Using Parent Voices

Last week we kicked off an exciting 5th grade event, our class play! We began by reflecting on our previous drama experiences, thinking about interesting ways to tell stories, and by creating goals for what we want to explore next. Then our brainstorming began. Greek Mythology, a clear passion for many students in our class, became the conduit to telling our story. Together, we engaged in many brainstorming sessions about conflict, character, and theme. We interviewed our parents about the possibilities around using Greek Mythological characters to explore current events. Our parents' voices gave us new vocabulary words and ideas to consider. Suddenly, we needed to know definitions for hubris, narcissism, and allegory; these new words began to be peppered into our conversations and our ideas. Our next step was to play with some of the conflict ideas by creating tableau scenes with Emily Stone. Below is a scene that began with Zeus lying on the floor with Kronos fighting him. Our next step is to begin researching all the different Greek Characters we want to include, and find the right point of conflict we are wanting to explore.