PRoPELS

Student: Date:

1. First Scripts 2. Roles in Action 3. Roles with 4. Mature Roles, 5.

Rules and Planned Dramatization,
Beginning Scenarios, and Multiple Themes,
Scenarios Symbolic Props Multiple Roles,
and Directors
Play
Plan Does not plan during Does not plan during Plans roles; actions Plans each scenario Plans elaborate
play play are named prior to in advance themes, scenarios,
play and complex roles.
Spends more time
planning than acting
out the scenario

Roles Does not have roles Acts first and then Has roles with rules Has complex, Can play more than
decides on roles. No that can be violated. multiple roles. one role at a time.
rules are revealed. Roles have social
relationships.

Props Plays with objects as Plays with objects as Needs a prop for a Chooses symbolic Can pretend rather
objects. props. Actions with a role. and pretend props. actually have a prop.
prop result in a role. Does not need a prop
to stay in the role.
Objects can have
roles.

Extended time Explores objects, but Creates scenarios Create scenarios that Creates scenarios Create scenarios that
frame not play scenarios. that last a few last 10-15 minutes. that last 60 minutes last all-day and over
minutes. or longer. With several days. Play
support, can create can be interrupted
scenarios that last and restarted.
over several days.

Language Uses little language. Uses language to Uses language to Use language to Uses language to
describe actions. describe roles and describe roles and delineate the
actions. actions. Uses role scenario, rules, and
speech. action. Book
 language is
incorporated into role
speech.

Scenario Does not create a Creates a scenario Play familiar scripts Plays a series of Plays a series of
scenario. Can copy that is stereotypical, fully. Accepts new coordinated coordinated
what the teacher with limited scripts ideas. scenarios that scenarios that
does and says or will behaviors. Can change in response change in response
follow the teachers incorporate modeled to previous ones or that change in
directions if script is roles and actions into the desires of response to previous
simple and repetitive. play with support. players. Describes ones or the desires of
unfolding scenario, players. Uses themes
roles, and actions. from stories and
literature.