The Delightful, Dandy, and Dazzling Just Playing Desert Rose and Her Highfalutin Hog
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The Delightful, Dandy, and Dazzling Just playing Desert Rose and Her Highfalutin Hog
By Alison Jackson/Keith Graves Adapted for readers theater by Alyson Lipensky, Lara Massarsky, and Danielle Goodman LAE 4314 Dr. Sherron Roberts, Spring 2010
1) Narrator 1 2) Narrator 2 3) Desert Rose 4) Hog 5) Coyote 6) Snake 7) Cowboy 8) Bronco 9) Longhorn 10)Armadillo
Narrator 1: Out yonder, where the scalding Texas sun meets the Guadalupe Mountains, there once lived a gritty pig farmer by the name of Desert Rose. Desert Rose was fixin’ to muck out the pig stalls one day, when she came upon a solid gold nugget just a-lyin’ there in the mud.
Desert Rose: Hot butter beans! I’ll mosey on into town with this here gold nugget and buy me the biggest, fattest pig in all of Texas. Then I can win first prize at the state fair in Laredo!
Narrator 2: When she got to town, she did indeed pick out the biggest, fattest hog in all of Texas. And she gladly parted with her shiny gold nugget. In her hurry to get to the fair, she decided to take a shortcut. Narrator 1: She soon came upon a bubbling creek. But her hog would not set one hoof in that gurgling water. Desert Rose sat down and thought for a moment. Then she had herself a fine notion.
Desert Rose: (Begging) Hog, Hog, drink up all that water! I’ll miss the state fair in Laredo.
Hog: (Huffing) Ain’t thirsty. (Laying on the ground)
Desert Rose: (Lively in a country accent) Well, tickle my tail feathers! You are one highfalutin hog!
Narrator 2: Rose gazed around and spied a coyote a-sleepin’ in the shade.
Desert Rose: (Demanding) Coyote, Coyote, nip that hog! Hog won’t drink water, and I’ll miss the state fair in Laredo.
Coyote: (Complaining) Too tired.
Desert Rose: (Lively in a country accent) Well, bite my boots! You are one coldhearted coyote!
Narrator 1: Rose dug through the sand and spied a snake rattlin’ its way down a long, slender hole.
Desert Rose: (Demanding) Snake, Snake, wake that coyote! Coyote won’t nip Hog, Hog won’t drink water, and I’ll miss the state fair in Laredo.
Snake: (Out of breath) Too hot. Desert Rose: (Lively in a country accent) Well, bust my breeches! You are one persnickety snake!
Narrator 2: Rose searched high and low, then spied a cowboy a-ridin’ and a-rompin’ in his neckerchief and spurs.
Desert Rose: (Demanding) Cowboy, Cowboy, spur that snake! Snake won’t wake Coyote, Coyote won’t nip Hog, Hog won’t drink water, and I’ll miss the state fair in Laredo.
Cowboy: (Apologetically) Sorry ma’am, afraid of snakes.
Desert Rose: (Lively in a country accent) Well, starch my stirrups! You are one contrary cowboy!
Narrator 1: Rose studied the cowboy’s bronco a-saggin’ and a-sinkin’ under his saddle.
Desert Rose: (Demanding) Bronco, Bronco, buck that cowboy! Cowboy won’t spur Snake, Snake won’t wake Coyote, Coyote won’t nip Hog, Hog won’t drink water, and I’ll miss the state fair in Laredo.
Bronco: (Painfully) Ugh, bad back.
Desert Rose: (Lively in a country accent) Well, chop my chaps! You are one bothersome bronco!
Narrator 2: Rose looked all over the skyline and spied a genuine Texas longhorn steer lyin’ lazy-like in the black-eyed Susans.
Desert Rose: (Demanding) Longhorn, Longhorn, chase that bronco! Bronco won’t buck Cowboy, Cowboy won’t spur Snake, Snake won’t wake Coyote, Coyote won’t nip Hog, Hog won’t drink water, and I’ll miss the state fair in Laredo.
Longhorn: (Lazily) Lame leg.
Desert Rose: (Lively in a country accent) Well, pickle my pistols! You are one lazy longhorn!
Narrator 1: Desert Rose surveyed the desert and spied a mangy armadillo movin’ just as slow as you please through a crusty crop of cacti. This particular armadillo was chock-full of nothing but mean armadillo attitude.
Desert Rose: (Looking the armadillo in the eye) Mr. Armadillo, sir, I’m plumb tuckered out. Won’t you PLEASE dig under that longhorn? Longhorn won’t chase Bronco, Bronco won’t buck Cowboy, Cowboy won’t spur Snake, Snake won’t wake Coyote, Coyote won’t nip Hog, Hog won’t drink water, and I’ll miss the state fair in Laredo.
Armadillo: (Sneakily) What’s in it for me? (Blinking at Desert Rose)
Desert Rose: Well, if my hog wins first prize, I’ll bring back 200 pounds of ants, beetles, and grubs fer ya, cross my heart.
Armadillo: (Shakes head in acceptance) I reckon I can dig under that longhorn a spell. (Begins to dig)
Longhorn: I reckon I’m roused enough to chase that bronking bronco.
Bronco: Now, I reckon I pretty much have to buck that crazy cowboy.
Cowboy: Didn’t even realize it, but I just spurred a blasted snake! Snake: Wowzies, I just woke a sleeping coyote!
Coyote: I was so startled that I nipped that hog so hard.
Hog: Holy cow, that nip made me drink up all that water in the bubbling creek!
Desert Rose: (Excitedly) Hooooooooeeeeeeeey! You are a thirsty hog!
Narrator 2: Then all of them set off, with Desert Rose leadin’ the pack. They made it to the state fair in Laredo with only minutes to spare.
ALL: Yippeeeee!
Narrator 1: Sure enough, that highfalutin hog won first prize at the fair. True to her promise, Desert Rose hauled back a Texas-size helping of ants, beetles, and grubs - 200 pounds of them!
Narrator 2: But every year when it comes time to take her prize- winning hog to the state fair in Laredo, Desert Rose always takes the LONG road out of town… Just in case.
THE END! Service Learning Proposal
Alyson Lipensky – [email protected] Lara Massarsky – [email protected] Danielle Goodman – [email protected]
Contact Sherron Roberts – [email protected]
Reader’s Theater
Objectives: Through students completing this reader’s theatre they will accomplish objectives relating to language arts. Students will “realize the importance of listening, speaking, poetry, art, music, and drama in the elementary language arts program, including the key role these play in second language development.” Also they will “demonstrate an understanding of the many avenues of learning that children’s literature as well as other art forms and technological aids can bring to the elementary language arts curriculum, particularly in light of the culturally and linguistically diverse students in our classroom.” Lastly, they will “plan and execute a project related to stimulating written expression utilizing art or music in elementary students.”
Hours (individually): 2 hours-researching reader’s theatres 3 hours-planning and writing 3 hours-coming together with our plans and writing a final draft 2 hours-fixing what recommendations the teacher made 1 hour-writing proposal 1 hour-writing reflection 1 hour-making more visually appealing 2 hours-going back over it and trying it out a few times
Pre-reflection From doing this reader’s theatre we hope that students will realize that there are many different avenues to understanding a book rather than just reading it. We hope that this different avenue will help them have a better comprehension of the story as well as have fun with it. We want them to realize the importance of incorporating speaking and expression into their language arts program. We want this project to be a stimulating form of written expression that they could use in the future.
Post-reflection From creating this reader’s theatre we learned how fun it can be for students to use their creative knowledge to write and perform reader’s theatres. We want students to be able to express themselves individually as well as in groups. We feel that reader’s theatres are great complements of books being read in the class. By performing reader’s theatres students will get a great understanding from a book they are reading. We were surprised by how free-flowing the thoughts came out of us to make the reader’s theatre. We realize how fun this is for students and since we had a great time planning and writing this funny script we can only imagine how enjoyable it will be for the students. We think reader’s theatres are a great resource for students and we can’t wait to use them in our future classrooms.