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Objectives
In this activity you will think about how movement and gesture can be used to communicate meaning to an audience. You will read a short poem about an argument between a mother and daughter over a pair of shoes, and prepare a performance of the poem. One member of your group will read the poem, while the other two use only movement and gesture to communicate its meaning to the audience.
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Outcomes
By working through this activity you will:
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work through a storyboard selecting suitable poses for the characters in each frame, and explaining your decisions in the caption window.
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Resources
To complete the activities you will need access to:
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Kar2ouche Rehearsal Room Content Library
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1. First read/listen to the poem "Purple Shoes" in the text/audio screen.
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2. Next open the Purple Shoes storyboard. In each frame you will find that there are two (or more) images of the characters of the mother and daughter. You have to select the best one in each case, and explain the reasons for your choices.
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To open the Purple Shoes storyboard
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3. In the final frame we read that the daughter plans to wear the shoes to school on Monday – and she knows this will cause another row! Using no more than five frames, see if you can create some "snapshots" of this argument. Think carefully about:
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how the characters stand
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where the characters stand
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how close the characters stand to each other
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whether the characters face each other or not.
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Use the blank frames at the end of the Purple Shoes storyboard. (Click on the green composition screen tab to return to the storyboard.)
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4. In groups of three or four, prepare a narrated performance of the poem. First of all create a still image for each section of the poem. It is the director’s job to "sculpt" this image. Position the characters where you want them and help them to find the right pose.
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5. Now expand this image into a short mime using large, clear movements. It may help if your narrator reads each section of the poem aloud as you are practising your mime.
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6. Perform your work to the rest of the class. You will have the chance to watch other students’ performances and to discuss and evaluate their work.
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7. For homework, recreate (as far as is possible) the still images your group created for each section of the poem. Use the caption window to comment on the images you create, explaining why you chose to sculpt them in this way.
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8. If your teacher is able to take digital photographs of the still images your class created, you can load some of these into Kar2ouche as backgrounds, and use the caption window to write an evaluation of the images.
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