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Grade 2 Drama
Unit 1: Mime and Movement
Date: 17th August- 21st September
Department: Drama
Weeks: 6
PURPOSE
Central Idea: People
communicate ideas,
feelings and
experiences through
the arts
LINES OF INQUIRY
Form: Interactions can be
improvised (Improvisation)
What is improvisation (C)
What is improvisation? (F)
Function: Gesture and movement as a form of
expression (Non Verbal Communication) What is
gesture? (F)
How are gesture and movement forms of
expression? (C)
TRANS-DISCIPLINARY
SKILLS
Social Skills
Cooperating: working
cooperatively in a group;
being courteous to others
sharing materials; taking
turns.
Communication Skills
Non-verbal communication:
recognizing the meaning of
visual and kinesthetic
communication
LEARNER PROFILE
ATTRIBUTES
Communicators
Risk-takers
CONCEPTS
Form
Function
Related Concepts:
Improvisation
Non Verbal Communication
Skills:
Improvisation
Mime
Gesture
Facial Expression
Movement
Lesson 1
Vocabulary:
Improvisation
Mime
Gesture
Facial Expression
Movement
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
In groups of 3-4 the teacher will give the students a location that they create using movement,
gesture and expression but no dialogue.
o
A sail boat, a lift, a taxi, a shop, a cave, a forest, a haunted house, a prison, a kitchen, a
zoo, a living room
Students will perform short improvisations for the class. The class will then guess where each group is
located using individual white boards to write down their location ideas.
Formative assessment
o
Students worked cooperatively, Students conveyed their given environment successfully.
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Objective: To create an environment and an object through mime, gesture
and expression.
WARM UP: Using Bell, quickly explore variety of different environments. In each environment a change
will happen and students will need to react to the change. (Weather, animals invading, etc)