MAKING CONNECTIONS TO LEARNING STANDARDS New Victory School tool Resource Guides align with the Common Core State Standards, New York State Learning Standards and New York City Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts. We believe that these standards support both the high-quality instruction and deep engagement that The New Victory Theater strives to achieve in its arts education practice.
WHAT IS “AFTER” BOB MARLEY'S THREE LITTLE
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after | BEFORE EN ROUTE
PERFORMANCE REFLECTION
IN-CLASSROOM WORKSHOP ExTENSION: BIRD FRIENDS·
CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS: SING ALONG STORy·
CREATIvITy PAGE: EvERy LITTLE THING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT
AFTER provides teachers with engaging, ready-to-implement classroom activities that offer the opportunity to reflect on and extend the experience of attending the performance. Use this tool to actively reflect on the performance, make connections to your curriculum, and follow up on the New Victory classroom workshop to increase the impact of the theater-going experience. This section also includes Creativity Pages that provide students with the opportunity to reflect individually on and develop an aesthetic response to the show's content.
Following your trip to the New Victory, you may find that your students want to discuss the performance and their own opinions. Reflecting on the show and voicing an aesthetic response is an important part of the theater-going experience. Allowing your students the opportunity to articulate their own thoughts and hear the ideas of their classmates will increase the impact of the theater experience.
PERFORMANCE REFLECTION
AFTER
BEFORE BEYONDINSIDE EN ROUTE
TEACHER TIP Engaging in dialogue, asking questions and recalling observations are skills that we believe should be fostered and encouraged. When leading a performance reflection discussion, try the following model of critical response: Describe (I saw…) Analyze (I wonder…) Interpret (I think/feel…) Evaluate (I believe…)
PERFORMANCE REFLECTION
IN-CLASSROOM WORKSHOP ExTENSION: BIRD FRIENDS·
CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS: SING ALONG STORy·
CREATIvITy PAGE: EvERy LITTLE THING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT
In the pre- and post- New Vic classroom workshops, your students danced to Bob Marley’s music. Use this exercise to allow your students to get creative by making their own colorful bird masks to wear while they dance to Bob Marley’s song, "Three Little Birds!"
Materials: White Eye Masks (can be found at any craft store or on Amazon.com) or paper plates, construction paper, feathers, glue, tape, scissors, Bob Marley’s song, "Three Little Birds" (music and a music player), and a sample bird mask made by you!
1. Inform your students that today, they are going to be performing their own dance to Bob Marley’s song, "Three Little Birds" in the style of the show!
2. If your students participated in the New Vic pre-show and post-show workshops: revisit the dance you created and rehearse it until all students feel comfortable. If your students did not participate in the New Vic classroom workshops: take the time to create a dance to the song, “Three Little Birds.” Ask for your students to generate ideas as to what their dance moves to the different parts of the song should be. Rehearse the dance until all students feel comfortable.
3. Introduce your students to the idea of mask-making. Show them your sample bird mask and have the class brainstorm what kind of bird might wear this mask. Inform your students of what inspired you in the creation of your mask (such as the character you wanted to create, the style you chose, and why).
4. Ask your students to think about what kind of bird they want to be. Have them turn and talk to the person next to them to brainstorm how they want to design their masks.
5. Distribute the design materials to your students. Allow time for your students to create their masks. Have them tape and glue feathers to the masks, and create beaks with construction paper to go over their noses (as shown).
6. Once your students’ masks dry, try them on! Students should walk around the room as their birds. Guide them in thinking about their bird’s character and how their bird moves. Ask: How does your bird flap his or her wings? How fast or slow does your bird fly or walk? What does your bird look like when it eats?
7. Have your students perform the dance they created to "Three Little Birds" in their masks! Invite another class to watch their dance in order to build on the excitement of the performance.
8. Reflect on the activity as a class.
REFLECTION QuESTIONS What are some of your bird's qualities? What inspired you to create this kind of bird?How did the masks change the way you performed the dance?What was it like to perform for an audience??
PERFORMANCE REFLECTION
IN-CLASSROOM WORKSHOP ExTENSION: BIRD FRIENDS·
CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS: SING ALONG STORy·
CREATIvITy PAGE: EvERy LITTLE THING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT
CLASSROOM CONNECTIONSSING ALONG STORyUse this activity to connect the musical theater experience of BOB MARLEY'S THREE LITTLE BIRDS to a book you are reading in class. Also use this activity to discuss characters, plot and setting.
Part I - The Day Before1. Choose a story that you wish for your students to explore further as a class. This should be a book that you can read to your
students aloud within a class period.
2. Inform your students that today they will be turning this book into a musical!
3. Have your students brainstorm a list of the characters in the story. Write this list on the board or on a large piece of chart paper that everyone can see.
4. Next, have your students break down the basic plot of the story. Write down everything they can remember about the book. Then, choose 3 major moments to highlight.
5. Ask your students to recall the settings of those three major moments. Write down the settings next to each plot point. Then have the students recall which characters were present in those moments.
6. Thinking about what happens in the first moment, ask your students: Which character(s) do you think would be most likely to sing a song in this moment? What type of song might they sing? Can you think of a song that you know that fits this moment? What is happening around these character(s) as they sing?
7. Repeat Step 6 for the next two moments of the story.
8. Download the songs that your students suggest and bring them to class the next day.
Part II - The Day Of1. Read through the story as the narrator and bring the book to life by calling on various students to take turns portraying the
different characters and scenes as they arise in the book. When the specific moments the class identified come up, play the songs and have your whole class sing and dance along!
2. Reflect on this activity as a class.
REFLECTION QuESTIONSDo you feel that the story changed with the addition of songs?Do you prefer the story with or without songs? Why?Can you imagine the story of BOB MARLEY'S THREE LITTLE BIRDS without songs? How would removing songs affect the show??
PERFORMANCE REFLECTION
IN-CLASSROOM WORKSHOP ExTENSION: BIRD FRIENDS·
CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS: SING ALONG STORy·
CREATIvITy PAGE: EvERy LITTLE THING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT
Bob Marley believed that no matter what, “Every little thing is gonna be alright.” Think about what makes you worry, and write what you do to make yourself stop worrying.
When you are finished, read what you've written to a friend or to your class. When you are ready, everyone can join with you by singing the famous verse that you heard in BOB MARLEY'S THREE LITTLE BIRDS about how every little thing is gonna be alright!
Sometimes I worry ABOUT
BECAUSE
To help myself not worry anymore, I
and
And of course, whenever I’m afraid, I also remember what Bob Marley said….
