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Price: £45.00
Age Range: KS3

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Five of the most popular themes for Drama teaching presented in a highly practical format. Provides up to a year's work: each theme module can be used for individual one-off lessons or to structure a half-term's work building to a finished performance.

Activities include: Improvisation skills; Voice and movement; Mime techniques; Characterisation; Roleplay; Body language; Encouraging awareness of self and of others; Addressing an audience; Different performance styles.



The five drama projects are: Ghosts, myths and legends; Stereotyping people; Teenage rights; Bullying; Drugs.

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Size: 115 Pages
ISBN: 978 1 86025 075 0
Code: KTID
Format: Photocopy master or PDF
Popularity rank: 30
Average Customer Review:  * * * * *  based on 1 review
Contents List

LESSONS

GHOSTS, MYTHS AND LEGENDS

  • 1 TELL ME A STORY!
  • 3 WORDS AND MEANINGS, GHOSTS AND GHOULS
  • 5 BODY AS PROPS
  • 7 LITTLE AND LARGE
  • 9 CAUTIONARY TALES
  • 11 DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE
  • 13 A LEGEND IN YOUR OWN LIFETIME
  • 15 CREATE A MYTH
  • 17 ASSEMBLY OF THE GODS
  • 19 LIFE GAME

STEREOTYPING PEOPLE

  • 25 PINK FOR A BOY, BLUE FOR A GIRL
  • 27 A WOMAN'S PLACE? A MAN'S SPACE?
  • 29 WHO WEARS THE TROUSERS?
  • 31 WHAT CAN YOU SAY?
  • 33 FOOD FOR THOUGHT
  • 35 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE
  • 37 SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS...
  • 39 DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
  • 41 PUNCH AND JUDY
  • 43 THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT!

TEENAGE RIGHTS

  • 49 RIGHTS AND WRONGS
  • 51 THE GOOD OLD DAYS?
  • 53 THE BEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE?
  • 55 I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT!
  • 57 STOP THE CLOCK!
  • 59 OLDE TYME MUSIC-HALL
  • 61 HEROES, HEROINES & VILLAINS
  • 63 IN THE DOCK
  • 65 CIRCUS SKILLS
  • 67 BACK TO RIGHTS

BULLYING

  • 73 LETTER
  • 75 THE INTERVIEW
  • 77 HOW TO MAKE A BULLY
  • 79 ALL SHAPES AND SIZES
  • 81 NOT MY PROBLEM
  • 83 NOT LIKE US
  • 85 WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
  • 87 RIVALS
  • 89 THE WILL
  • 91 THEM AND US

DRUGS

  • 97 WHO? WHAT? WHY?
  • 99 THE PLOT THICKENS
  • 101 TUG OF WAR
  • 103 I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT!
  • 105 BODY LANGUAGE
  • 107 FREEZE FRAME
  • 109 HIGHS AND LOWS
  • 111 LOYALTIES
  • 113 ADDICTION
  • 115 PRESENTATION
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Clarence Rolle Jr. at n/a
07/07/07
Students are enjoying the activities immensely.
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Teacher Testing Report
05/01/05
The students reacted very enthusiastically.
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05/01/05
The illustrations are fun and would appeal to and excite the students.
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Teacher Testing Report
05/01/05
Led to lively discussion and produced some very interesting drama work.
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05/01/05
Deeply impressed.
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Teacher Testing Report
05/01/05
The pack has a good range of interesting roles and situations.
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