STAGE DIRECTING

Stage director = stage manager Dialogue (actors), setting (actors and props), and action of a play (body language, gestures,miming).

STAGECRAFT
Lighting Costume Make-up Props Set Multimedia Sound

DRAMA TECHNIQUES
Puppetry Mask Hot seat Readers Theatre Role Play

Drama Activities with a Language Focus

Questioning in role / hot seating
Aims of the activity : >Listening and speaking :Comprehension and interpretation of character >Writing : Taking down notes and practice in report writing

 Telephone Conversations
Aims of the activity : > Listening and speaking : Being able to sustain a meaningful telephone conversation and interpretation of character

 Soliloquy / Thought Tracking

Aims of the activity : >Reading : Reading comprehension, especially interpretation of text and character. >Writing : Writing diary entries, i.e., being able to express personal feelings and thoughts. http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Chauhan-Drama.html

THE SILENCE SEEKER

Activities based on a drama . Drama : The Silence Seeker

Synopsis : Ben Morleys picture book The Silence Seeker tells the story of Joe and his quest to find a quiet place for his new neighbour who his mum tells him is an asylum seeker, but Joe misunderstands. The story shows a friendship developing between the two boys, but it also makes Joe realise that actually he cant find a peaceful and quiet place for his friend, and learners are introduced to the threats or tensions that exist in our local environments.

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