Title:
Somebody steals in Santa’s home
Recommended age group:
Level
1.First graders (6 years old)
Characters:
Santa
Claus, Mrs Claus, Rudolph, Alabaster Snowball, Bushy Evergreen, Pepper Minstix,
Shinny Upatree, Sugarplum Mary, a private detective and a magpipe.
Synopsis:
One
cold and windy night at Lapland something strange happens at Santa’s home.
Somebody steals all the presents! Rudolph tells the bad news to Santa and his
elves. Pepper Minstix phones a private detective.
Finally,
a magpie hides the presents in her nest
behind the storehouse..
Character objectives
Santa Claus: He wants the
presents.
Mrs Claus: She wants to find the thieft.
Rudoplh: He wants that all the kids around the world have their
presents.
The elves: They want to help Santa, they are worried because
there isn’t enough time to build new presents.
A private detective: He finds the present and the thieft.
A magpipe: She wants to have a good time.
Scene
breakdown
Scene I: At Santa’s home.
Santa
Claus and Mrs Claus are eating a chocolate cake when Rudolph and Pepper Minstix enter into the room.
They
are very sad and worried. Pepper tells them that Alabaster, Bushy, Shinny and
Sugarplum can’t find the presents. They don’t have presents for Christmas Eve.
Scene II: At Santa’s storehouse.
Santa
Claus, Mrs Claus, Rudolph, Alabaster Snowball, Bushy Evergreen, Pepper Minstix,
Shinny Upatree and Sugarplum Mary are in the storehouse. It’s empty. Mrs Claus
cries and Pepper Minstix thinks a horrible thing. Somebody has stolen the presents.
However,
he has got an idea. He knows a brilliant private detective, he can help them to
find the thieft. Pepper MInstix takes some photos in order to show them to the
detective.
Scene III: At private detective office.
All the group explain what has happened and
show him the photos. Immediately, the private detective knows what has happened
in the storehouse. He says that it is quite easy if they look at the photos
very carefully. But they don’t think so.
Santa Claus trusts him.
Scene IV: At the forest:
The private detective
follows the footprints that appear in
the photos. Thanks to them they can find the magpie ‘s nest. All the presents
are there. The magpie says that she is playing a trick on them. Hopefully, the presents are fine and
the kids can have a wonderful Christmas Day.
Susana:
ResponderEliminarI like your play, and it's perfect for this time of the year. I think that it fits with your students age. I'm sure they will enjoy to act in it because they are in the perfect age to enjoy Christmas and everything related to it.
Thank you for sharing
I love your play. I think students can learn a lot of vocabulary related to Christmas and toys. It's perfect for this time of the year.
ResponderEliminarFrom my point of view both the theme and the plot are very attractive and suitable for your studets' age.
Another positive thing about this play is that depending on the number of students you have you can easily add or reduce the number of elves and the story doesn't change at all.
I also like the way is organized. It's very clear. Firstly, the characters are introduced and the big problem they have to solve is presented. During the following scenes they try to solve the problem. And at the end the problem is solved.
Thanks a lot for your script.
Ana Gisbert.
I can't help it! I love Christmas stories... And I'm sure children will love it, as it has a bit of mistery in it. You have a great imagination! I'll have to adapt it as my students are third graders. Thanks for this lovely story, Susana.
ResponderEliminarThis blog is about Santa and his reindeers. The play is designed for 6 years old.
ResponderEliminarI think that through this play students can learn and integrate better about the story of Santa Claus. It's not the magical story they are used to and they can think on Santa under a different point of view.