K-2+Drama+T4+2012

12th October || Discuss; what is readers theatre. Tell the students this term in drama they will be practising readers theatre and creating their own. - Tell the students today they will be reading through a script that doesn’t need any actions because we are focusing on our voices. - Discuss: what is important when we play a role in readers theatre/drama. Eg clear, loud voice, acting as a character. - Give students a character each in: the very hungry caterpillar. (you might need to go with Brodie). Ive attached the script to this email. - Practise the script. - Voice record once it has been practised and play the recording back to the students. - Discuss how they can improve on their performance. - If you have time left the students could go through the script and highlight words they think need emphasis when talking and then re practise the script. || 19th October || Discuss-* What is reader’s theatre? (They discussed this last week so they should have some idea). (Readers theatre- involves a rehearsed reading for an audience. Is reading a script adapted from literature, and the audience picturing the action from hearing the script being read aloud. It requires none or minimal sets, costumes, props or memorized lines. Instead of acting out literature as in a play, the performer’s goal is to read a script aloud effectively, enabling the audience to visualize the action.) Various types of texts including novels, plays, poems, stories, big books, newspapers or adaptations of these. - W atch the following reader’s theatre: [] - Discuss what the students now think about readers theatre. - Make a list with the students on the board of what they believe are the most important things when performing readers theatre (eg loud clear voice). - Give the students the play “The fourth little pig” and assign parts. []  - Tell the students they need to focus on these things when performing. Practice the readers theatre. Record the reader’s theatre on the ipad and get the students to watch their performance and discuss. || 26th October || Pupil free day (due to late night rehersals for CAD yesterday and performance for CAD tonight) || 2nd November || GK Tennis Day || 9th November || (focus on reading) ASSESS READING Look and discuss- tips on reading- readers theatre Show students the ru brick Rubric [] Practise readers threatre and perform. Discuss- ways to make the performance more enjoyable for the audience. || 16th November || 2. (Focus on staging inc movment and space) ASSESS MOVEMENT - Question: what do we know about staging and movement in readers theatre? [] Read through and discuss: - the script - reader movement - mime and sound effects - focus - begginings and endings
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- Get the students to design a room in a house in pairs. They then need to practise finiding and doing actions in their house. (tell the students you are looking for them to use movement and space) - Practise an already known script and get students to add movement and space into their perfromance.

ES1 Uses movement- eg pushing shopping trolley when shopping ES1 Uses space- eg identifies different areas in a shop S1 Expresses dramatic meaning through movements and voice || 23rd November || 3. write own script Discuss Script roles [] Get students to vote on working in groups of three or the whole class. Sort out storyline and characters || 30th November || Write script as a group. S1Creates a range of roles and situations adopted from their imagination, literature and everyday situations || 7th December || In their group students deisgn "set". They discuss characters and how they should sound/act. Students practise whole script through. || 14th December || Students practise script and perfom. Teacher records using ipad. S1 Shares their drama making with others || 21st December || Students respond to the process and readers theatre. They discuss thoughts and feelings ES1 Responds in personal ways to their own drama eg talking about feelings associate with the roles they adopted ES1 Identifying characters from screen drama and live performances S1 Expresses an understanding of the shared fiction of the drama by stepping into role to enact a situation and stepping out of role to reflect in the action S1 Responds to their own drama and that of others by describing their ideas and feelings S1 Distinguishes between the fiction of the drama and their everyday lives reflects on characters form literature, screen, drama and live performance ||
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