Giraffes Can't Dance Drama Strategies

Giraffes Can’t Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZjsLK5vwNU

1. Before Reading: Soundscape of the jungle.

• Verbally brainstorm different sounds you hear in the jungle and how we can make those sounds using our bodies/things in the room. (animal footsteps, insects, birds, trees rustling)
  
  
• Next, break up the class into groups of 4-5 and have them create a jungle orchestra.
• Finally, have groups present their soundscapes
  
  
  
  

2. Choral Speaking

• The reading or reciting of a text by a group, experimentation with language, rhythm, volume, pace, and different numbers of voices
• Split students up into groups of 4-5 and give them an excerpt from the story to perform as a choral speaking piece.
  
  

3. Tableaux/What if

• In groups, students create a what if statement relating to the book
• Students then create a 3-4 frame tableaux demonstrating their what if statement (what would happen if their what if statement was true, before, during and after their statement situation)
• Have the class present their tableaux’s while students guess what their what if statement is