SPEECH AND DRAMA

EASTER 2020

P2-7

FIRST VERSE!

INSTRUCTIONS1. Select one breathing exercise and repeat three times 2. Look in a mirror and practice 3-4 exercises for 10 seconds each to strengthen face muscles and aid speech development for 10 seconds each 3. Choose one vocal exercise to practice for 30 seconds, or as long as you can! 4. Concentration games and imagination games can be played any time with anybody in the house 5. Ask a grown up to read the poem for your year group. If there are any words or phrases you don't understand, ask somebody. You can draw a picture about the poem. Now, read the poem aloud. You can repeat reading the poem aloud and memorising a line or two each day until you can remember the whole thing! Make sure to pay attention to where there are commas or full stops and pause for breath. If the line carries onto the next line without a comma or full stop, carry on without pausing.  6. To finish, repeat a breathing exercise twice nice and slowly Have fun!  Mrs English

BREATHING EXERCISES

Stand in a relaxed position. Breathe in slowly, without raising your shoulders, to smell some beautiful flowers, then breathe out gently through partly opened lips, to blow out candles on a birthday cake.  Breathe in deeply through the

nose with mouth shut.  Open your mouth slightly and breathe out slowly with a hissing sound. How long can you make this sound before you need to take another breath?Bunny breath: Three

quick sniffs (like a rabbit sniffing carrots) through the nose, mouth closed followed by one long breath out through your nose with your mouth closed.

FACIAL MUSCLES AND SPEECH DEVELOPMENT

North, South, East, West Stick your tongue out as far as it goes, stretch it up to touch your nose (North), down to touch your chin (South), then towards each ear in turn (East, West)

Make your tongue tickle your nose, then point it down to the ground and

wiggle it from side to side. Can you flap it up

and down?

Be happy and give a big smile. Now make an upside down smile

and frown

Polish your teeth with your tongue and close your mouth

tight to blow some kisses

Make a really silly face using your mouth and tongue in the funniest way you can think of!

Open your mouth like a

tunnel and look surprised

Be angry without

making a noise and

squeeze your mouth tightly

together

VOCAL EXERCISES

Loosen your jaw by making as long a face as possible, then scrunch it

up again tightly

Chew imaginary toffee that is really,

really sticky and chewy

Using only the phrase "peas and carrots"

speak like a King or Queen / a monster / a

wicked witch / etc

Pass the Word Using only the word

"hello", how many ways can you think of to say the same word? Take it in turns and see how many different ways you can say the same

word

VOCAL EXERCISES: TONGUE TWISTERS

Remember to start slowly....

3, 2, 1.....

Smelly shoes and socks shock sisters

The big beautiful blue balloon burst

Cook cooks cupcakes quickly

Red blood,

Three free throws

blue blood

CONCENTRATION GAMES 1

Energy Ball Sit in a circle with everyone holding their hands out in front,

keeping them still as if waiting to catch a ball. The person who starts has the imaginary 'energy ball'. They quickly throw it to

another person who wiggles their fingers to show they now have the ball. They then pass it on as quickly as possible.

There should only be one person wiggling their fingers at a time. Focus on who you are throwing the energy ball to and

make eye contact with them

Rubber chicken...substitute any toy and make it the rubber "whatever".

Choose two opposite ways to use the voice - the children will keep you right! We use loud/quiet, angry/calm, happy/sad, shout/whisper.

Count 1-10 in a loud voice whilst shaking your right hand as if to shake it off. Then count 10-1 in a quiet voice shaking your left hand.

Repeat with right and left legs. At the end shout "rubber chicken" and all do a silly, crazy dance!

IMAGINATIVE GAMES

Throw a cushion to each other in

different ways. It is something very

valuable / smelly / prickly / heavy, etc.

Make your hands take on different moods.

They can be nervous / greedy / magic / fierce

/ gentle, etc. shake hands in these ways

Imagine you are a waiter/waitress in a restaurant carrying a plate of slippery

spaghetti across the floor, using one hand only with palm out flat.... do not drop it! The

floor can be icy, muddy, on fire

Sensory drama play activities PRETEND to taste a sour lemon / a fizzy drink 

PRETEND to touch something hot / icicles / feathers PRETEND to hear a gentle wind / a piercing whistle PRETEND to smell onions / fresh bread / perfume

PRETEND to see a car from far away / a giant spider

POEM: P2

Tea-time treat

John likes jam.

His mother said

"Don't put so much

upon your bread."

So instead,

he spread it

thickly

on his head.Joan Poulson

POEM: P3

Sounds Good

Sausage sizzles,

crispbreads crack;

hot dogs hiss

and flapjacks snap!

Bacon boils

and fritters fry;

apples squelch

in apple pie.

Baked beans bubble,

gravy grumbles;

popcorn pops,

and stomach rumbles....

I'M HUNGRY!

Judith Nicholls

POEM: P4My first best friend

My first best friend is Awful Ann -

she socked me in the eye.

My second best friend is Sneaky Sam -

he tried to swipe my pie.

My third best friend is Max the Rat -

he trampled on my toes.

My fourth best friend is Nasty Nell -

She almost broke my nose.

My fifth best friend is Ted the Toad -

he kicked me in the knee.

My sixth best friend is Grumpy Gail -

she's always mean to me.

My seventh best friend is Monster Moe -

he often plays too rough.

That's all the friends I've got right now -

I think I've got enough.

Jack Prelutsky

POEM: P5Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face

Be glad your nose is on your face,

and not pasted on some other place,

for if it were where it is not,

you might dislike your nose a lot.

Imagine if your precious nose

were sandwiched in between your toes,

that clearly would not be a treat,

for you'd be forced to smell your feet.

Your nose would be a source of dread

were it attached atop your head,

it soon would drive you to despair,

forever tickled by your hair.

Within your ear, your nose would be

an absolute catastrophe,

for when you were obliged to sneeze,

your brain would rattle from the breeze.

Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,

remains between your eyes and chin,

not pasted on some other place -

be glad your nose is on your face!

Jack Prelutsky

POEM: P6/P7Mafia Cats

We're the Mafia cats

Bugsy, Franco and Toni

We're crazy for pizza

With hot pepperoni

We run all the rackets

From gambling to vice

On St Valentine's Day

We massacre mice

We always wear shades

To show that we're meanies

Big hats and sharp suits

And drive Lamborghinis

We're the Mafia cats

Bugsy, Franco and Toni

Love Sicilian wine

And cheese macaroni

But we have a secret

(And if you dare tell

You'll end up with the kitten

At the bottom of the well

Or covered in concrete

And thrown into the deep

For this is one secret

You really must keep).

We're the Casa Nostra

Run the scams and the fiddles

But at home we are

Mopsy, Ginger and Tiddles

(Breathe one word and you're cat-meat. OK?)

Roger McGough

TO READ OR LEARN: P5/6/7(Found in a Gingerbread filing cabinet at the "King of the Castle'

Planning Office) 

Dear Mr Pig, We notice

You’ve built a house of straw.

You didn’t ask permission,

You didn’t say what for,

You didn’t ring our office,

You didn’t write, and so –

Our Big Bad Wolf will be RIGHT ROUND

To huff and puff and blow.

Dear Pig & Co., we’re puzzled.

Some creatures never learn.

You’ve built a house of wooden planks –

The sort that’s bound to burn,

The sort that’s full of woodworm,

The sort that causes trouble –

Our Big Bad Wolf will be RIGHT ROUND

To smash your place to rubble.

Pig Partners, Now you’ve done it.

You’re either rude or lazy.

You’ve gone and built a house of bricks

To drive our planners crazy.

You didn’t dig foundations,

You knew we’d have to ban it –

Our Big Bad Wolf will be RIGHT ROUND

To blast you off the planet.

Dear Brothers Pig, Our greetings!

We huffed, we puffed, we blew,

We even stormed your chimney,

But NOTHING bothered you –

Our Big Sad Wolf will be RIGHT ROUND

To pay you our respects,

And offer you a splendid job

With Beanstalk Architects.

Claire Bevan

Letters to the Three PIgs

MONOLOGUE: P5/6/7Fairy-Tale Princess School

Wednesday's Timetable

9:30am Christening Curses

This week: Methods of waking from enchanted sleep

without having to rely on a princely kiss.

(Several Princesses have been disappointed in the quality of Prince

thus obtained).

10:30am How to recognise your Frog Prince

Princesses are forbidden to kiss the study frogs.

Princess Florabella kissed a frog in last week's lesson

and not only is she in hospital with salmonella poisoning

but got an extremely ugly Prince into the bargain.

11am Break

Crowns are NOT to be worn in the playground.

Grudge the caretaker sustained a nasty flesh wound

When he sat on one which had been left on a bench.

11:15am Programming your mobile

An essential art if your father, the King,

stakes you out as bait for the local dragon.

A simple press of a button

will contact the knight in shining armour of your choice.

12 Midday Lunch

A light, but nutritious meal of thirty-four courses will be provided.

Do not speak to wicked enchanters outside the school gate as the

Princes' Union has called a strike, to protest about the practice of

chopping Princes' heads off if they do not achieve tasks set by beautiful,

but cruel Princesses. (these grils give Princesses a bad name)

So there will be no one to rescue you from the enchanters' towers till

further notice.

2pm. Disguises

Today we are doing goosegirl, beggarmaid, kitchen skivvy, and tattercoat,

all tried and tested by well-known Princesses and enabling even a novice

to net a handsome Prince.

2:30pm. Wicked stepmothers

Is your stepmother really an ogress? Has she a magic mirror?

Does she favour your two ugly stepsisters?

This is the first in a series of talks given by famous personalities.

Today, it's Snow White.

And remember, your highnesses, do not mention dwarves.

That business was all in the past.

3:30pm. Home-time

As paparazzi from various tabloids

have been pestering Princesses as they clamber into their golden

carriages, we have hired a wizard to blast them with his staff.

This should stop the nuisance and highnesses are asked not to kick the

resultant blackened bones

all over Grudge's clean courtyard.

Homework

We must ask Princesses not to make their maids do it.

The maids are achieving better marks than their mistresses and we all

know what happens when maids get the upper hand.

They will impersonate you and marry your Princes and then where will

you be?