Prompting imagination

Achievement The Arts – Drama – Level 1

Objective Developing ideas
Contribute and develop ideas in drama, using personal experience and imagination

Learning
Intention I am learning... to use imagination as a way to prompt personal experiences which can be translated through
(derived from
Indicators of dramatic play.
Progression)

Intended Students will be able to reflect on the activities from the previous week and apply those into this session.
Success Students would be engaged with the content with full participation, and will be actively completing the tasks
Criteria that have been set.
Activity
Instructions o Students will reflect on what we covered last week, I will ask questions based on what we did and bring
out the brainstorm we created as a class for students to refer back to.
o We will be focusing around the use of imagination, we will start our session with the newspaper activity

NEWSPAPER ACTIVITY
o Half the class will sit in a circle with their eyes closed, the other half will stand around the students
holding a piece of newspaper. They will be instructed to follow the teacher (without talking) crunching up
the paper/waving the paper/slow/fast until the teacher stops. The students with eyes closed then have
to explain how they felt during the activity, and their thoughts on what it sounded like.
o Students will then swap over so each child gets a turn at shaking the paper and closing their eyes.
o As a collective each student can share their personal experiences or thoughts that may have been
triggered from this activity.

GOING A BEAR HUNT BOOK

o Reflecting back to last week’s session of movement, we will then carry this through introducing song and
movement as we tell the story We Are Going on A Bear Hunt.
 o Students will practice mirroring the teacher. The teacher will start and then students will copy the
teacher’s actions.

MASK MAKING
o Students will then continue making their animal masks, other embellishments will be added such as
feathers, and gems once they have finished colouring it in.

Teacher
Notes Be mindful of classroom management,
keep an eye on students who may be
disengaging from the activities.

Resources required
o Newspaper
o Bear hunt book
o Masks
o Felt pens
o Brainstorm from previous week
o Feathers and gems
o Glue sticks
o Crayons