Grade 1 Overall Expectations:
Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process to dramatic play and process dramatic play and process drama, using the elements and conventions of drama to communicate feelings, ideas and stories.
- Make Your Own Puppets (book)
- Romeo and Juliet for Kids (book)
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Kids (book)
- Munsch at Play (book)
- The Frog Who Became an Emperor (Hoopla)
- Poetry? Yuck! (Hoopla)
- Many Helping Hands (Hoopla)
- Mother Goose (Hoopla)
- The Ants Go Marching One by One (Hoopla)
- Old King Cole (Hoopla)
- Tell a Story with Puppets (YouTube)
- What is a Character? (YouTube)
- Gestures (YouTube)
- Paper Bag Princess Play (YouTube)
- Mary Poppins Read Aloud (YouTube)
- The Three Witty Goats Gruff Read Aloud (YouTube)
- Drama from Picture Books (Website)
- The Apple Tree (Website)
- Theatre Grade 1 (Website)
- Hand Animals (Website)
Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process (see pages 23–28) to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of drama works and experiences.
- Kids’ Plays (book)
- A Play’s The Thing (book)
- On Stage (book)
- Candace Center Stage (book)
- Rain-Dance Play (Kanopy)
- Cinderella (Hoopla)
- It’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood (Cloud Library)
- You Are My Friend (Cloud Library)
- Inside Out: Guess the Feelings (YouTube)
- The Lion King’s Court (Website)
Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of drama and theatre forms and styles from the past and present, and their social and/or community contexts.
- Multicultural Plays for Children (book)
- Anansi’s Adventures (playaway)
- Cool Sets & Props (book)
- Mustard Pancakes (Kanopy)
- My Place (Kanopy)
- Ollie on Stage (Hoopla)
- Takes the Stage (Hoopla)
- Mia Sets the Stage (Hoopla)
- Trolls (Cloud Library)
- Fairies (Cloud Library)
- Nanabush Story (YouTube)
- Anansi Story (YouTube)