SPEAKING AND LISTENING

GCSE Creating and Sustaining a role

Learning Objectives

We are learning to...- Create and sustain a role in a piece of

improvised drama- Think creatively to come up with a workable

idea for a role-play

S4L: Creative Thinking and Team Work

The next two lessons...

Plan and devise

our character

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Learn and practice

how to use bodies and

voice

Perform!

Scenario

A school student is in a meeting to decide if they are to be excluded from school or not.

Present at the meeting are:

The Student

The Parent

Headteacher Teacher

Task

Prepare and perform the scene which plays out at the exclusion meeting

You are assessed individually (not as a group), on how well you can create and sustain a role

Create and Sustain a Role

Key Question: what’s the story?

What may have happened to get the student into this much trouble?

LO: learning to think creatively to come up with engaging ideas

Line up against the back wall alphabetical street name order

So – Appleton Road is AYoung Street is Y

Success Criteria Skilled discussion will result in - 1. A clear idea for what has

happened to cause the meeting

Excellent discussion will result in -

1. An increasingly original and engaging idea – think outside the box

2. An increasingly developed and convincing story, perhaps with an unexpected twist

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Question: what may have happened to get the student in

trouble?

3minThink /notes time

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Numbered-Heads Together

3minThink /notes time

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Numbered-Heads Together

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Numbered-Heads Together

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Numbered-Heads Together

Remember

By the end of the structure, you ALL have to be comfortable with being able to explain your group’s answer

Only sit down when you can all do thisANYONE might be called upon!

Success Criteria

Skilled discussion will result in -

1. A clear idea for what has happened to cause the meeting

Excellent discussion will result in -

1. An increasingly original and engaging idea – think outside the box

2. An increasingly developed and convincing story, perhaps with an unexpected twist

My CharacterName:Age:

Main Characteristics

What do they want to happen to the student?

Hidden Secret?

Success Criteria Skilled work will show-

1. Clear and relevant ideas2. Some detail and development in

the character – beyond surface details

Excellent work will show-

1. Increasingly original and creative thinking

2. Increasing detail and development in the character

3. A sense of narrative originality or twist

My CharacterName: Bobby BananaAge: 103

Main CharacteristicsWooden leg and no ears.

What do they want to happen to the student?Get expelled.

Hidden Secret?Used to be a pirate

My CharacterName: Mr HoggartAge: 25

Main CharacteristicsTrendy young teacher – tries to be really friendly with the students

What do they want to happen to the student?Want him to stay at the school – knows that the student is innocent because witnessed the incident and saw that the student was provoked.

Hidden Secret?- He knows that the headteacher is trying to get rid of the student, because the student has seen the head cheating the school’s exam results.

Now...

Practise and improvise your role play – make it up as you go along

Be ready to show a rough draft by the end of this lesson

Learning intention

We are learning to...- Understand how to manipulate the ways we

use our voices and bodies to create and sustain characters

How will we learn this?

Bit of planning and thinkingGive ourselves a frameHave a goAssess how we are getting onImprove our work

Rally Robin

How can we act to create a role and stay in role?

Task 1

Create 3 tableaux to show your meeting at the beginning, the middle and the end

You have 1 minute per tableaux!

Success Criteria

Skilled role-play will-

1. Say and do appropriate things for your character

2. Stay in role throughout3. Explore a story which is clear and

relevant to the task

Excellent role-play will-

1. Show increasing subtlety in the way that voice and body are used

2. Stay in role even when not speaking3. Show imagination, creativity and flair,

using techniques such as flashback / narrator’s voice / mime

4. Explore a complex narrative, including twists and a clear resolution

Success Criteria

Skilled role-play will-

1. Say and do appropriate things for your character

2. Stay in role throughout3. Explore a story which is clear and

relevant to the task

Excellent role-play will-

1. Show increasing subtlety in the way that voice and body are used

2. Stay in role even when not speaking3. Show imagination, creativity and flair,

using techniques such as flashback / narrator’s voice / mime

4. Explore a complex narrative, including twists and a clear resolution

Success Criteria

Skilled role-play will-

1. Say and do appropriate things for your character

2. Stay in role throughout3. Explore a story which is clear and

relevant to the task

Excellent role-play will-

1. Show increasing subtlety in the way that voice and body are used

2. Stay in role even when not speaking3. Show imagination, creativity and flair,

using techniques such as flashback / narrator’s voice / mime

4. Explore a complex narrative, including twists and a clear resolution

Success Criteria

Skilled role-play will-

1. Say and do appropriate things for your character

2. Stay in role throughout3. Explore a story which is clear and

relevant to the task

Excellent role-play will-

1. Show increasing subtlety in the way that voice and body are used

2. Stay in role even when not speaking3. Show imagination, creativity and flair,

using techniques such as flashback / narrator’s voice / mime

4. Explore a complex narrative, including twists and a clear resolution

Success Criteria

Skilled role-play will-

1. Say and do appropriate things for your character

2. Stay in role throughout3. Explore a story which is clear and

relevant to the task

Excellent role-play will-

1. Show increasing subtlety in the way that voice and body are used

2. Stay in role even when not speaking3. Show imagination, creativity and flair,

using techniques such as flashback / narrator’s voice / mime

4. Explore a complex narrative, including twists and a clear resolution

Success Criteria

Skilled role-play will-

1. Say and do appropriate things for your character

2. Stay in role throughout3. Explore a story which is clear and

relevant to the task

Excellent role-play will-

1. Show increasing subtlety in the way that voice and body are used

2. Stay in role even when not speaking3. Show imagination, creativity and flair,

using techniques such as flashback / narrator’s voice / mime

4. Explore a complex narrative, including twists and a clear resolution