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Sing It! - 15-20 minutes

  • First, show an example. Then, have students go on stage two at a time:
  • Instructions:
  • Two people get a word and perform a scene.
  • Once the scene is CLEAR, someone in the class calls “Sing it!” on a line they want to hear as a chorus
  • Pianist begins music
  • The character with the last spoken line then sings it as a 4-line chorus
  • Everyone repeats the chorus (structure = CC).
  • Challenge: If you’re in the scene, try to signal a “button line” that would make a good chorus