P3 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

 Now imagine you are the boy sharing the news that the dragon has moved into the sandcastle. What will you say? Try to persuade your family that it is a good thing that the dragon has moved in,

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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