Year 10 Drama Lesson Plan
This lesson is focussed on the key skills in
Drama of strategies, mediums and elements.
Students develop performance work from a
stimulus.
Students then write up and analyse their
experience in groups and as a class.
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Watch the teacher’s introduction to lesson
Learning Objectives:
To focus on the key skills in Drama of strategies, mediums and elements.
To develop performance work from a stimulus.
Progression
Starting point
Presenting photos &
stories
Finishing point
Drama performance
which interprets stories
and photos through
performance using
mediums, elements and
strategies
Differentiation: Support
and Extension (G&T)
Support:
Homework/Learning
Challenge:
HW/LC Due:
Students will write up and
analyse their experience
Organisation
Resources
Power point
Overhead projector
Stories from child soldiers
Music
Still images
Cloth
Thought tracks
Drums
2 students
Extension: encourage those on
G & T to lead & develop their
characterisation at an more
advanced stage.
Flipchart
Narration
pen
Flashback
Role play
Times
Notes & Activities
VAK MSA
SKILLS
5min
Instructions and outline of expectations.
CWK Response.
Still image
Thought track
15m
in
Introduce lesson…powerpoint images to
music. Students making notes. Followed by
class discussion
Narration
Flashback
Divide students into groups and present
each group with story from child soldier.
10mi
n
Students to create a still image to capture
the essence of the account. Students will
incorporate mediums & elements to their
work using the strategy of still image.
Students present their work and discuss.
Students to take image stage further by
adding thought tracks for each of the
characters & role play.
15mi
n
LINKS WITH OTHER
SUBJECTS
Music
PHSE
Citizenship
English
Speaking and Listening
Humanities
Finally students to present the image,
thought track and narration.
Using elements & mediums and strategies
of still image and thought track. Discussion
and feedback
Flashback to a moment of happier times.
10
Using elements and mediums & strategies
of thought track, still image, narration and
flashback.
Discussion/feedback and evaluation.
Assessment Opportunities:
GCSE response
NC LEVEL
ALL:
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Will understand mediums elements and strategies and be capable of
using them in their work
MOST:
SOME:
Will have assigned a basic role with effective interpretation of the
character and situation
Will direct and lead the performance in addition to performing
Evaluation / How did the lesson go?The pace was quite slow today not sure if students
were influenced perhaps by presence of camera. Was pleased with the Learning outcomes.
Nearly all students had achieved everything.