B5 English Language · Term 1 Week 3: Dramatization and Role Play

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.5.2.3 - Analyse the actions of characters in sketches

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the main characters in a sketch and state what each character does.
Explain why a character in a sketch acts in a particular way, using evidence from the sketch.
Compare the actions of two characters in a sketch and describe how their actions differ.
Predict what might happen in a sketch if a character chose to act differently.
Discuss, in small groups, whether a character’s action was right or wrong and justify their opinion.

This lesson builds directly on the skills learners practiced in Week 2 (using costume to dramatise parts of stories) and the earlier Week 3 slots (interpreting moral values and developing sketches from stories). Learners will now go one step further: instead of just acting or summarising, they will examine why characters behave the way they do.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Dramatization and Role Play (1.5)
Content standard: B5.1.5.2 - Appreciate key issues in stories/sketches
Indicator: B5.1.5.2.3 - Analyse the actions of characters in sketches
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 3 (Week 3 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. 76
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Sing songs that accompany story telling with learners.
- Choose familiar stories from learners' background.
- Put learners into groups. Revise the previous activity on writing short sketches. Learners sketch a story told.
- Through questions guide learners to identify and analyse characters and their actions in their sketches.