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Props List

LINES
Do you have your lines memorized yet? If not, you need to work hard on it today. Be sure to have someone read the line before yours also so you know your cues (definition: cues - means when to say your lines).

PROPS
Here is a list I came up with. You may have some of your own ideas that I haven't though of. Feel free to bring items you feel confident we could use.

• Pretend Fire Pit
• Indian Corn / Squash / Pumpkins
• Baskets
• Animal Skins / Furs
• Wooden Bowls, Cups
• Stuffed Animals (turkeys, squirrels, forest animals, fish, seaside animals)
• Bow and Arrows
• Pretend food ANY (ideas include eggs, vegetables, turkey, bread, meat, pitchers)
• Plymouth Rock (cardboard ? paper mache?)
• Fake Trees
• fabric / fake needle & thread (sewing)
• Bible
• Pretend tools for building homes
• Solid colored blankets (grey, brown, black, blue)
• fishing items
• guns

BACKGROUNDS
If anyone is interested in bringing anything for the background, here are some ideas. I may decide to make some if I have time, so if you are going to help out by making some of these, please email me at cmahmhprz@aol.com .

I really like the cornstalks in the background of these pictures. It would be nice to have a 3 sisters representation.
 You could make this out of poster board glued to cardboard for strength. If you decide to make this, please email me.
 I also really like the wheelbarrow.

I love this Mayflower! Be sure to include a mast. 

Keep Practicing!

Remember your pledge... Practice your lines for at least 10 minutes everyday. Memorize, memorize, memorize. Be sure to look at the line before your line so you know when to speak. Have someone in your family or a friend practice your lines with you. They simply read the line before yours and then you recite your lines.

Once you have your lines memorized, start thinking about what you are really saying. Think about how your character would be feeling or what they would be doing with their body while they are speaking. Begin acting our your lines, not just reciting them. Practice in front of a mirror.

Costuming Ideas

How to Make a Pilgrim Costume -- powered by ehow

Here is a boy's Indian costume headdress hat that you can make yourself. Buy some craft feathers or cut them from colored paper. Then cut a stiff paper strip, long enough to fit around your head. Cut notches at each end that fit into each other. Line up the feathers in a row on the inside and tape them down.

Here's another no-sew costume. Get a large tan or brown t-shirt and fringe the bottom. Wear this with khaki pants. Cut a strip of tan or brown felt to fit around the head. (I used hot glue to make my headband.) Hot glue some feathers to the back of the headband on the inside of the band. 

Week 9 Assignments 11/2

This week I would like the kids to work on memorizing their lines for the play we will be performing in two weeks. I gave everyone their assigned parts and scripts to take home. I don't have any extra copies so if your child needs a new one, you can download it here:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?7gobpl9a8z8dl5o

Also, don't forget to visit the link below and watch all the wonderful virtual tours of Plimoth Plantation! Just click the picture.