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Cereal Box Theatre (Ages 11-16)
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Showcasing Theatre, Performance, Narrative writing, Character development, and Creative Arts in this 4 week build your own cereal box theatre! Middle School Project Based Learning
Class Experience
**New to Outschool? Use our coupon for a $20 discount! ARILearnin20 ** Together we will explore the theatre! We will use recycled cereal boxes to cut out, paint, decorate and staple together a theatre for our play. We will explore the idea of backdrops and what they do and how we can create different scenes. This 4 week class takes Public Speaking, Creative/Narrative Writing, Theatre - both elements and improv, Project-Based Learning and rolls it into one offering that covers main...
4 lessons//4 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Build your TheatreCreating the theatre using a cereal box. While the paint dries we will talk about story arc and think of potential storylines/characters/settings. All types of boxes are welcome. We will make a story plan and start working on our scenes and setting.Week 2Lesson 2Character DevelopmentDrawing characters for our plays and creating paper stick puppets and exploring main characters and supporting characters.Week 3Lesson 3Narrative Story Arc and mapping it outWe are ready to put it all together. Do we need more scenes? More characters? Cue cards can be created to assist us for performance. We can decide if lines need to be written or if this will be improvised. We will discuss the upcoming final week's presentations and talk about stage fright and ways to overcome it.Week 4Lesson 4Performance week!Each student will put on a show with their puppet theatre for the class. We will start with a short lesson on audience etiquette. If a student is too anxious to perform their play live, parents are encouraged to help them film it and then screen sharing their video in the class.
- Your student will learn about story arc, characters (both main and supporting), theatre and settings and how they impact the story we are trying to tell. There is also a performance aspect which helps students struggling with Public Speaking. *This course directly relates to B.C. Ministry of Education’s Curricular Core Competencies for Arts Education Grades 4-12 exploring/creating, reasoning/reflecting, communicating/documenting, and connecting/expanding. *This class applies to the curricular requirements for Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies 6 B.C. Grade 1-6 and directly relates to B.C. Curricular Competencies for ELA Grades 1-6 under Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing) Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing).
🎲Instructor: Ms. Yvonne, BMus. McGill University. Hi! I'm a Metis artist, musician and micro-farmer. My experiences range from 10 years with IBM as a field tech to professional musician. I am a songwriter and a homeschooling mum of two kids and my current obsession is board game design. I believe that child-led project based learning is the key to engagement. As an ND learner myself and a parent of an ND child, I believe connection and relationship are the first step in education. PBL or Project Based Learning allows us to incorporate all sorts of learning in one fun bundle of exploration.
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Homework
Frequency: includedFeedback: includedDetails: Students will need to do work outside class to complete each week. Writing their plays can just be point form work or doodled notecards that allows for improvisation within a general framework.Assessment
Frequency: includedDetails: Learners will self-assess based on how they feel about their project.
We are a Neuroaffirming Organization! We support learners with different needs and meet them where they are at. We are experienced scribes and enjoy exploring different approaches to writing and creating for each learner.
You will need an empty cereal box, a pair of scissors, tape, glue, a stapler, paint or markers, coffee stir sticks or actual twigs or popsicle sticks, regular paper, card stock if you have it, and of course, your imagination.
Students will be using scissors and if you want to support the use of an art knife please make sure there is a pad on the workspace to avoid damaging the table top. The first class is a tricky one. Please be on hand to help your learner sort out the way we disassemble and reassemble the cereal box for our theatres.
Joined October, 2017
4.7
565reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
2 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education from University of Victoria
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from McGill University, Canada
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$18
weekly or $70 for 4 classes1x per week, 4 weeks
40 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-16
1-5 learners per class
