This document outlines a lesson plan for 2nd grade students that integrates arts and other subjects. The lesson involves students planning, practicing, and performing tableaus based on texts they have read to depict suggestions for improving their school. Students will write opinion letters with their suggestions and critique each other's performances. The goals are for students to demonstrate comprehension, develop creative skills through an artistic medium, and connect their learning across subjects.

1. Interactions Affect
Perspectives
How can our interactions with people,
animals, and the environments around
us affect our perspective?
Stephanie Galik
Fremont Elementary - 2nd grade
December 14, 2013

2. Standards
Arts Content
4.0 Aesthetic Valuing
Critical Assessment of Theatre
 4.1 Critique an actor’s performance as to the use of voice,
gesture, facial expression, and movement to create
character
 4.2 respond to a live performance with appropriate audience
behavior.
5.0 Connections, Relationships, Applications
Connections and Applications
 5.1 use problem-solving and cooperative skills in
dramatizing a story, a current event, or a concept from
another subject area.

3. Standards
CC Content
 Reading 2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what
where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding
of key details in a text.
 Writing 2.1. Write opinion pieces in which they introduce
the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion,
supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words
(e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons,
and provide a concluding statement or section.
 Listening and Speaking 2.2 Recount or describe key ideas
or details from a text read aloud or information presented
orally or through other media.

4. Integrated Learning Outcome
Students will be able to write a
letter to our principal giving their
opinion on three ways we could
improve our school based on the
texts we have read. Students will
then plan and practice a tableau of
their letter.

5. Creative Process:
Imagine/Examine/Perceive
 Students will practice pantomiming action
words (verbs) from the texts read. (CRA 5.1)

6. Creative Process:
Explore/Experiment/Develop Craft
 Students will plan, practice, and perform their tableaus based
on assigned scenes/pages from previously read texts. (CRA 5.1)
 Students in the audience will practice appropriate behavior and
critique the performances. (AV 4.1 and 4.2)

7. Creative Process:
Explore/Experiment/Develop Craft
 Students will plan, practice, and perform their tableaus based
on assigned scenes/pages from previously read texts.
(CRA 5.1)
 Students in the audience will practice appropriate behavior and
critique the performances. (AV 4.1 and 4.2)
Science:
Natural Resources

8. Creative Process:
Explore/Experiment/Develop Craft
 Students will plan, practice, and perform their tableaus based
on assigned scenes/pages from previously read texts. (CRA 5.1)
 Students in the audience will practice appropriate behavior and
critique the performances. (AV 4.1 and 4.2)
The Giving Tree

9. Creative Process:
Explore/Experiment/Develop Craft
 Students will plan, practice, and perform their tableaus based
on assigned scenes/pages from previously read texts. (CRA 5.1)
 Students in the audience will practice appropriate behavior and
critique the performances. (AV 4.1 and 4.2)
The Giving Tree

10. Creative Process:
Create
 Students will write an opinion letter to the
principal suggesting 3 ways to improve the school
based on our readings.(W 2.1)
 Students will plan and practice their tableau
depicting their 3 suggestions to improve the
school.(CRA 5.1)

11. Creative Process:
Reflect/Assess/Revise
 Students will reflect on their tableau by completing the self-reflection form.
 Students will critique performances based on their created rubric. (AV 4.1)
Theater Performance
Worked together during
practice.
Yes No
Narrator used a loud voice. Yes No
Everyone participated. Yes No
Actions matched the words. Yes No
Audience
Looked at the actors. Yes No
Sat up, looked attentive,
quiet.
Yes No
Applauded at the appropriate
time.
Yes No

12. Summative Reflection:
Teacher Comments
What I loved!
 I was surprised by how
I wonder if I….
creative the students were
in coming up with their
actions.
had been more
flexible and allowed
the students to form
their own groups
(number of people to
match the number of
parts they needed).

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14. This lesson was the result of the work
done at the Arts Every Day workshop
offered through the Fresno County
Office of Education.