Monday:
(TEKS 7.5B)
Activities: Evaluate the silent movie of
the Dust Bowl on the internet (see useful website ... wait
for it to download, it takes awhile). Write a script to narrate
the story being shown. Work on reading the script using different
pitches. Voice the script in a low tone, then in a high tone.
Which sounds better? Now pretend you are a reporter going
"live from the scene of the Dust Bowl." Use a pretend
microphone and tell "viewers" what's going on in
the scene "behind you." Possibly videotape each
performance. Remind students they cannot keep their heads
down and read their script. They must spend part of their
time looking into the camera. Teach students to ad lib or
memorize their script.
Useful
website:
http://www.usd.edu/anth/epa/dust.html
Tuesday:
(TEKS 7.1A)
Activities: Use the book Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse. Put students into groups of two. Have one
student pick a character from the book and act like that character.
Have the other student pretend to be a reporter. Have the
reporter interview the character and take notes on what s/he
says. Next, have the students switch roles. Do this for various
characters throughout the book. To expand the activity, have
students pretend to be famous people. Have the "reporter"
ask questions to try to guess which famous person the other
student is pretending to be.
Wednesday:
Field trip to the Discovery Center
Thursday:
Activities: Have students look through the
book Out of the Dust and write down adjectives or describing
words that are found in the book. Cut out each word and put
into a hat. Have students draw a word from the hat and act
out that word in charades fashion. Have other students guess
what the word is.
Friday:
(TEKS 7.4A)
Activities:
Have students work in groups and write short plays. Give students
this prompt:
It
is present-day in Amarillo, Texas. A huge dust storm is coming
in the distance. Make up characters, a plot and dialogue.
Next,
have students perform their play, or switch plays with another
group and perform that group's play.
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