Over the past two weeks we have been working on drama using a First Nations Legend that I read aloud to the students. The name of the legend is called “Coyote Loves a Star” from the Klamath Indians in Southern Oregon. The legend includes reasoning behind why coyotes howl and how Crater Lake was formed. Students were divided into groups and each group had to act out a quarter of the story. Did I mention that they had to act this out silently? Without any props, using only facial expressions and body language! The focus of this drama lesson, aside from provoking amazing discussions about First Nations legends and the characteristics of inanimate objects, was for students to learn to use alternative ways to act out every part a skit with nothing but their bodies. Once the groups practiced their parts they collaborated with the other groups and gave feedback on what they could work on to improve. They were given 45 minutes to practise over the course of two weeks and then the groups acted out their skits consecutively, one after another, while narrators read the legend aloud. Check out some pictures of us practicing from the big performance!