Year 7 Drama Lessons - The Circus- An Introduction to Characterisation (Comedy Genre)

Fully resourced series of lessons that cover the basics of Drama for Year 7 students.

There are 7 lessons in the series however each lesson can be stretched over several lessons if required.

This includes Starter tasks, Explanation of techniques, Examples of modelling, Student Activities, homework tasks and Example Assessments/Rehearsal review sheets.

The skills covered within this topic:

• Gait
• Tone
• Body Language
• Posture
• Body Language
• The Stage/Space
• Comedy
• Hot seating
• Mime
• Writing in Role
• Role on the Wall

The purpose of this year 7 scheme is to instill discipline, confidence, love for the subject and build basic knowledge around skills and techniques needed for success. The basics of design work will also be introduced through discussion and homework tasks.