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CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR S.C. TEACHER CADET COURSE | EXPERIENCING EDUCATION, TENTH EDITION Creating a Dramatic Skit 2. Using overhead transparencies and overhead markers, students should trace each character onto a transparency sheet. Using tape, attach a sheet of poster board to the wall. Place the transparency sheet, with the traced figure, onto the overhead. You will need to adjust the overhead, moving it back to enlarge the character so that it fits onto the poster board. Once the poster board and overhead are positioned, lightly trace the character onto the poster board. 3. Once the character is traced, have students color characters, using colors to authenticate the characters in the book. Students may use large markers for coloring the characters. 4. After students have completed coloring the characters, have the characters laminated. Then, attach yardsticks (that have been painted black) to the back of the characters. Attach the yardsticks with wide shipping tape. 5. If completing Where the Wild Things Are, one student can play the role of Max, and students can draw the different monsters on poster board. Max can be dressed in a white jogging suit, adding a tail and ears. Props, such as a boat, oar, plate of food, etc., can be added. “Wild Thing” can be played while monsters and Max dance around the children. Remind students not to scare the young children. 6. If completing Rainbow Fish, scales can be attached with Velcro® so that the scales can be removed and given to the other fish. Soft ocean/surf sounds can be played during the performance. 7. In preparing the dramatic skit, have characters come alive in front of the children. The dramati 26