Paul+Revere's+Ride

__Our Class's Performance of "Paul Revere's Ride"__


 * Stanza #, total # of lines, Performer:**

__1, 3__ -14, Rishav __4, 10__- 13 Caroline __11, 14__ -14 Elizabeth __6__ -15 Brayden __9__ -8 Brenton __5__ -11 Raine __2__ -9 Aubrey __8, 12__ -13 Julian __13__ -10 Mary Bryce __7__ -11 Wesley __15__ -12 Maya

**Performing Paul Revere’s Ride – Outline **    **Performing Paul Revere’s Ride – Outline **   *Each “Paul” will wear a special hat and a sign. *Each “Friend” will wear a special hat and sign. *Caroline will bring in sound effects.  The scene starts with darkness. We turn on the lights and spin the chair. __Rishav__ (the narrator) is in the chair (made to look like a rocking chair). Rishav is dressed like William Wadsworth Longfellow (old man). Rishav reads **Stanaza #1**. All the children gather around.   We spin the chair around. We then show a sign that says, “Setting: Colonial Boston, April 18, 1775.” Rishav and everyone else clears out.  <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: aqua; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: aqua;">Aubrey takes her place and starts to recite **stanza #2**. <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: aqua; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: aqua;">Blinds start off shut. When she says “one if by land” open one blind. When she says, “two if by sea,” open the other blind. In this stanza Julian is Paul and __Brenton__ is the “buddy.” __Julian__ holds up one then two lanterns. We can have a cardboard box cut out to resemble the Old North Church. We can have a paper body of “water” on the floor. Julian can make riding motions. Two people (__Wesley__ and __Mary Bryce__) could pop up and look armed. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: fuchsia; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">Rishav takes his place and starts to recite **stanza #3**. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> __<span style="font-size: 16pt; background: fuchsia; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">Elizabeth __<span style="font-size: 16pt; background: fuchsia; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: fuchsia;"> is playing the part of Paul in this scene. Elizabeth is going to “row” across the scene on a little skateboard made out to look like a small boat. She looks scared! We will have a huge, black Man-of-War ship cut out with __Caroline__ behind it dressed as a British soldier (red coat) with a gun. We can lay a mirror or aluminum foil and blue tissue paper on the ground to create the “reflection in the tide.” <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: yellow; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: yellow;">Caroline takes her place and starts to recite **stanza #4**. <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: yellow; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: yellow;">“Buddy” (__Maya__) can pretend to hide around a fake barrack (made out of some material). British (__Wesley__ and __Mary Bryce__) soldier leave the side of the house and head to the boats. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: lime; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: lime;"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: lime; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: lime;">Raine takes his place and starts to recite **stanza #5** <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: lime; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: lime;">Buddy (__Aubrey__) climbs up a step stool and disturbs the pigeons (__Elizabeth__ and __Brayden)__. Buddy appears to be scared. He looks down on town. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: aqua; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: aqua;">Brayden takes his place and starts to recite **stanza #6** <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: aqua; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: aqua;">Buddy (__Aubrey__) looks down looking scared while __Caroline__ dressed as “wind” scampers around saying “all is well” in an eerie way. Somehow show a graveyard? <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: aqua; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: aqua;">Suddenly, a pool “noodle” labeled “his thoughts” is bent. Someone holds a “thought bubble” decorated with a watercolor painting of a man-of-war above buddy’s head. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: lime; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: lime;">Wesley takes his place and starts to recite **stanza #7** __<span style="font-size: 16pt; background: lime; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: lime;">Rishav __<span style="font-size: 16pt; background: lime; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: lime;"> is Paul in this scene. Rishav is standing beside Raine (dressed as horse). Rishav is stomping and looking very impatient. He stares very hard at the Old North Church cutout. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: aqua; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: aqua;">Julian takes his place and starts to recite **stanza #8** __<span style="font-size: 16pt; background: aqua; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: aqua;">Rishav __<span style="font-size: 16pt; background: aqua; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: aqua;">sees a lamp burning in the church. We put a lamp in our cutout of the church. Rishav jumps on his horse (Raine). We put a second lamp in our cutout of the church. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: yellow; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: yellow;">Brenton takes his place and starts to recite **stanza #9** __<span style="font-size: 16pt; background: yellow; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: yellow;">Rishav ( __<span style="font-size: 16pt; background: yellow; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: yellow;">Paul) takes off on his horse. We have a cutout of a flame. A colonist rises up and flexes his muscle. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: fuchsia; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">Caroline takes her place and starts to recite **stanza #10** __<span style="font-size: 16pt; background: fuchsia; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">Brayden __<span style="font-size: 16pt; background: fuchsia; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">plays Paul in this scene. There is a sign that says “village” that Paul starts by and then he heads in the other direction. Someone (__Brenton__) softly punches a bag of sand to make soft hoof beat sounds. Someone in the back can make hard hoof beat noises (__Julian__). <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: aqua; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: aqua;">Elizabeth takes her place and starts to recite **stanza #11** <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: aqua; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: aqua;">Someone holds a clock that looks antique showing it is 12:00 a.m.. __Caroline__ is a bridge that Paul (__Maya__) crosses over, and there is a sign that says “Medford.” __Mary Bryce__ (farmer) holds up a stuffed animal (rooster) that crows. Mary Bryce holds up a stuffed animal (dog) that barks. We bring in a mister from the science room. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: lime; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: lime;">Julian takes his place and starts to recite **stanza #12** <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: lime; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: lime;">Someone holds up a clock showing it is 1:00 a.m. Create a poster of a scared looking community meeting house where the windows are eyes. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: yellow; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: yellow;">Mary Bryce takes her place and starts to recite **stanza #13** <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: yellow; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: yellow;">We hold up a clock that says 2:00. We hold up a sign that says “Concord.” __Caroline__ again plays the bridge. __Elizabeth__ is a “sheep” making “baah” sound. We play Raine’s book of bird noises and __Brayden__ plays the part of a bird. __Brenton__ plays wind and blows over green grass. __Aubrey__ pretends to be asleep. She then gets up, and gets shot. __Wesley__ is person shooting Aubrey. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: fuchsia; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">Elizabeth takes her place and starts to recite **stanza #14** <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: fuchsia; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">Everyone is acting out soldiers (beside Elizabeth). One side is behind a wall. One side is behind a fence (both are made out of poster board). All the colonists then chase the redcoats out and around the room. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: lime; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: lime;">Maya takes her place and starts to recite **stanza #15** <span style="font-size: 16pt; background: lime; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-highlight: lime;">Have two groups standing at opposite sides of rug. Group #1 is from 1775 (with sign that gives year). They are Paul, “Buddy,” Colonist, and Redcoat. Group #2 is typical school children with sign that says “2009.” <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">