- STEP 1: Select a piece of text or word problem you would like students to explore.
- STEP 2: Have the class summarize and sequence the text, using descriptive vocabulary such as “the big, gooey glob of candy slid down the man’s chin”.
- STEP 3: Select a key detail in each sequence and underline this word (ie: gooey).
- STEP 4: Break the class into small groups – 1 for each sequence in the summary and a group that is the audience- and have them examine the key detail and how they would like to portray that detail in a single gesture.
- STEP 5: Have students practice their chosen gesture in a frozen stance. While this is happening, gather the audience together and ask them to look for facial expressions, body stance and energy levels of each group. They will notate what they see for each group. The audience should create a chart for each element they are noticing to make this process easier.
- STEP 6: Student groups will then perform their frozen gestures in order like a flip book. When ready, the teacher will line up each group in order. The first group will perform their frozen gesture on the word “action”. When the teacher says “FLIP!”, the next group will immediately move into their frozen gesture. Give the audience enough time to jot down what they see for each category.
- STEP 7: Continue this process until the entire summary sequence has been performed.
- STEP 8: Repeat step 6, but this time say “FLIP!” every 3 seconds. The audience does not need to write anything down this time, but should instead be observing the sequence coming together.
- STEP 9: Repeat step 8, but wait only 1 second between each FLIP.
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