Issue #16 - June 24, 2025.

Hi there, .

Ready for a strategy that gets students up, talking, and thinking on their feet?

This week’s activity, Three-Scene Skits, invites students to take a concept, event, or process and retell it as a short, three-part skit.

This one is high-engagement and surprisingly content-rich. You’ll see students processing deeply—and having fun while doing it.

This Week's Strategy: Three-Scene Skits

1. Pick a Topic with a Clear Beginning, Middle, and End
   Think: a historical event, character arc, scientific process, or problem-solving sequence.

2.  

   Assign or Form Groups
   Divide students into small groups (3–5). Each group gets the same topic or a piece of the larger lesson.

3. Create the Skit
   Each group creates a 3-scene skit that captures:
   
   

   Scene 1: The setup
   Scene 2: The turning point/conflict
   Scene 3: The outcome or resolution
   
   Encourage them to include key vocabulary and concepts.

4. Perform and Reflect
   Groups perform their skits for the class. Afterward, lead a reflection: What did you notice? What was accurate? What could be added?

Alternatives:

📝 Use comic strip panels instead of performances

📹 Let students record videos instead of performing live

🧠 Assign different skits to different stages of a unit, then assemble them as a class “performance series”

Ways to Make Connections:

You can use this strategy to enhance:

• ELA – Dramatize scenes from a novel or represent a theme’s evolution across a story.

• Social Studies – Act out key moments in a revolution, debate, or government system.

• Science – Perform stages in a process like digestion, erosion, or the water cycle.
  

• Math – Skit out the real-world application of a math concept—what problem are we solving, how, and what happens if it goes wrong?

• Visual Arts – Show the transformation of a material or the life of an artist in three acts.

• Music – Depict how a piece of music progresses emotionally or structurally.
  

Happy creating and connecting,

Susan