Unit 5
Decades
Let’s vote on a decade
50’s (available)
60’s taken
70’s taken
80’s taken
90’s (available)
FairyTales
Do Now: Choose a fairytale (could be a
folk tale, classic rhyme, or fairytale).
 Choose your favorite character: does not
have to be the main character.
 Define this character: (what is the
character of this character?) don’t describe
the physical aspect, but what the character
contributes to the story instead)
 Transform and transport your character to
the decade we voted on. What and why
did you created this new character. Be
ready to present! 
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Get in to groups! YAY! 
A musical is simply a story that is told
through acting and singing!!!
How Exciting!!! YAY!
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But is takes hard work to construct an interesting
story!
Characters: Pay Attention!!!
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characters: Rumpulstiltskin
Wolf
Cinderella
Hansel
Snow White
Lambkin
Little Red Riding Hood
Wolf (3 little pigs)
step-mom (Cinderella)
practical pig
Wizard (wizard of oz)
Practical pig #2
Belle from beauty and the beast
Alice in wondeland
cinderella
NOTE: These have to be in the
same group and stick
together… in order to work,
think about it like two’s-ateam… but they are not
supposed to be all together in
the same group.
There are:
 2 pigs
 2 wolves
 2 Cinderellas
Story starters: words in white can be substituted by
other nouns or verbs
These are some good ideas for a good story starter:
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I never expected that one day I’d open my closet and find…..
It was obviously going to be an unusual day when my mom came into
my bedroom and said…..
She was a funny old lady, but I know she had come to tell me…..
It was my best friend’s deepest secret and it would be a hard one to
keep…..
Goats, sheep, and chickens belong on the farm, not in the middle of…….
Late one night the neighbor knocked on the front door and asked….
Something brushed up against my foot and my surprise turned to horror
as I looked down and saw……
I never thought that putting prom together was going to be so
difficult……
The day that I mostly dreaded is here; why must go to this new school….
Script Brainstorming
Using the story starters, brainstorm your
own script, discuss with your group what
is happening in your storyboard, what is
the problem, how are your characters
linked or related to the other groups,
and how construct a solution…. Or does
the solution rest in another group…. Be
ready to present with your group….
 Also think about the music according to
the decade.
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Writing the script! (follow this format)
Title (2-3 words long)
By your names
Synopsis
One paragraph describing your play, characters, problem, setting, and time;
but leave the ending as a mystery….
Scene 1
Luana (Sandy): “blah, blah, blah…”
(Show action: Laughs, runs back stage, falls, cries, stumps out of the room…. Etc. )
A year later….. , Two hours later….., Later in math class…..,
Sandy: “blah, blah, blah…”
Scene 2
Music!!!
Choose music appropriate for your era
and story. Keep the music selection
clean, descent, and make sure that it has
a positive message to young people.
2. Take the song that you have chosen for
your play and look at the lyrics, you may
arrange the lyrics to link it more to your
story. Write out the new set of lyrics.
3. In your groups, select two people that will
be in charge of choreography. Discuss
the steps, and write them out.
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Music from the 60’s
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RESPECT Aretha Frankiln- Aretha Franklin
She loves you- Beatles
I want to hold your hand - Beatles
Yesterday – Beatles
I get around Beach Boys
Stand by me Ben E King
Revolution Beatles
Surfing USA Beach Boys
A Hard Day’s night Beatles
I’m a Beliver- Monkees
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
Get Off Of My Cloud - Rolling Stones
Twist And Shout - Beatles
Come Can't Buy Me Love - Beatles
Happy Together – Turtles
Fun, Fun, Fun - Beach Boys
We Can Work It Out - Beatles
Twist And Shout - Isley Brothers
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Beatles
Music from the 70’s
Imagine - John Lennon
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Let It Be - The Beatles
Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees
Y.M.C.A. - Village People
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
I'll Be There - The Jackson 5
Oye Como Va - Santana