Lesson Plan- Drama

Descriptive Title for lesson: Drama Activity: Acting out the Nativity

Subject: Drama

Level: 4 years

Instructional Goal: Children will become aware of the origins of Christmas by re-enacting the story of the nativity.

Age Range: 4+

Previous Knowledge: Students should be familiar with the concept of Jesus birth in a stable and the song away in a manger.

Lesson Pre- Assessment: Students will match the correct name to the characters displayed on the wall - Mary, Joseph, The Shepherds, The wise men, the Inn Keeper.

Rationale for Teaching Strategies Selected: Role playing activity was selected to solidify the information they gathered from the story in order for them to remember it.

Peer Tutoring- this was used for the younger students to observe the older students so they could see what is a suitable way to re-enact the nativity story.

Story telling- this was used to engage the children through their senses which are seeing and hearing for them to learn.

Computer based instruction- this was used to draw the childrens attention with pictures and music.

Journal- this was used so that children can look back in the future and remember what they learned that day and also to further solidify the information received in the session.

Objectives Organized by Domain: Cognitive: 85% of children 4 years and older will learn about the nativity story while re-enacting Jesus birth. Affective: 85% of children 4 years will show interest in the birth of Jesus Christ by asking questions and having an excitement to take part in the play. Psychomotor- 85% of children will develop their gross motor skills by walking for a long distance to represent the Journey to Bethlehem.

Objectives (For each stage, identify when the objective is being addressed) Stages of Instruction Set Induction (Introduce the students to the objectives that will be learned. If this lesson continues from a previous lesson, how does it connect to what was taught)

The cognitive objective is being addressed in the introduction with -a computer the photostory, which is that - a projector 85% of the children 4 years - speakers old will be able to learn about the nativity story. 1) 2) 3) 4)

Content (Describe the content knowledge and how it will be provided to students e.g., lecture, discovery learning, textbook, video) Teaching & Learning Strategies (Describe, in detail, activity(ies) that will assist students in reaching the objectives. Also include practice activities, a plan for providing

The teacher will Students will say acknowledge goodmorning their teacher and to the entire class sit attentively to and explain that watch the the topic for the photostory. day is The nativity. The teacher will then play the photostory for the children to learn about the nativity. Names of characters in the story of the nativity: Mary, Joseph, Jesus, the three wise men. How the people of that time dressed The historical and geographical setting of the story Information about Jesus being the Saviour of the world

Materials (Identify the materials [including technology related] needed at each stage) -Photostory of the story of the nativity.

Teacher (Describe what the teacher will be doing at each stage)

Student (Describe what the student will be doing at each stage)

Cognitive: 85% of children 4 years and older will learn about the nativity story while reenacting Jesus birth. Affective: 85% of children 4 years will show interest in the birth of Jesus Christ by asking

Costumes for Mary, Joseph, Jesus, the shepherds, the three wise men and animal costumes A star for the sky A manger for Jesus to lie in

The teacher will recap the storyline of the photo story with the children. The teacher will enquire of the children which character they would like to be as

The students will sit down on mats to watch the photo story being played. The students will respond to the teacher

feedback, as well as examples to aid their understanding.

questions and having an excitement to take part in the play. Psychomotor85% of children will develop their gross motor skills by walking for a long distance to represent the Journey to Bethlehem.

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they act out. The teacher will ask a few older children to act out the story for the children before they act it out for themselves The teacher will ask each child Individually what things they think their character will say. The teacher will explain that they will do a testrun and when they are Comfortable, they will perform it for their peers in another class on another day. The teacher will do a test run of the play with the children. The teacher will show the children bible verses

and tell her which characters they would like to reenact The students will watch as their peers demonstrate how to act out the play The students will tell the teacher what words they will say as their character. The students will take part in a test-run until they are comfortable with their lines. The students will be excited to perform for their other peers The students will listen to the verses in the bible that talk of

Jesus birth Closure (Describe how you will bring the lesson to a close. Review the objectives and how they will connect to the following lesson [if applicable]) A cd with away in a manger A cd player A slide show with the lyrics for the song The teacher will invite the class to sing the song away in a manger The students will rehearse the words for the song. The teacher will play the song and sing with the students as the words play at the same time. The students will review the words to the song away in a manger. The students will sing away in a manger with the teacher while looking at the words on the screen.

Summative Assessment: The children will make a journal entry in which they will draw a picture of their favourite part of the story of the nativity and present it to the class. This will show that they were able to identify a part of the story that they enjoyed and remember the details of the story they learned.

Contingency Plan: In case of the failure of the technology, a hard copy of the book the nativity story will be held close by. Also, the students will be allowed to gather instruments from the music centre and will sing away in a manger acapella.