B5 English Language · Term 1 Week 2: Dramatization and Role Play

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.5.1.1 - Use costume to dramatise or role-play parts/whole of stories

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Select a familiar story and identify the key characters and events that need to be dramatised.
Explain how costume choices help an audience understand a character’s identity, age, or role in a story.
Work in groups to assign roles, select or improvise simple costumes, and rehearse a short dramatisation using improvised lines.
Perform a part of a familiar story for the class, wearing or using costume items that suit their character.
Critique their own and others’ performances, focusing on how costume and voice helped bring the story to life.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Dramatization and Role Play (1.5)
Content standard: B5.1.5.1 - Appreciate pieces of literary materials through dramatisation
Indicator: B5.1.5.1.1 - Use costume to dramatise or role-play parts/whole of stories
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 2 (Week 2 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 75
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Lead learners to select a familiar story for dramatisation.
- Ask questions to review the story.
- Assign groups to prepare (share roles, select costume and rehearse) and dramatise/role-play the story using improvised lines.
- Invite groups to perform for the class to critique their performances.