Movement/Pantomime UnitLesson 3 - Pantomime StoriesEducational Objective: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the basics of pantomime by performing their pantomime activities and participating in discussions afterward.Materials Needed: Magic Box cards.Hook:Sit on the floor, in the front of the room, as students come in. Silently invite them to join you. Silently instruct them to make a circle. Do not make any noise at all. Once all of the students have joined you in the circle, and the starting bell has rung, begin the activity. Show the students the cards one by one, making sure everyone has gotten a chance to see them (change up which side of the circle you show the card to first so that students won’t feel it is unfair). The cards read as follows:In front of me there is a box.It is a magic box!It is magic because it is invisible.It is also magic because it can hold anything inside of it.(Think Mary Poppins!)(Or Hermione’s purse…)Each of us gets to choose something from the box —and show it to the rest of the class.Do not talk or make any noise as you do so.I’ll go first :)Go first. Show them, with your example, just how big the box can be and how much can be inside of it (for instance, ten pins and a bowling ball). Use the space, too, so students will know what to do. Pass the box to your left, so they also know what to do with the box when they are done.Transition:Once the box returns to you, put it away. Sit for 2-3 seconds, and then break the silence. If this has worked the way it was supposed to, it will be a fun transition because it is so jarring to start talking after ten minutes of silence.Discussion:Conduct a discussion with everyone by asking the following questions:What were some of the things you saw come out of the box?How could you tell?Could you tell the way that people felt about the items they pulled out of the box?How?Instruction:At this point, with students ready to practice before they perform, explain how you will grade this assignment:The students will start with ten points.-2 if they make any noise (explain if necessary)-2 if it is not in the time limit-2 if they break character (explain if necessary - this means looking at the audience or the teacher during the pantomime, laughing, or acting like you think it is a dumb assignment)Practice:Allow students five minutes to practice their pantomime scenes however they would like to.After five minutes, have students move to their seats for the performance.Performance:Split the class into two different halves with an imaginary line down the middle of them, so there are two different audiences. Have two people come up and perform at one time, with half of the class watching one and the other half watching the other. This is both so that it takes less time, and so that the students aren’t feeling too exposed or nervous for their first pantomime performance.After each of the performances, ask for observations and “noticements” of things that the performer did well from each side. Allow two or three for each performer.We will not get through everyone today. Allow a second day for these performances.