Arts and culture
Grade 4
Personal and social skills
Module 3
Drama
Drama
Activity 1
To use props as stimulus material [lo 3.3]
THE BALL
E xercise
1 :
- Bring a ball to the class – any size, colour or texture.
- Divide into small groups ( 5 - 8 learners per group).
- Improvise a situation in which a ball, or balls, is/are used.
- The ball must be used as a prop and can represent different things and different moods.
- Work on the scene for five minutes.
- The scene must be one minute long.
- Perform the scene to the rest of the class.
Activity 2
To draw and develop ideas when planning a drama [lo 3.4]
The ball: a play
With this activity you are going to construct and create a short play derived from the previous exercise.
Exercise 2:
- You already have a title for the play:
The Ball.
- Select scenes from the previous exercise.
- Construct the scenes in such a way that it makes a sensible play of about five minutes.
- Have your educator write down the plot and dialogue on the blackboard – this will be the script.
- Select and volunteer for the following portfolios:
- actors
- props masters (look after the props)
- costumes
- director
- stage hands
- stage manager
- prompt (reads the lines to the actors if they forget it)
Hints in creating and developing your play :
- The ball can be anything you want it to be – be creative!
- Choose a character you would like to portray.
- Where do you want your play to take place?
- What do you want to say?
- How are you going to do it?
- What is your character going to wear?
- Do you want other props to be part of the play?
Assessment
LEARNING OUTCOME 3:
PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION The learner is able to display personal and social skills while participating in arts and culture activities as an individual and in a group.
Assessment standard
We know this when the learner:
3.3 collaborates in imaginative use of simple props as stimulus material, showing how the same object can represent different things and different moods;
3.4 draws on and develops own and others’ ideas when planning and devising dramas.
