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Week 4: Drama Roll on the Wall

This week we opened with another improv activity. We were asked to sit in a circle together and create a story. Each person said a sentence that would add to the story. However, to make this more interesting each sentence had to start following the alphabet. For example the first person starting the story had to create a sentence starting with A, the next persons sentence starts with B, C, and so on. This activity was a lot of fun because it put people on the spot as well as allowed individuals creativity to come out.

ABC. (Google Images)
The second activity that we looked at in this class was titled, Roll on the Wall. For this activity we were paired up in 2s, given a blank piece of paper and tasked with drawing an outline of a person on the paper. On the inside of our drawing you record how you would feel/think about the other people. On the outside you record how you think they see you.

This activity was done using the grade 5 social studies curriculum, comparing First Nations/Europeans. We took the perspective of either a First Nation individual or a European. We were allowed to use words, symbols, images etc when completing this activity. Once each group was complete the drawings were put up on the walls of the classroom and a gallery walk took place.

To conclude this activity each pair had to pair up with another pair so that there were four individuals in the group, 2 individuals from the European perspective and 2 individuals taking on the First Nations Perspective. Once we were in our groups we were tasked with creating a 3 scene tableau depicting the meeting of these two groups.

Below are images of the Roll on the Wall activity from my peers/this lesson.

Roll on the Wall Activity 

Roll on the Wall Activity
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