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Date
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Topic/Content/Skill
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Homework
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Assessment
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TEKS
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Monday
11/16/09
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Warm up: “Write everything you know about hand puppets (including shows
like The Muppets). Make predictions on what you will learn about puppets from
the next group project.”
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Review calendar outlines of Bag Of Puppets (BOP) project.
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Sit in circle and introduce toad puppet and pass around circle with each
student introducing the toad puppet as their own character.
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Share personal pet stories.
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Homework: Write 1-page story about an adventure about the pet toad.
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Write one-page
story about a pet toad.
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6.2C (TEKS/SE) Select movements and dialogue to appropriately portray an
imaginative character drawn from personal experience, heritage, literature,
and history.
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Tuesday
11/17/09
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Warm up: “Get your 1-page pet toad adventure story out and read it to a
neighbor. Be prepared to share it with the rest of the class.”
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Sit in circle and share pet adventure stories.
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After a few stories, discuss qualities of interesting and engaging stories.
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Read
pet toad adventure story
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6.2C
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Wednesday
11/18/09
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Warm up: “Look at your pet adventure story and answer the following in
complete sentences: How can you make it better? What would you change? How can
you make it a puppet show?”
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Sit in a circle and continue sharing pet adventure stories.
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Make a brainstorm idea map of qualities of a successful puppet show. Students
should copy the idea map in their journal as it is written on the board.
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6.3A (TEKS/SE) Define character, environment, action, and theme, using props,
costumes, and visual elements collaboratively and safely.
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Thursday
11/19/09
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Warm up: “Write a paragraph from the toad puppet’s point of view
introducing himself/herself and telling an adventure that he/she has had.”
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Discuss expressing emotions with socks
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Discuss how to write a monologue
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Begin working on White Sock Puppet Monologue
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Write sock
puppet monologue.
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6.3A
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Friday
11/20/09
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Warm up: “In a paragraph, describe specific things you will
practice during your monologue rehearsal today. For example: I will practice
moving my hand in sync with my words.”
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Finish writing White Sock Puppet Monologue (due by the end of class).
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Rehearse monologue for performance next class period.
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6.3C (TEKS/SE) Plan brief dramatizations collaboratively.
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Questions
to consider: How
does can you express emotions with just your hands?
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