Welcome to our summer Reading Theater Camp!
At the Reading Theater camp, children will be able to practice important fluency attributes, such as pause, inflection, and intonation. In our camp we will act out some of the campers favorite stories and create costumes to go along with the stories. Challenging vocabulary will be reviewed and taught as part of instruction. At the end of the week, campers will put on a performance for their viewers!
Objective
- Learn the 5 elements of a story as well as the importance of each element
- Practice their reading and speaking fluency
- Read a variety of material to see how different books are written and get inspiration for their performance
- Enhance reading comprehension, attention to detail, and public speaking skills
- Create costumes, stage, and rehearse scenes from a selected work to present in our class matinee on Friday
Projects
- Major Project - Theater Production and Presentation
Students select a book to act out of Friday in front of the class. Students will work on creating their costumes, stage setting, and practicing their scripts during the week to present a full scene of their reading to an audience at our camp matinee on Friday!
Our Reading Theater Camp Matinee takes place on Friday at 3pm. All IQuest campers, families, and friend are invited to attend campers theatrical renditions of their selected stories!
Students read 30 minutes in each class to see how different stories are written. Reading challenge worksheet provided to each student to gage comprehension skills.
Icebreakers, worksheets, games, and activities that highlight how stories are written, with a focus on comprehension, fluency, and attention to detail in order to create a performance.
Daily Breakdown
Monday
Introduction
- Camp Expectations
- What campers can expect from camp, and what instructor expects from campers
- Camp Objectives
- Discuss all of the class goals and objectives
- Projects
- Discussed class reading, major, and daily projects our camp will accomplish each day
Daily Project
Icebreaker -
Tongue Twisters
Students will be given 8 tongue twisters to say in a set time period. Students need to say each twister accurately at a high speed in order to move on to the next twister. The student who is able to get all twisters accurately in the fastest time, wins!
Class Reading
Campers will read for 30 minutes to gain inspiration from selected books, and to see how stories are written that captivate audiences. Worksheets handed out to test campers comprehension skills.
Major Project
Students break into teams and work on a graphic organizer to see what genre of book they'd like to act out in front of an audience. Blank lined sheets of paper given to campers to create an outline for their story's elements, and used storyboards to map out their theatrical performance. Students must prepare for their presentation on Friday:
- 5 elements of a story
- campers must outline, the 5 elements of their selected story including
- characters
- setting
- plot
- problem
- resolution
- costumes
- stage
- script for 2 different scenes from their selected book
We'll go over several books from several genres so campers could see how different types of books are written. Special attention focused on tone, and setting description that creates an image in the audience's head. Campers encouraged to bring a few items from home or a thrift shop for prop, costume, and setting inspiration.
Tuesday
Daily Project
Theater Activity -
Charades
Campers play a
game of
charades to enhance speaking and presentation skills!
Class Reading
Campers will read for 30 minutes to gain inspiration from selected books, and to see how stories are written that captivate audiences. Worksheets handed out to test campers comprehension skills.
Major Project
In their teams, campers start to work on their master plan for their theatrical performance on Friday. Campers were encouraged to bring items from home or from a thrift store for costumes, stage, and props. Campers should be discussing what story to present, what genre the book is, what the point of view the story is told in, and what the 5 elements of their story are. Blank graphic organizers, lined paper, storyboards, and paper handed to each group with crayons, pencils, markers, and colored pencils in order to begin mapping out their presentation plan. By the end of class, each group should be able to identify:
- Book they are doing, and the author
- Genre
- Point of View
- 5 elements of their story
- Scenes campers would like to present and why
Campers are highly encouraged to work on their stage, script, and costume at home so when they come to class, they can add final touches to each item and make sure they have all of their items ready for presentation Friday.
Wednesday
Daily Project
Icebreaker- Who Am I?
Students are given a card that describes a character from a popular book, movie, or show. Students are to act out their character's behavior and lines written on the card for the other campers to guess!
Class Reading
Campers will read for 30 minutes to gain inspiration from selected books, and to see how stories are written that captivate audiences. Worksheets handed out to test campers comprehension skills.
Major Project
Campers break into their groups and discuss with the rest of the camp their team's:
- Book and the author
- Genre
- Point of View
- 5 elements of their story
- Scenes campers would like to present and why
Campers make decision on final scene(s) they will present in camp Friday, as well as why they selected the scene(s). Campers will make a list of material they need for their costumes, stage, and props. Campers will assign task and decide which team member is responsible for creating what part of the stage, gathering materials for assigned props, what character each camper will play, who will be the narrator, and what lines they will say.
Campers are highly encouraged to work on their stage, script, and costume at home so when they come to class, they can add final touches to each item and make sure they have all of their items ready for presentation Friday.
Thursday
Daily Project
Reading Activity - Draw A Story
Campers handed a blank storyboard. Campers create a short story, using illustrations only. No words are written to describe the details of the story. Once campers are done drawing their stories, they switch their stories with the other campers, and the other campers are to guess what the campers story is about using only the illustrations.
Class Reading
Campers will read for 30 minutes to gain inspiration from selected books, and to see how stories are written that captivate audiences. Worksheets handed out to test campers comprehension skills.
Major Project
Last day to work on items in class before rehearsal tomorrow! Campers should be preparing to finalize their costumes, stage, props, lines from script, and plan for presentation. Any changes, edits, or redirection should happen in camp today, so tonight, campers can finish any items they need to at home, and be able to set up their stages tomorrow.
For homework, campers must work on any unfinished costume, stage, and prop items as well as practice their lines from their script. We'll have a small rehearsal in class tomorrow, but campers will need to practice and finalize their items at home to ensure everything is ready for presentation at 3pm tomorrow.
Friday
Campers should be finished with or finishing the following items:
- Edits for script
- Costumes
- Stage
- Props
Campers will have a few minutes to finalize the above items before they begin setting up their stage for rehearsal and performance. Stage set up is between 1pm and 2pm, and campers want to most time possible to set up their stage before rehearsal at 2pm.
Timeline:
- Stage set-up 1pm - 2pm
- Campers place together their scene settings, props, and costumes and get ready for rehearsal.
- Rehearsal 2pm - 3pm
- Campers rehearse scripts and act out scenes to get ready for the big performance
- Reading Theater Camp Matinee 3pm - 4pm
- Campers team's present their selected works!
Materials Needed
- Three-ring binder
- Sheet protectors
- Dividers with folder
- Favorite books from the library or home
- Used clothes and props from home or a thrift store
