Class Play Planning - Week Two

Onward and upward... performance is December 20th!

Class Play Planning Week One


Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea, and Sky
by Vivian Laubach Thompson

Day Five - Monday, December 9

• read When the Sky is Like Lace by Elinor Lander Horwitz, review terms for phases of the moon
  

  new moon
  waxing crescent
  first quarter
  waxing gibbous
  full moon
  waning gibbous
  third quarter
  waning crescent

• look at moon phase models and our moon phase prop for the play
• make phases of the moon with Oreo cookies (four cookies per child)
• small group breakout sessions - paint background color on masks

Day Six - Tuesday, December 10

Morning

• work with Ms. Anna to build papier-mâché volcano model

Afternoon

• "Number Rhyme" game by Joan Marcus (with the numbers 11, 10) from The Waldorf Book of Poetry, p.291
• play improv game "Group Stop"
• walkthrough of "The Time of Deep Darkness" and "Spears of Lightning" and begin to make decisions on blocking
• make final prop and set decisions
• small group breakout sessions - embellish masks with additional details as needed, organize animal batiks, plan plant art pieces
  for Ku, god of forests
  koa tree
  candlenut tree
  hau tree
  wiliwili tree

  for Lono, god of growing things
  mango
  taro leaves
  guava
  coconut
  breadfruit
  sugar cane

Day Seven - Thursday, December 12

Morning

• work with Ms. Anna to finish volcano, paint plant art pieces

Afternoon

• small group breakout sessions - final planning and painting of small projects; measuring and testing quantities of baking soda, vinegar, food coloring, and clear dish detergent for the best possible eruption
• play improv game "Columns"

We took two identical vessels and placed one inside the papier-mâché volcano model. The other we kept out so that we could try different combinations of baking soda / vinegar and figure out the very best recipe, without destroying our volcano model from overuse. Perfect!

Day Eight - Friday, December 13

• assemble rolling clothing racks, hang fabric, paint sets
  Set 1 - Volcano
  Set 2 - Forest
  Set 3 - Rushing River
  Set 4 - Seacoast Cliff
  Set 5 - Mountains / Cave
  Set 6 - Chief Hut

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