Involved subjects:

• Italian language,

• history,

• music, motor activity,

• drawing/manual dexterity

Product:

• Theatrical performance

Test:

• Watching the videocassette of the product at the presence of all involved people.

The activity ,started on October 7, 2001 with the helping of the director, took place in a laboratorial form: each scene came from the interaction student- director-teacher; so the performance was neither decided at the beginning nor the way of presenting it and the style to give it, were prepared.

It slowly came out from the cooperation which brought at first at the changing  of the chosen subject: a story by I. Calvino.

Propedeutic phase:

• Who would you like to be? ( each student wrote a subject of his own)

• The most clear and stimulating ideas were gathered and exploited to be inserted in the ‘fabula’

• Choose of historical period: medieval-rinascimental, because it is nearer to the studied history

• Execution of a didactic visit in the place of the “Comrades” of Amelia which organise manifestation to let people know costumes and roles of characters  of Medioevo.

• Improvisations

• Motor and expressive games

• Choose of the test "Romeo and Juliet"

Activities:

• Decoding of the text

• Writing a new text based on comic situations, come from gags born in class and urged on by the director

• Definition of the plot

• Construction of objects of scene

• Construction  of puppets ( by newspapers and ropes)

• Manipulation and animation

• Preparation of costumes

• Choose of roles

• Choose of musical fragments

Product:

• General tests-performance

The director was: in each moment of laboratory the formal-scholastic register becomes informal-spontaneous-convivial, alternating serious moments  of task and concentration which are a test for each student.

In some chances the role is created on the child so that everyone can take part actively: methodology of role-playing

The director is screenwriter, provoker, stimulus, but also as defined from children in the description: comic, astute, clever, the best, nice….he has got his hair as a friar, he is happy as a cricket, serious, electrified.

The theme of death is ironical about in the back of the lucid-comic tone of interpretation.

The most positive result came with the involvement of some students with difficulties who, after having a theatrical role, matured a so positive image of themselves that it reflected on curricular learning.

The performance was very pleasant and appreciated from families for the plural educational valences.