Together, referring to the map, the teacher and students discuss the roles of various members of such a community. The students are asked to decide what they would like best to do in this community if they were a part of it. The students are bursting to tell. Some grade one classes will be a bit intimidated by the great mass of blank paper. Non-toxic markers or fat waxed crayons are ideal for this.
Children can work individually or in pairs.
The paper should be large enough that a number of students can work simultaneously. Occasionally a student will draw a castle, a haunted house or a launching pad, etc. Such surprises are a special bonus for you when you're structuring a drama. It may well mean that you will scrap any preconceived ideas and develop something which focuses on this imaginative suggestion. It is important not to suggest it but rather to use its absence as the drama unfolds.