Key Themes in Drama

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Age Range: KS3

Use five of the most popular themes in drama teaching to develop the dramatic skills of your KS3 students. These drama themes are presented in a highly practical format. Resources include worksheets and lesson plans for up to a year's work. All drama themes modules can be used for individual one-off lesson plans or to structure a half-term's work building to a finished performance. Resources are suitable for Key Stage 3 students of mixed ability.

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

Themes for 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
Popularity rank: 30
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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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20/09/16

excellent . thankyou

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12/02/14

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Very clear and easy to use.

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27/03/13

Fairly good

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07/07/07

Clarence Rolle Jr. at n/a

Students are enjoying the activities immensely.

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05/01/05

Teacher Testing Report

Deeply impressed.

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Teacher Testing Report

The students reacted very enthusiastically.

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The illustrations are fun and would appeal to and excite the students.

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05/01/05

Teacher Testing Report

The pack has a good range of interesting roles and situations.

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05/01/05

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Led to lively discussion and produced some very interesting drama work.

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