After reading Chapter 8, we were inspired to try our own Stature Garden. The students in Marty’s class were asked to improvise by creating a statue garden. A student was asked to pick a place and describe who they were in that scene. Then one by one, a group of students had to add another character to the scene. Once the statue garden was set, the director said, “Action” and the statues had to come to life and do what would come next in the scene. Our class did this improvise activity. Please see below.
Garden #1- School
- The teacher…
- Students reading…
- Students writing…
- and the Principal.
When the garden came to life…
Garden #1 School from Shannon Miller on Vimeo.
Garden #2- The Circus
- The clown..
- a juggling clown…
- boy eating ice cream…
- boys watching clowns…
- a girl selling popcorn and a girl buying popcorn.
When the garden came to life…
Garden #2 Carnival from Shannon Miller on Vimeo.
Garden #3- WalMart
- Person stocking shelves..
- Girl working register…
- girl buying groceries…
- workers helping and customers buying.
When the garden came to life…
Garden #3 Walmart from Shannon Miller on Vimeo.
How do you feel we did? Was one them your favorite? Which group did the best improvising?