Art Form: Theatre

Supplies Needed

None

Vocabulary

Character - A person in a story or play, or an animal
or object that has human qualities

Respond - To answer, or say, or do something based
on what someone else says or does; something that
happens because of something else

Resolution - A solution to the problem; agreement
that ends the conflict or disagreement

Voice and body - Actor’s tools used to communicate
emotions, personality, and meaning

Role play - A form of acting where participants take
on the roles of specific characters

Instructions

1. After reading the story, choose your favorite character who finds shelter under the umbrella. Decide how your character walks or moves. Decide what your character’s voice sounds like.

2. Prepare for the activity by talking about ways that you can solve a problem, such as you and a friend wanting to play with the same toy. What can you do to solve the problem? Some ideas are share, take turns, etc.

3. Talk about how the characters in the book decided to solve the problem of all wanting to use the umbrella--they shared!

4. In the role play activity, pick a character already under the umbrella. Have a family member choose a different character who walks up to the umbrella, noticing the other character who is already there.

5. Have a conversation about joining the people under the the umbrella. Discuss similarities and differences of the characters under the umbrella and how they can share the umbrella. Continue taking turns in the conversation.

6. Finish the role play by coming to a resolution where both characters decide to
share the space under the umbrella.

Extensions

With the help of someone older, write out your conversation as a scene.

Draw and write the scene as a short comic strip with simple illustrations of the characters
including the resolution.