P1 Drama - When a Dragon Moves in

This week’s drama is based on a story about a boy and a dragon. It is called ‘When a Dragon Moves In’ and is written by Jody Moore. 

Listen to the story here and the take part in the drama activities.

https://www.storylineonline.net/books/when-a-dragon-moves-in/

Drama Activities 

Pretend you are the boy. Act out

• building the sandcastle on the beach
• your reaction when the dragon moves into the sandcastle
• toasting the marshmallows on the flames from the dragons mouth
• floating on your raft (which is really the dragon’s belly!)
• flying your kite (which is really the dragon!)
• being tickled by the feather
• how you are feeling when the dad tells him he has ‘had enough of this dragon business’
• breaking the sandcastle
• building a new, even better sandcastle

 

Now pretend to be the dragon. Act out

• when he eats the peanut butter sandwiches
• drinking the bubbly lemonade
• eating the brownies from the cool bag
• the dragon laughing when he sprays sand over the boy’s sister
• how the dragon feels when the boy asks him to leave the sandcastle

Other ideas

• If you have sand – make a sandcastle! What size will it be? What shape will it be? What would be special about your sand castle that would make a dragon want to live there?
• Draw a picture of a sandcastle. What size would it be? What shape would it be? Imagine you had lots of different coloured sand – what colour would you make it? What would be special about your sand castle that would make a dragon want to live there?
• At the end of the story it looks as if a whole family of dragons are moving in to the new sandcastle. What do you think will happen next? You could draw a picture, write a story or act it out.

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