Observing & Listening in Improv & Life
Develop your students’ abilities to listen to others and stay on topic (in and out of school) through improvised scenes.
Resources
- Just bodies, voices, and imaginations!
Fine Art Standards
- 4TH GRADE UEN 2010 THEATER STANDARD 2, OBJECTIVE 4: Develop an ability to listen to and observe others before responding in classroom dramatizations.
- 5TH GRADE UEN 2010 THEATER STANDARD 1, OBJECTIVE 1: Collaborate to select interrelated characters, environments, and situations that create tension and suspense for informal and formal theatre.
Integrated Standards
- 4TH GRADE HEALTH STANDARD 3, OBJECTIVE 2: Develop skills for building healthy interpersonal relationships.
- 4TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS CCSS.ELALITERACY.SL.4.1.C Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others.
- 5TH GRADE HEALTH STANDARD 3, OBJECTIVE 1B: Practice effective communication skills.
- 5TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS CCSS.ELALITERACY.SL.5.1.C Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
Objectives
Students will listen and observe others before responding in improvised dramatizations.