Year 10 written responses
1) RESPONSE PHASE
Write about lesson one.
Pick one or two exercises and analyse what the drama technique is and
how it was used in the scene
Analyse how you used it and how effective it was
Use diagrams to analyse, body language and facial expression. Use of space, and the meaning behind the scene or freeze frame.
2 Development phase
Write about lesson three or four:
Pick one or two exercises and analyse what the drama technique is and
how it was used in the scene
Analyse how you used it and how effective it was
Use diagrams to analyse, body language and facial expression. Use of space, and the meaning behind the scene or freeze frame.
3 Play review
See attached sheet for guidance
WOMAN IN BLACK
SCHEME OF WORK Paper One Unit 2
Assessed criteria
a) Explorative Strategies
Narration
Hotseating
Still image
Roleplay
Forum theatre
Captions
b)The Drama Medium
The use of set/props
The use of voice
The use of movement, mime, and or/gesture
The use of space and/or levels
c) The elements of drama
Action/plot/content
forms
climax/anti-climax
conventions
symbols
characterization
SESSION ACTIVITIES
ONE
TAUGHT
Research background of Victorian England and its family values/ technology/views of marriage etc. (handout on marriage read for homework)
In pairs/groups
• Key rules of society shown through still images (a) linked by narration (a) and /or captions (a)
Exploration of themes
Discuss the themes of the play:In groups
Revenge
Fear
Loss/grief
Duty/ honour
• Create a still image (a) exploring one of these themes from Victorian times/ present day/ possible future linked by spoken thoughts (a) and then develop to role play (a). Discuss differences between a Victorian reaction to these themes and a modern reaction.
TWO
TAUGHT
(assessed) Storytelling as a style
An exploration of acting style of how to communicate plot and content and character. Using narration (a) and role play (a)/props/costume/set(b) etc. In groups
use plot summary handout to present main points of play. Present.
Exploration of character (off the Text)
Exploration of past/present and future
Imagine the woman in black or one of the main characters in the attic of the house.
• Individual work: magic box: pull out from box in the attic some objects important to their lives. Choose one object and using automatic writing write their thoughts and feelings towards this object.
• Group work: Choose one of the characters and their object and create a scene which shows how that object from the past has affected their present life. Use different techniques include some of the automatic writing in the piece.
Notes for portfolio (task one)
THREE
TAUGHT
(Assessed)
PAGE 39: Sam Daily’s Speech
Individual
Read extract and discuss what rules of society gave to young women who got pregnant out of wedlock? In groups, hot seat one as woman in black to discover her feelings behind this story.
In groups
Explore and present this story from the woman in black’s perspective. The exploration involves using roleplay (a) still images(a) narration(a) and the use of movement, mime and/or gesture(b).
Notes for portfolio Task 2
Forum Theatre (off the text)Whole group
A talk show where the woman in black accuses Alice Drablow of allowing her baby to die and stealing her baby. Alice Drablow defends herself.
Students can stop the action at any moment to take over the role-to try and find a solution.
FOUR
TAUGHT
Text work Creating tension
page 41-42
Discuss as a whole group how these pages were presented on stage and how they used techniques to communicate the nightmare quality.
In groups, using voice (b), the use of movement, mime/or gesture (b) and the use of space and or levels (b) re-create this scene. The students can use parts of the script or the whole of the scene to communicate the atmosphere, tension and climax (c) of the scene, present.
off the text:
Create in whole group their own ghost story using narration, the use of movement, mime/or gesture and the use of space and or levels to create tension. Present and evaluate.
FIVE
TAUGHT Use of Language
Page 34:Read the extract of the child’s nursery
Whole group.
Create using still image (a) and symbols(c)the nursery
Using narration (a)from the extract add significant descriptions of the objects, then add spoken thoughts(a) from the objects in the room about memories of the child or the woman in black, present.
In pairs choose one of the other characters rooms and write a short description of the room(read out). Evaluate the effectiveness and clarity of description.
In small groups repeat earlier exercise and compare the detail of the description and effectiveness of the language and how this tells us about the characters and the times and their thoughts and feelings.
SIX
TAUGHT
(assessed) After the play
Consider the actor at the end of the play
Individual
Write a letter to your wife or a diary entry explaining your fears after what you have experienced. Read out.
In pairs
Create a scene where the wife reads either the letter or diary entry and confronts her husband .Role play(a) Present
In groups:
Create a scene showing what happens to the actor and his wife, will the curse continue or do they manage to stop it?
Use narration(a) still image(a), The use of movement, mime, and or gesture(b), The use of set and props (b) and forms(c) to explore this.
Present and evaluate.
Notes for portfolio task one and two
Evaluate the whole scheme of work
What did they learn about the play’s themes and meaning and about creating theatre through text.
