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Spur of the Moment Act

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Young scholars perform a skit.  In this performance and creativity lesson, students brainstorm ideas to be performed such as playing basketball, cheerleaders, roller skating and doing the dishes.  Young scholars perform a skit and the other students must guess what they are doing.

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creativity, performance, skit, visual and performing arts
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1st - 5th
Subjects
Visual & Performing Arts
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1 hr
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