Heading Mr Dunne 14 th January Drama 2

Heading Mr. Dunne 14 th January Drama 2

Before we start �Let’s get your opinions. Concerning bullying, finish the following sentences: �I think. . . �I don’t know. . . �I want to know. . .

Objective �This section is all building up to you creating your own play with settings, dialogues and actions. �Today we are going to make actions fun.

Write this down: �When reading drama, we have to imagine the actor saying the lines. �It is more interesting if that actor is moving while talking, perhaps acting out the words.

Warm-up �Lines are going to pop up on the board. Students have to read the line silently and then say it aloud while doing the action. �Example: I put my hands up like a boxer to defend myself.

�He poked me in the eye. It really hurt so I put my hand over it. �Somebody walked dog poop into the class. It smelled really bad so I covered my nose. �She lost my pen. I could have killed her. �He lost my phone. I was going crazy. Why do I lend people things? �She found my pen and phone. I was so happy.

Through those samples �Students have displayed pain, disgust, anger, insanity and joy. �You have placed actions unto words.

Our second play - Bullies �I am going to split the class into four groups. �Stryk Kuff Grynd Boot. �There are roughly 90 lines in this play, 22 per character, many of which are single words. �Examine your character’s dialogue. Write what he is doing while saying these lines. Do this on the sheet. If you would like a second sheet, I have spares so do not worry.

Examples � Line one – “It’ll be great when the bus gets here” � Anything from: jumping up and down, arms folded, bus driver dance. (Not ‘standing normally’ however). �Pg 18 – “Like a girl” – perhaps a difficult line. �If you desire, look at the previous line “He’ll be crying” and be inspired that. �Pg 19 – “Me dad” – also hard. Maybe pointing, beating chest, flexing muscles.

It is time to act. �Stryk Kuff Grynd Boot. � 12 voleenteers – 4 students read each page then give the next 4 a turn.

Question �Write a review of this play. �Mention the wonderful actors, the story, THE ACTIONS and what you thought. “Reference the dialogue / text / sheet”.

Next week’s play: Fish (page 6) Homework �Read the play and summarise it in five sentences. �Cast: Joey and Goldie. �We’ll be examining story structure next week.