

Ask students to select an animal or a character (real or fictional) and use their face, body, and voice to portray that subject.Discuss with students how storytellers use their faces, bodies, and voices to portray a character. Watch the Teaching Artists Present video, 1-2-3 Pantomime with Jamie Hipp or Mime and Pantomime with Keith Berger and Sharon Diskin.Ask students: What expressions, body language, and voices are associated with an emotion? Tell students they will learn how storytellers use their faces, bodies, and voices to express emotion and enhance the telling of a story.

They will read the emotions then model it for the rest of the class. Distribute a few cards from the Emotion Cards handout to the volunteers. Choose three to four student volunteers to model different emotions with their face and body.Modify handouts, text, and utilize assistive technologies as needed. Students should be familiar with the plot of a story and character development. Teachers should select a mentor text for this lesson and be comfortable acting out given scenarios. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros.Momotaro: Xander and the Dream Thief, Margaret Dilloway.Goosebumps: One Day at Horrorland, R.L.Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson.


It made Aram wonder if he has inherited Uncle Khosrov's impulsive nature. Byro's horse, so that they could ride it for a while, he was rather thoughtless and risked the reputation of their tribe for honesty. When Mourad, Aram's cousin 'borrowed' Mr. Now it is a matter of debate whether this is because he is slightly mad or he is just bad-tempered and impatient. When his son reported that their house is on fire, he shouted the same 'It's no harm, pay no attention to it'. He is highly impatient and set aside any problem without even listening to the details. Uncle Khosrov is the uncle of the protagonist Aram. This character strikes as funny with his immediate dismissal of any problem with "It's no harm, pay no attention to it". Uncle Khosrov is a character from the story, 'The summer of the beautiful white horse' written by Willian Saroyan.
