA)
Demonstrate through writing, discussing, and
performance that they have learned the content of
the lesson.
Teacher will:
Teach the lesson effectively.
Assess student learning outcome.
Document, collect and label the evidence of
student learning from this lesson.
Assessing Prior Knowledge
What three elements of poetry did we learn?
What is Choral Reading?
What is giving & taking focus in Solo Reading?
What techniques for manipulating your puppet have you
learned?
CREATE & PERFORM – Becoming an Expert
Task: Students perform a small group shadow play.
Criteria
Performance must demonstrate:
Use of six puppet manipulation techniques.
―Giving and Taking‖ Focus in Choral and Solo Reading.
Narration that stresses appropriate syllables to indicate
meaning.
Clear articulation of words when speaking.
Music and sound effects that adds emphasis to the puppet
performance.
Music Center Anchor Work Model Curriculum Unit: Selected Poems of Joy Harjo.
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Teacher:
After discussing the anchor work, notes if the students
have a better understanding of poetry.
Notes how all or selected students progressed in their
vocal delivery.
Notes how the class has progressed in their teamwork
efforts since Model Lesson One.
Uses video to document the creative task.
Student Prompts & Questions:
Describe how your team worked together when you
created your performance.
Write about how you will build upon the work you
have done to prepare for the final shadow puppet
performance.
Write what you learned about poetry.
Enduring Understanding:
In what ways do the ideas from the poems have
meaning for you and your own life?
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