Drama

Week 28 – Being an Inventor

Linkage & IntegrationThis lesson could be integrated or linked with:

• English: Oral Language

• Maths: Numbers, Counting

• History: Inventions long ago

• Science: Magnetism

• Drama: Mime

• Visual Arts: Designing & drawing

• P.E.: Actions & Mime

• S.P.H.E.: Myself & others

• Religion: Working for the good of others

Strand & Strand Units

Strand:

• Drama to explore feelings, knowledge and ideas, leading to understanding

Strand Units:

• Exploring and making drama

• Reflecting on drama

• Co-operating and communicating in making drama

Prerequisites & Elements

Prerequisites:

• Creating a Safe Environment

• Content

• The Fictional Lens

Elements:

• Belief

• Role and character

• Action

• Place

• Time

• Tension

• Significance

• Genre

Assessment:

• Questioning

• Checklist:

– Ability to mime

– Audibility

– Pronunciation

– Facing Audience

Warm-up: Ideas – not all may suit to use Vocal Warm-Up:• Tongue Twister:• Vocal Expression:

– Loud/quiet/whisper/angry/sad/happy/excited

• Consonant Sounds: Pp –Tt

• Singing up/down scale • Mime: Who am I?/Where

am I?

Physical Warm-Up:• Fruit Salad• Musical Chairs

Creating a Safe Environment Building confidence – say 3 good

things about himself / herself

Main Activity

• Discuss inventors & inventions

• Make a list of inventions magnets could possibly be used for

• List things that are important for the effectiveness of a drama e.g. being heard etc.

• Create a drama based on a scientist inventing or making a discovery using magnets

P.M.I. – Plus, Minus, Interesting.

• What positive (plus / good) thing did you learn about yourself from this work?

• What negative (minus, not so good) thing do you need to work on? What steps could you take to improve this aspect of your work?

• What did you find interesting about your work today?

Resources:

• Feel free to use whatever props you have to hand