Dramatisation and Role Play · B2 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.1.5.1.1 - Dramatise/role-play stories heard or read

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

retell the main events of a story heard or read in class in their own words, in the correct order.
identify the main characters in a story and describe what each character did.
take on a role and speak or act as that character during a short dramatisation.
say whether they enjoyed the dramatisation and give one reason for their answer.
state one moral value or lesson they learned from the story after the role-play.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Dramatisation and Role Play (1.5)
Content standard: B2.1.5.1 - Perform Stories
Indicator: B2.1.5.1.1 - Dramatise/role-play stories heard or read
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 1-3), 2019, p. 41
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Have learners select an interesting story heard or read in class.
- Retell the story.
- Discuss the story and have learners recall main events and characters.
- Select characters and assign them roles to play.
- Let learners dramatise/role-play the story.
- Discuss moral values from the story.
- Have learners say whether or not they have enjoyed the drama and why.