Welcome to GCSE Drama
Learning Objective:
To get to know the group.
To define drama.
Name game!
• In this game we are going to find out some
information about other people in the class and
test our memory skills.
Expectations
• What are your expectations of drama at GCSE?
So... What is drama?
• Look at the definitions of drama written by
different people involved in the world of drama.
• Do you agree with any of them?
• What would you write as your own definition of
drama?
The Forms of Drama
• How many different types of drama can you
think of?
Warm Up
• When walking around the drama space make
sure that every space in the room is filled.
• Four commands:
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Go
Stop
Jump
Clap
Working as a group
• Walk around the space filling every gap.
• You must all then stop at the same time and
freeze.
• Then you must all start moving again at the
same time.
• There are no group leaders and no signals in this
activity, you must feel the group dynamics.
Don’t think, Just do!
• During this activity try not to think too much
and just react to what is said.
• A letter of the alphabet will be called out and you
must make an object beginning with that letter
with your body. (No animals!)
• Repeat the activity in a group with words instead
of letters.
A/B exercise
• In pairs label yourselves A and B.
• After each exercise swap pairs to work with
somebody you have not worked with and re label
yourselves A and B.
Scenario 1
• A is a timid and kindly pirate persuading B to
walk the plank.
Scenario 2
• A describes without using hands how a
typewriter works. B asks questions.
Scenario 3
• A is a taxi driver trying to get a drunken B out of
their taxi.
Scenario 4
• A reads B’s palm and tells the future.
Scenario 5
• A describes how to make a hamburger to B in an
American accent.
Scenario 6
• A is tries to teach B how to waltz.
Scenario 7
• A is a doctor trying to persuade B not to be
afraid of umbrellas.
Scenario 8
• A gives the longest and most fantastic
explanation to B why s/he was late coming home
from work.
Scenario 9
• A mimes a story. B then must tell the story that
A showed him/her using words.
Scenario 10
• A tries to persuade B to be the first person to try
his/her time machine.
Next lesson
• We will look at:
▫ What the GCSE Drama course is all about.
▫ What makes a good actor.