Drama Levels Game
Links to Australian Curriculum: Drama/Physical Education
Teacher: Miss Murray — Class: 4B — Number of Students: 26 — Lesson Duration: 30 minutes
OUTCOMES (Taken from the QSA Knowledge and Understanding, The Arts): Role and status of relationships can be maintained using movement, including posture, gesture and body position, and expression of voice.
Purpose and context guide the selection of time frames, language, place and space to express ideas.
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: Use their body at different levels in drama and present slow-motion sequences.
Learners’ Prior knowledge: Students have been attending a weekly drama lesson with the drama specialist, Nikki. During this time students listened to the story Ravensbourne, and completed activities based on the events and features of the story. In the previous drama lesson, students completed a slow-motion battle performance.
Resources: Appropriate space for freedom of movement.
- Teacher introduces the lesson.
- Students are put into their pairs that they worked with in the previous Drama lesson.
- Each pair is given an opportunity to present their slow-motion to the class.
WATCH TIME, KEEP ON TASK.
Once all pairs have presented, the teacher introduces the activity:
LEVELS
Miners (down low, digging)
Fisherman (regular standing)
Mountain (downward dog)
Ravens (up high, flapping wings)
- Reinforce positive behaviour
- Explain each action
- Practice
- Play
- Change up the game (similar to red light, green light).
- Students who are out assist in spotting other students.
During the activity, the teacher is watching for student movement and participation. The teacher asks themselves these questions:
- Are the students utilising their space?
- Are they using their body to their full potential?
- Are there any students apprehensive to participate?
- How can students be encouraged be further involved in future?
- Are the students meeting the outcome requirements of the curriculum?
- Do the students understand the activity?
- Does the teacher need to re-evaluate the lesson? Was the objective communicated clearly?