Art Form: Theatre

Supplies Needed

The Smallest Spot of a Dot book

Paper and pencil

Vocabulary

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

Character Traits - The physical, intellectual, or emotional qualities that make a person or character unique

Facial Expressions - How actors use their faces to show emotions

Voice - An actor’s tool used to to convey character, emotion, and meaning

Compose - To put together; to create; to write out an idea for a scene

Instructions

1. Read the book, The Smallest Spot of a Dot, all the way through once.

2. Look back through the book and choose one character to investigate. Find that character on the different pages, and observe their actions and facial expressions. These will help you determine their character traits.

3. Write down “clues” that describe what you notice about your chosen character in the illustrations.

4. Using your notes, compose an introduction for the character – what would your character say about themselves when they first met someone?

5. Decide how your character would talk - would they speak loudly? Softly? Quickly? Slowly? What kinds of facial expressions would they use?

6. Read the introduction as the character, as if they were meeting someone new.

Extensions

Draw a picture of your character, copying one of the illustrations.

Around the character, draw symbols that show what you learned about them.