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Year Level: 7 Peri !/Le"" #: 3$% Date: 25/09 T &i': Drama Time: 10.20-11.35 Le#(t): 1)r 15

Lesson Outcomes: Students will be able to/know Students to have started to develop the shell of a character (only for use this lesson, but attribute of the character may be used in the task), complete with their own walk, tick and or !uirk and voice via physical warm ups and e"ercises# $ssessment of the outcomes: (How will I assess that students have achieved/demonstrated the outcomes?)
Students will take the %iven skit scenarios and react to them appropriately and creatively dependin% on the different character that was be%innin% to develop via different responses made durin% the various different warm ups and e"cersies#

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Students interested and answerin% !uestions#

+ell students that we will be 6ivin% students a circumference from which they will be lookin% at ,hysical theatre# workin% with in for the lesson# ,hysical theatre is a %enre of theatrical performance that pursues storytellin% throu%h primarily physical means# One of the important factors -d like to convey to students is that they should always play to truth# .ho mi%ht use a lot of physical theatre in their actin%/ 0r# 1ean#
0odellin% via a famous practitioner students reco%nise# 0r# 1ean clip# ,ointin% out he barely talks# .hen he does he uses his special voice or sin%ular words# ,oint out his ticks !uirks and walk#

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Let students know - will take them throu%h a few e"ercises to help them find a tick !uirk, character walk, voice and personality and to keep mind of actions voices they like for the skit at the end#

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2ormal conversation 3 in twos# (0aybe 4ust a few volunteers dependin% on time# 5iscuss physical tick or !uirk

,hysical 7umour Students to understand what it is to tick# Students feelin% the 4u"taposition of havin% a normal improvised conversation whilst one of their hands starts to play up, movin% involuntarily, possibly bein% a sock puppet, then finally attackin% them# Students may like to talk to their hand, students may be unaware of their stran%e hand movement#

Students to utilise the re%ular conversation and tick of the hand effectively#

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.alkin% on outside of feet .alkin% on9 %lass, sand, %ravel, %rass, mud, cats, pillows# 5iscuss findin% a characters walk#

Students feelin% how walkin% on different parts of their feet makes them feel# .hat kind of person mi%ht walk on the outside of their feet/ +oes in/ +oes out/ On their tippy toes/

Student demeanour chan%e as they e"plore with different ways of walkin%#

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:lements:Students walk around as thou%h different # physicalisations of fire, earth and water# (:% fire works, small flame keepin% people warm, bla;in% fire en%ulfin% a home, a stream, an ocean, a swimmin% pool, thunder) +ake it to the e"treme# +ake it as small as possible#0id# .hat kind of personality would each element have/ .hat would its voice sound like/ <ree;e 3 tap on shoulder# =hey how are you today/> Student to respond

2ODY O3 LESSON: Time A'tivit/ 10.00 Skit rehearsal (improvised polished piece)
? ? ? ? @ivals in love <irst date 1ank robber robs bank attendant but makes a silly mistake 5entist with a 4i%%ly arm and patient

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0ust be able to see:

Start 3 0iddle (Aonflict) 3 :nd (resolution B or lack of) $ %eneral sense of character (are they a %rumpy little -talian man/ Someone thats scared of everythin%/ B) Cour characters walk Cour characters voice Cour characters !uirk tick

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