DRAMA LESSON PLANS

CLASS 2. 13 MAY 2020

JUNIOR SECTION

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POETRY

(Children love doing the actions with this poem!)

When Susie’s Eating Custard by John Foster

When Susie is eating custard, she gets it everywhere!

Down her bib, up her nose, all over her high chair!

She pokes it with her fingers, she spreads it in her hair!

When Susie is eating Custard, she gets it everywhere!

(Substitute the name Susie for your own name!)

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FINGER PLAYS

Five baby bears in the bed (Hold up five fingers)

One rolled over and hit is head (Hands on head)

Four baby bears in the bed (Hold up four fingers)

One left to go and eat some bread (Pretend to eat)

Three baby bears in the bed (Hold up three fingers)

“I’ve got to go” one baby bear said (Put hand on face)

Two baby bears in the bed (Hold up two fingers)

I want my pyjamas that are red! (Put hands on hips)

One baby bear in the bed (Hold up one finger)

He’s so comfortable with the whole of the bed!

(Put both hands on side of face and goes to sleep)

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SOLO PANTOMIMES

Ask the children to mime (acting without words) the

following:-

Eating a Banana

Tying laces on shoes

Putting a Plaster on knee

Putting on a seat belt

Now ask the children to mime what they COULD do IF

they had one of the following:-

Paint Roller

A basketball

A sweeping brush

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TONGUE TWISTERS

(Warm up by stretching out the lips and mouth and

tongue)

Repeat each Tongue Twister a few times. Try to get

faster but remember the words must still be clear!

FRESHLY FRIED FLYING FISH.

WE SHALL SURELY SEE THE SUN SHINE SOON.

GIVE PAPA A CUP OF PROPER COFFEE IN A COPPER

COFFEE CUP.

CHEAP SHIP TRIP.

TIM, THE THIN TWIN TINSMITH.

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CHORAL VERSE

(Try this with your family!)

TALE OF A BUTTERFLY

WE PRESENT A STORY THAT IS TRUE ABOUT A BUTTERFLY

THAT WE ONCE KNEW

SHE WAS LIVING ALONE IN A FORREST GREEN, ALL

ALONE AND SELDOM SEEN

SHE WAS BORN ONE DAY IN THE MONTH OF MAYBUT

NO COLOURS DID SHE HAVE

SHE WAS BLACK AND GREY WITH NO RED OR GREEN,

NOT EVEN A COLOUR IN BETWEEN

SHE TRIED IN VAIN TO COLOUR HER WINGS, WITH PAINT

AND BRUSHES AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS!

BUT NO LUCK, JUST DISMAY FOR WHEN IT RAINED, IT

WOULD WASH THEM ALL AWAY.

SHE SAT AND SHE THOUGHT, “OH WHAT SHALL I

DO?”,"IF ONLY I HAD SOME PINK OR SOME BLUE”

SUDDENLY SHE SHOUTED “I KNOW, I KNOW!, I’LL ASK

THAT BRIGHTLY COLOURED RAINBOW!”

SO SHE SAT AND SHE WAITED UNTIL VERY SOON, THE

RAIN BROUGHT THE RAINBOW INTO FULL BLOOM

“OH, PLEASE, PLEASE MR RAINBOW” SAID SHE “TO HAVE

SOME COLOURS IS MY PLEA!”

BUT THE RAINBOW FROWNED AND HE REPLIED “THE

COLOURS ON ME ARE FIXED AND DRIED. YOU SEE I NEED

THEM FOR WHEN MISS RAIN COMES ALONG, MY

COLOURS SHINE BRIGHTLY AND SING OUT THEIR SONG”

(End of Part 1 of Tale of a Butterfly....Stay tuned to find

out next time what will happen to our Butterfly....Will

she get some colours?)

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SENIOR SECTION

TONGUE TWISTERS

THIRTY THREE THICK THISTLE THORNS

WILL’S WETSUIT IS ROUND AND WET AND ROUGH AND

WIDE AND READY TO GO ON A WATERY RIDE.

ZOOLOGISTS ILLOGICALLY LOVE TO READ ASTROLOGY

WAYNE WENT TO WALES TO WATCH WALRUSES.

SHY SHELLY SAYS SHE SHALL SEW SHEETS

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MONOLOGUES

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

(REMEMBER WHEN YOU SEE BRACKETS YOU DO NOT SAY

WHAT IS INSIDE THE BRACKETS ...THESE ARE JUST

INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOU)

Alice enters with a book

“Hello. Do you see what I have? A book! And its not just

any book. It’s a picture book! I’ve got a picture book filled

with wonderful, marvellous, beautiful pictures. I love

picture books, don’t you? I’m going to sit right down

here and look at all the brand new pictures in my brand

new picture book

(She sits down, opens the book but there are no pictures)

What’s this? There are no pictures! How could there be

no pictures in my brand new picture book? This is

terrible!

(She calms herself down)

That’s alright. We’ll use our imagination. We’ll just

imagine all the pictures. Like here, for instance, we can

imagine a picture of a little stream, and a tree, and a little

bunny comes hopping out from behind a tree.

(White Rabbit runs by)

Did you hear something? It must have been the wind.

Now, back to our picture. A little bunny hops along and

stops to smell the flowers.

(White Rabbit enters, looks at his watch, gasps, and

leaves)

Did you make that noise? I didn’t make that noise. What

could have made that noise? A bunny? Oh I love little

bunnies! Maybe I can find it. Here bunny, bunny, bunny,

Here bunny, bunny, bunny.

(White Rabbit enters. ALICE sees how big he is, she gasps,

he gasps and runs off)

Did you see that? That was a big bunny! That was the

biggest bunny I’ve ever seen. Not it’s couldn’t have been.

It was just my imagination, once again, running away

with me. I’ll just go back to reading my book.

(White Rabbit says from offstage “I’m Late”)

Did you say, that? I didn’t say that. Who could have said

that.

(White Rabbit says from offstage “I’m horribly late”)

The rabbit? But rabbits can’t talk! That must be one

extraordinary rabbit. How curious! I’ve got to follow that

talking rabbit.

(Alice goes off)

SCARECROW (From the Wizard of Oz)

Pardon me, That way is a very nice way. It’s pleasant

down that way too. Am I confusing you on purpose? Of

course not. You see, I can’t make up my mind, because I

haven’t got a brain, only straw. How can I talk if I haven’t

got a brain? Well some people without brains do an

awful lot of talking don’t they?

WOODY (From Toy Story)

Buzz, of course Andy would want to play with you! Look

at you. You’re a Buzz Lightyear. Any other toy would give

up his moving parts just to be you. You’ve got wings, you

glow in the dark, you talk, your helmet does that...that

whoosh thing..you are a COOL toy. As a matter of fact

you’re too cool. I mean..I mean what chance does a toy

like me have against a Buzz Lightyear action figure? All I

can do is

(He pulls his own pull string)

There’s a snake in my boots!....Why would Andy ever

want to play with me when he’s got you. Buzz you are

brilliant!!!!!!

DOROTHY (From the Wizard of Oz)

But it wasn’t a dream. It was a place. And you and you

and you...and you were there. But you couldn’t have

been could you? No Aunt Em, this was a real truly live

place and I remember some of it wasn’t very nice but

most of it was beautiful, but just the same all I kept

saying to everybody was “I want to go home” and they

sent me home! Doesn’t anybody believe me? But

anyway, Toto, we’re home and this is my room and

you’re all here and I’m not going to leave here ever, ever

again. Because I love you all. And....Oh Auntie Em!.

There’s no place like home!.

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MATHS MUSICAL SONG

(If you do not know tune, just imagine it is a poem)

We Can Measure

We can measure distance, We can measure weight, We

can measure liquid and the time and date.

Metres measure distance....Kilos measure mass.

Litres measure liquid in the dictionary of maths.

We can measure distance, We can measure weight, We

can measure liquid and the time and date.

Seconds measure minutes, minutes measure hours

Hours measure up the day, see Maths gives us the

power.

We can measure distance, We can measure weight, We

can measure liquid and the time and date.

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BECOME

In this activity you become different objects. This

exercise encourages creative thinking. Try to get people

in your house to join in. YOU can be the caller. Try and

get some music on and when you pause the music you

call out the object you want them to be. Good fun!

Washing Machine.......Guitar.........Computer.......Light

Bulb.......Camera........Motorbike......Napkin.......Scissors

....Hoover......

BECOME WITH AGES

In this activity you take on the character of the age that

you are....

You are ONE YEAR OLD....I want to see you become a

baby. What do babies do....Do they crawl....cry?

You are TWO YEARS OLD.....What do toddlers do? Maybe

you have just learned to walk! You are excited about

discovering different things...what words do you know?

Say them

You are FIVE YEARS OLD.....It’s the first day of school. Are

you excited.....nervous and excited.....

You are TWELVE YEARS OLD......What do you like to do

with your friends? Do you like

sports...dance.....games....drama...

You are EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD......It’s the last day in

Secondary School...how do you feel.....what would you

like to do now!

You are THIRTY YEARS......What are you doing now..What

job would you like to have.....have you travelled?

You are FIFTY.....Where are you now? What are you

doing now? What is your family like....who are your

friend....what are your hobbies?

You are SEVENTY.....What is your life like now?

You are NINETY......What is your life like now?

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A SHORT PLAY

Now, let’s use our imagination and make up a little play. I

will give you the start of the line and you can finish it

with any line you like.

Once upon a time..........................

And every day...............................

Until one day................................

And because of that......................

Until finally...................................

And ever since that day.................

THE END!

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MIME WORKSHOP AND MIME ACTIVITIES

Mime encourages confidence and awareness of self and

of others. It encourages physical control, simplicity of

thought and movement and more importantly it

stimulates the imagination.

Relaxation Exercises

Be a Star.....Lie down on your back and spread your arms,

palms up to the side and open your legs. Stretch the

limbs all together. Feel you are making a four pointed

star. Suddenly the star collapses. Feel the tension

disappear.

Be Hercules....In the same position, imagine that the

body is being pushed down by a heavy weight so that all

the parts of the body are being pressed into the ground.

Suddenly the weight is removed. Feel yourself float on

the ground.

Shake off the Ants.....In the same position, imagine you

are tied to the ground but you can wiggle. A colony of

ants finds and begins to crawl over you. Start to wiggle

your body until all the ants disappear. Then relax.....

Be a Rubber Puppet......Imagine you are made of rubber

and there are strings attached to your shoulders which

someone can pull from above. You are being pulled up

and you find your limbs fly out in all directions. Even the

feet can be pulled off the ground. Finally the strings are

cut and the body relaxes.....

MIME ACTIVITIES

WALK LIKE A ….

….TODDLER

…. CHILD WEARING HEAVY WELLINGTON BOOTS

….CHILD SPLASHING IN PUDDLES

…. CHILD STUCK IN MUD

….CHILD WALKING ON A STONY BEACH

….CHILD WALKING ON HOT SAND

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POETRY

THE DENTIST AND THE CROCODILE By Roald Dahl.

THE CROCODILE WITH CUNNING SMILE, SAT IN THE

DENTISTS CHAIR

HE SAID “RIGHT HERE AND EVERYWHERE MY TEETH

REQUIRE REPAIR”.

THE DENTIST’S FACE WAS TURNING WHITE. HE

QUIVERED, QUAKED AND SHOOK.

HE MUTTERED. “I SUPPOSE I’M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE

A LOOK”

“I WANT YOU” CROCODILE DECLARED “TO DO THE BACK

ONES FIRST”

“THE MOLARS AT THE VERY BACK ARE EASILY THE

WORST”

HE OPENED WIDE HIS MASSIVE JAWS, IT WAS A

FEARSOME SIGHT.

AT LEAST THREE HUNDRED POINTED TEETH, ALL SHARP

AND SHINING WHITE.

THE DENTIST KEPT HIMSELF WELL CLEAR. HE STOOD

TWO FEET AWAY.

HE CHOSE THE LONGEST PROBE HE HAD TO SEARCH OUT

THE DECAY.

“I SAID TO DO THE BACK ONES FIRST” THE CROCODILE

CALLED OUT.

“YOU’RE MUCH TOO FAR AWAY DEAR SIR, TO SEE WHAT

YOU’RE ABOUT”

TO DO THE BACK ONES PROPERLY YOU’VE GOT TO PUT

YOUR HEAD.

DEEP DOWN INSIDE MY GREAT BIG MOUTH....THE

GRINNING CROCKY SAID

THE POOR OLD DENTIST WRUNG HIS HANDS AND

WEEPING IN DESPAIR,

HE CRIED “NO , NO, I SEEM THEM ALL EXTREMELY WELL

FROM HERE!”

JUST THEN IN BURST A LADY, IN HER HANDS A GOLDEN

CHAIN.

SHE CRIED “OH CROC YOU NAUGHT BOY, YOU’RE

PLAYING TRICKS AGAIN!”

“WATCH OUT!” THE DENTIST SHRIEKEDAND STARTED

CLIMBING UP THE WALL

“HE’S AFTER ME, HE’S AFTER YOU! HE’S GOING TO EAT

US ALL!”

“DON’T BE A TWIT” THE LADY SAID AND FLASHED A

GORGEOUS SMILE.

“HE’S HARMLESS...HE’S MY LITTLE PET....MY LOVELY

CROCODILE!!!”

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WELL THAT IS A GREAT POEM

DO YE THINK YE COULD DO BETTER?

OF COURSE YE CAN......

OKAY SO I AM GOING TO HAVE A POETRY COMPETITION

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TWO COMPETITONS......

ONE FOR JUNIOR LEVEL UP TO AND INCLUDING 2ND.

CLASS

ONE FOR SENIOR LEVEL UP TO 6TH. CLASS

WRITE A POEM......ANY SUBJECT.....ANY LENGTH

PRIZES AWARDED …..1ST. 2ND. AND 3RD.....

GET WORKING AND I WILL TELL YOU NEXT WEEK WHERE

TO SEND THEM...

COMING NEXT WEEK.......PUPPETS........MAKE YOUR

OWN..........

HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THIS DRAMA LESSON......

KEEP SAFE AND GET WORKING ON THOSE POEMS......

LOTS OF LOVE.....AVRIL .......XXXXX

************ BREAKING NEWS !!! *************

ADARE PRODUCTIONS HAVE JUST BEEN ON TO ME

ABOUT A NEW FILMING OF THEIR SHOW

DONNCHA’S TWO TALENTED

ONE OF MY PUPILS GOT ON TO THIS SHOW LAST YEAR

WITH HER GRANDAD AND WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! I GOT

TO GO WITH HER TO THE STUDIO AND WITNESS THE

RECORDING. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THEY TREAT

PEOPLE VERY WELL AND FAMILY CAN TRAVEL TO DUBLIN

TO RTE STUDIOS. A LOVELY EXPERIENCE.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SINGERS AND DANCERS

BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 11 YEARS. A 50 SECOND

VIDEO HAS TO BE SUBMITTED AND OBVIOUSLY

PARENTAL CONSENT ETC IS NEEDED. THIS HAS TO BE

DONE BY MAY 21ST. SO GET WORKING !!!!

THE LINK TO APPLY IS : WWW.TWOTALENTED.IE

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