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  • Year 7

Combining skills

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

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Combining skills

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

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, students will take a well known character and select a suitable voice and physicality. Students will perform a short piece of text, demonstrating some of their vocal and physical skills to portray character and emotion.

Content guidance

  • Physical activity required.

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
What is emotion?

Correct answer: A strong feeling derived from someone's circumstance or mood.
A way of looking at a wall using only your nose.
A way of moving around the space to show you are sophisticated.

Q2.
Which description best fits the term "still image"?

Lack of character.
Lack of energy.
Correct answer: Lack of movement.

Q3.
Slow motion could be to do with...

Animals.
Boats.
Correct answer: Speed.

Q4.
What is a gesture?

A movement that helps you to see.
A movement that is useful for breathing.
Correct answer: A movement that is useful in communicating emotion.

Assessment exit quiz

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5 Questions

Q1.
You can explore physical and vocal skills in many ways?

False.
Correct answer: True

Q2.
Emotions can be seen in verbal and non verbal communication.

False.
Correct answer: True.

Q3.
Emphasising a word can...

Correct answer: Help to build character as we understand more about their thoughts.
Help to make a performance silent.
Help to make someone taller.

Q4.
An aside is...

Something eaten along with a meal.
Something given to the stage manager.
Correct answer: Something spoken to the audience, not the other performers.
Something to do with football.

Q5.
A thought-track is useful because...

It helps us to understand the theory of everything.
Correct answer: It helps us to understand what the character is thinking.
It helps us to understand what the scenery is supposed to be.