KS3 Drama

In this lesson, students will take one character from their plotline and develop this character, exploring drama conventions to develop characters. They will write a monologue for their character and annotate this with ideas of how to perform it. This lesson includes some physical activity. We recommend checking with a trusted adult before starting or doing the lesson with the trusted adult nearby.

In this lesson, students will be introduced to a stimulus for devising in the form of a poem. They will learn about narrative structures in tasks which will help them develop their own plotline in response to the stimulus.

In this lesson, we will look more at design elements in live theatre, and start to evaluate the overall success of elements used together.

In this lesson, we will start to look in more detail at the choices theatre designers make and the effects this creates for an audience

In this lesson, we will begin to explore how to describe and analyse live theatre, looking at a short extract from a play.

In this lesson, students will learn about facial expression, gesture and body language. Students will consider how they might react in different scenarios.

In this lesson, students will learn about pace, tone, emphasis and volume. They will experiment with these skills in activities to alter meaning and affect. Students will experiement with vocal expression to show emotion.

In this lesson, students will explore physicality to create tension and suspense using slow motion and mime in a range of scenarios.

In this lesson, students will take a section of text, appling knowledge of vocal and physical skills to communicate their emotions.

In this lesson, students will work with a short text and use the thought-tracking technique to add original 'asides' into the script. Students will experiment with vocal expression to show character.