Selected Poems of Joy Harjo - Music Center

Model Lesson Two / Theatre: Movement and Stillness on Stage – Learning the Walk/Freeze and Tableaux
Grades 2 – 5
Materials: Still camera, video camera, thesaurus, dictionary, Teacher & Student Assessment 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: How can I be a team player in motion and in stillness?
Big Idea for Lesson: Teamwork is vital in theatre and in life.
Lesson Two Outcomes
SUMMARY
Creative Task & Criteria Assessment Strategies
Students will be able to:
Assessing Prior Knowledge
Demonstrate the ability to work together as a team A tableau is a frozen scene. How can we make a
or an ensemble. (CRA)
tableau exciting?
Name some examples of action packed pictures.
(Example: sports photography)
Teacher will:
Teach the lesson effectively.
Assess student learning outcomes.
Document and collect the evidence of student
learning from this lesson.
CREATE & PERFORM – Becoming an Expert
Task: Compose a sequence of three tableaux from the
poem “Remember.”
Criteria
Students will:
Explore ways to interpret each of the three scenes
from the poem.
Use three levels in the Tableaux: low, medium, high.
Use strong energy in each tableau.
Use slow-motion Walk/Freeze to transition from one
tableau to another.
Incorporate sharp shapes in the first tableau; combine
sharp and curved shapes in the second tableau; use
curved shapes in the third tableau.
Music Center Anchor Work Model Curriculum Unit: Selected Poems of Joy Harjo.
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Teacher:
Takes photographs or video to document first creative
task.
Label images with appropriate task or student
outcomes.
Identifies elements that should be re-taught and/or included
in review.
Student Prompts & Questions:
In what other activities is teamwork necessary?
Look up synonyms for “tableau.”
Enduring Understanding:
A tableau is worth a thousand words, true or false?
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