Transcript Environment part 2

KS4 Drama – Themes: Environment part 2
Themes:
Environment – part 2
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Accompanying
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Practical
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Extension
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Learning Objectives
Prepare and deliver a short monologue
Write for a specified audience
Produce and perform a piece of choral work
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The council meeting
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Creating a headline
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Voice collage
There is a place in the town centre where newspaper sellers
call out their headlines. In groups of four, devise a piece of
choral work where the only words spoken are the ones from
your headline. Use some of the following techniques to
create a voice collage:
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Loudness
Pace
Repetition
Intonation
Canon
Rhythm
Tone
Unison
Chant
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All is revealed
The next day, one of
the local newspapers
reveals the final
decision of the
council with the
following headline:
Council rolls out
shock skate park
scheme
How might your
character react to
this news?
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Hot seat
On Sam Jones’ local radio show, the leader of the council is
being asked to explain the council’s decision. Local residents
are invited to phone in to contribute to the discussion.
Choose one member of the class to
be the DJ Sam Jones and another
person to be the councillor. In role,
question the councillor about the
decision. The DJ should take
charge of the phone-in.
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Further stimuli
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Play:
Blood Brothers
Willy Russell
Poetry:
If Rivers Turned Red
Graeme King
Film:
Slumdog Millionaire
Music:
Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell
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