Movement/Pantomime Unit:Lesson 6 - Introducing Pantomime Story FinalEducational Objective: Students will demonstrate an understanding of pantomime by composing pantomime stories in a group.Materials Needed: 5 or 6 random objects placed at the front of the room.(Examples of the ones I used: pool noodle, silver mixing bowl, baseball glove, teddy bear, pot lid, purse, rubber spider, prop horn, and a wizard hat)Hook:Have the journal prompt written on the board when students enter the classroom.Journal Prompt:Pick one of the objects at the front of the room. Answer the following questions:Who might use this object?Where would they use it?What is something unusual that a person could do with that object?After they have been given about a minute to answer the above questions, ask them to write a really short story about their answers. Point out that they already have one character, the setting, and a possible idea for the conflict. The story must include:- 3 or 4 people- The object- All of the elements of the dramatic structure.- A conflict.Allow them to write for about 15-20 minutes.If they would like one, give them an example using one of the objects at the front of the room. If their answers about a basket were a picnic, a person on a date, and to use it as a hat, their story could be something like, “two people were having a picnic on a date. Another person came along and took their basket. When they were trying to find it, the thief put it on his head and pretended it was a hat. They asked him if he had seen their basket. He shook his head to say he had not. The couple left. He ate a sandwich out of the basket. They saw him and got their basket back and chased him away.”) Give a few more examples if necessary.Instructions:Have students get into groups of three of four.Give them eight-ten minutes to share their stories with each other.Once ten minutes has gone by, tell them that they are in their performance groups, and they need to pick one of the stories they wrote to perform as a pantomime story.Give them a minute to vote on their group’s story.Explain to them that if their story is not picked, it does not mean that it wasn’t good. They will still be turning it in and I will read it. We only have time for a few.Explain that if they need to add to, change, or simplify their story in any way they can.Have the students start to think about who will play which part, and how they will pantomime this story.