This series of interactions and assignments covers reading, documentation, writing, evaluations, and performance.  It introduces students to Aristotle's Plot Points and helps them find those points in books they are reading.  At first this is a small part of a weekly lesson plan, then whole lesson time is devoted to writing, and, finally, students will rehearse and perform their BookTalk.

In this lesson, students will demonstrate their understanding of scoring a poem by beginning to score their own and working on their poem in pairs. The lesson includes an improvisation warm up game and class discussion.

In this lesson plan, students will demonstrate their ability to use projection and diction in speaking by creating a tongue twister and teaching it to the class. The lesson includes vocal warm up games and class discussions on the importance of the voice in portraying a character.

In this lesson, students will demonstrate their ability to incorporate effective hand gestures or movement in their poems. The lesson includes warm up games and class discussion.

In this activity, students act out scenarios in which a character must experience anxiety at school. The scenes are performed, then rehearsed again. The second time, the students change the emotion from anxiety to worry. The scenes are performed again, and the students identify moments they noticed emotions shown through bodies, voices, and words.

In this lesson, students will demonstrate their understanding of vocal characteristics used when speaking on stage by performing a poem. The lesson includes a warm up game and class discussion.

In this lesson, students learn about the importance of projection and diction in acting. Students compete for best projection and diction by reading a poem out loud in class.

In this lesson, students will demonstrate their ability to control their voice by performing a nursery rhyme. The lesson includes class warm up games and activities that help students vary their pitch and rate using the Gettysburg Address and nursery rhymes.

In this lesson, students will demonstrate their ability to understand tone of voice by participating in the activities, choosing a poem, and beginning to work on it. The lesson includes a warm up game and class discussion on the aspects of voice.