kennedy center edu.project

Kennedy Center @ Neval Thomas

Elementary School Connecting Communities through Words, Stories and Traditions in the Arts

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Teaching Artist directed

Vocabulary Component:

CCS Standards for English Language Arts

& Literacy in History/ Social Studies,

Science and Technical Subjects

Enrichment

Component

Core Curriculum State

Standards

Goals & Objectives

Teacher-Directed Reading/Writing Component:

CCS Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in

History/ Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects

CCSS – Read accurately, use context to

confirm or self-correct word recognition and

understanding

Above grade-level words used in context

Goal of Collaboration

The Kennedy Center’s education program

will provide the assigned partnership

school with ateaching artist, to help

students understand the art of story telling,

through theatrical performance.

Students will learn how to identify a

morale lesson and write an original play,

honoring the life and legacy of Bob

Marley.

CCSS – Interpret

figurative language and

nuances in word meaning,

including similes,

metaphors, and

personifications.

GRADE LEVEL

Time Frame:

HIGHLIGHT ACTIVITIES

Auxiliary percussion

instruments will be

provided.

Teaching artist will

also conduct a series

of workshops to

teach students about

story telling and

playwriting.

CCSS–Create narratives or write to develop real or imagined

experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive

details, and clear event sequences. In the text or a portion of the text

Main Focus

Students will learn that an opera is simply another way to

tell a story. They will watch several segments of five

different stories “brought to life” on stage, addressing

several of the newly adopted Common Core State Standards.

Students will create a dramatic performance for an assigned

story line, based upon original narratives accompanied by

music and other elements of opera,such as lighting, props

and design with appropriate costuming.



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Date: September 2013-June 2014

Please note that all educational program lessons will address standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science and Technology-based Subjects. Upon completion of these lessons students will learn how to further develop and enhance habits of the mind and apply them to various aspects of their academic and social lives.

Overall Course/ Program Objective:Students will learn how to use the elements of opera to create an original drama. Students will

learn how to acquire and use 21st century skills such as creativity, imagination, problem solving, media literacy, IT literacy, cross

cultural learning and structure, by exercising key characteristics and habits of the mind, including but not limited to: compare and

contrast, variety of expression, questioning, abstract and concrete thinking, applying prior and newly acquired knowledge, making

predictions, creating new productions, designing, analyzing, word structure, collaborative actions, sequencing and imagery.

Lesson Plan

I. Materials needed: *All materials will be provided by the Kennedy Center’s Education Department

II. Greetings & Roll-callhttp://yckyoungcitykings.blogspot.com/2012/04/complex-magazine-five-amazing-stories.html

III. Standard(s) & Objective(s):

CCSS – Recall relevant information from experience and summarize or paraphrase information.

CCSS – Develop the topic with facts, definitions or other information related to the topic.

Pre-Performance Objective: Students will learn how to identify a morale lesson, and learn about story construction by

identifying and defining the various components of a story.

Students will learn how to use elements of an opera to write an original theatrical presentation.

IV. Skill & Team Building Activities (5 minutes) Choral reading: An excerpt from the article:Reggae’s Mellow King, Defined by a Legacy He Couldn’t Outrun By: Stephen Holden Vocabulary Review



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Activities & Procedures

V. Warm-ups (10 minutes): Use your prior knowledge and complete the concept of definition web for opera.

CONCEPT OF DEFINITION WEB

Opera

It is like a play, which

the characters sing

their lines.

It may be written in

many different

languages.

It is another way to

tell a story.

It is a story set to

music.

Ex: Madame Butterfly

(Puccini) &Cosi fan

tutte (Mozart).

It may include soloist,

a chorus, an orchestra,

and dancers.



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VI. Mini-Lesson (15 min):Have students discuss and write an original drama, and complete the Story Construction diagram.

STORY CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAM

MAIN CHARACTERS: TIME &SETTING:

Mr. Wise & 5th

grade class Modern Day/ School Grounds

PEACE TALK

1. Exposition (BACKGROUND INFO)

One day a school bully decides to pick a fight.

2. Rising Action (PROGRESSING STORYLINE) Teacher breaks up the fight and settles everyone down in the

classroom.

3. Climax (MAXIMUM INTENSITY & SUSPENSE)

Directly followinga power point presentation about the life of Bob Marley, the school bully throws a paper ball, striking another student

in the back of the head.

4. Falling Action (ISSUES ARE BEING RESOLVED)

The teacher breaks up the fight for the final time, and ask a question that strikes up a conversation about the futility of violence and the importance of

peace.

5. Resolution (FINAL DETERMINATION)

Students respond to the question with a inspirationalhip-hop lyrics, music, rhythm, and movement. They speak of the importance of peace; expressing that “violence solves

nothing, but peace is the only way!”



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VII. Group Lesson (20 min):Students work in groups and answer the following assessment questions. Prepare to share. a. What makes a story? Something happens – a sequence of events. b. How can we use elements of an opera to create an original story? We can incorporate props and songs to bring our story to life. c. How does the school setting affect the plot? Most children behave differently while in school than when they’re at home. d. What is the morale lesson of the story? Problems can be solved when we stop fighting and work together.

VIII. Closing Activity& Recap (10 min): Lesson Reflection. Prepare to share.

Practice Skill: Summarizationof the moral lesson

TOPIC:

IMPORTANT DETAILS

SUMMARY

How did learning about opera and the life of Bob Marley

impact the writing of your original story?



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PEACE TALK _________________________________________

Written by: The Students of NevaltHomas Elementary School in collaboration with the Kennedy center’s teaching artist & facilitators

Teacher’s Note:

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Characters:

Wayne Penelope Chester Shawn Jada __________________

Pink Nia Quince Lamont_________________ __________________

Saniya Brittany Keisha Kail _________________ __________________



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Act I {School bully starts a fight}

Scene1 (The school’s playground)

SPECIAL NOTE: (AD LIB – CREATE LINES AS DESIRED, TAKE LIBERITES WITH YOUR LINES – IMPROVISE!)

Narrator: One day at recess, as the boys were playing ball, and the girls were practicing a new cheer,a school bully decides to pick a

fight.

___________1. You call that basket ball! My grandmother plays better than you! (Ad lib)

___________2. Ha, ha, ha, ha! He just said something about your grandmother! (Bully’s Friend) (Ad lib)

___________3. Man you crazy, that was a foul! (Ad lib)

___________4.Just pass me the ball and let the me show you how it’s done! (Ad lib)

___________5.(Bully fouls again) Sucker! (Ad lib)

___________6.Hey stop! That was another foul, what’s wrong with you??? (Ad lib)

___________7. What? You guys can’t handle a little fun?(Bully’s Friend) (Ad lib)

___________8. Man I outta punch your face in! (Ad lib)

___________9. Yea knock him down good, I’m sick and tired of him trying to bully people around. (Ad lib)

___________10. Shut up and mind your business before, I come over there and teach you a lesson.(Ad lib)

___________11. Then let’s go! I’m not afraid of you. (Ad lib)(Victim dashes over with her fist balled up and the girls follow suit.

Then the boys step in to help break up the fight.)

___________12. Ouch!!! Someone just pulled my hair! (Ad lib) (Victim turns and starts punching in the air, hitting one of the boys

directly in the face.)

___________13. What was that for? I’m only trying to help! (Ad lib)

___________14. You are such a cry baby! You just got punched in a face by a silly little girl and now you want your mommy!

___________15. Who do you think you’re calling silly? (Ad lib)

___________16. If the shoe fits then strut sister strut!!! (Ad lib)



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___________17. Hey guys cut it out, here comes Mr. Wise! (Ad lib) (The students continue to fuss and fight)

Mr. Wise 18. Stop it, just stop this fighting, we can address the issue once we’re settled, so quickly come in side and take a seat.

MUSIC CUE:

Scene2 (The classroom)

Mr. Wise 19.Now as I was saying, fighting is never the answer, it only causes more chaos. If you want to solve a problem then you

need to….(Wayne tosses a paper ball across the room and hits Penelope in the head). (Ad lib)

___________20. Hey what was that for?(Ad lib)

___________21. That’s for calling me a bully! (Ad lib)

___________22.Hey man you need to cut that out (Ad lib)

___________23. That bullying stuff is for losers.

___________24.Man shut up. You guys can’t tell me what to do. I’m no bully. I just don’t like people trying to tell me what to do.

___________25.Well picking a fight won’t solve anything, it only makes matters worse. It’s always best to talk things out.

___________26.Yea, in a nice calm, peaceful and respectful way.

___________27. Whatever! I think fighting is cool. Violence makes the world go round.

___________28.Well guys maybe he has a point, maybe being violent isn’t that bad. I’m sure Bob had to fight every now and then.

___________29.Having to fight and picking a fight is two different things, but as you guys could see Bob Marley was against

violence.

___________30.Yea, he wanted us to all get along peacefully.

___________31. I don’t care about none of that, picking fights and being violent make people afraid of me.

___________32.and me too!

Mr. Wise 33.Afraid of you?Seriously?After all that you’ve seen and all that you’ve heard, I can not believe that some of you are still

interested in fighting? Haven’t you learned anything from the lessons about the life of Bob Marley?

Class:

1.YesMr. Wise what you say is no lie!

2. You taught us quite a bit about a legendary guy,

3. born on February 6, 1945.

4. Marley’s righteous reggae music touched a lot of lives.



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5. Spreading peace, love, and unity;

6. with in global communities.

7. He taught us how to make a friend and peace with our enemies;

8. with one love, one heart.

9. He had this message from the start;

10. at the age of 12 when he learned the guitar.

11. I wonder if his momma knew her boy would be a super star;

12. schooling the world on the principle of peace;

13. placing emphasis on why the violence gotta cease;

14. for a brighter tomorrow and a greater today;

15. the lesson that he taught us all

16. is peace is the only way!

Cheering & Stepping {Hip Hop Beats & Movement}

PEACE, PEACE, PEACE is the way PEACE is the way, Peace is the way to solve it! Peace is the way to solve it!

PEACE

SOLOS

___________1.Well I guess I see your point about the beauty of peace

That Bob Marley guy he’s alright with me

___________2.Now I got to make some changes I can clearly see,

It’s cool to have friends and not be called a bully!

___________________& __________________3.So to answer you question Mr. Wise we gotta say

Violence solves nothing but peace is the only way.




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Peace is the way to solve it! Peace is the way to solve it!PEACE, PEACE, PEACE is the way PEACE is the way,

PEACE

Entire Cast:

Now help us spread this message, from us to you, from you to them, each and every day:

Violence solves nothing but peace is the only way!


PEACE is the way PEACE is the way, Peace is the way to solve it! Peace is the way to solve it!Peace, Peace,

PEACE!!!



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THE END

Credit Frame:

A tribute to the Life & Legacy of Bob Marley Theatrical Presentation by:Nikia A. Glass&Neval Thomas Elementary School 5

th Grade Students

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