Reading and performing a script based on 'Charlotte's Web'
I can read and respond to a play script based on 'Charlotte's Web' and perform it in front of an audience.
Reading and performing a script based on 'Charlotte's Web'
I can read and respond to a play script based on 'Charlotte's Web' and perform it in front of an audience.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A play is a written text that is acted out by actors in a live performance.
- Actors, directors and a stage crew work together to prepare and rehearse a play ready for performance.
- Play script conventions help the actors and the director bring the dialogue and action to life.
- Performance techniques that help actors connect with the audience can be learnt, practised and developed.
Keywords
Play - a written text intended to be performed in front of an audience that is divided into scenes of dialogue and action
Play script conventions - rules that are followed by playwrights to write play scripts that are clear and easy to follow
Performance techniques - the ways an actor uses their body, voice and facial expressions to bring a character to life in a play
Common misconception
Pupils may think that they are either 'good' or 'bad' at acting.
Ensure that pupils know that **performance techniques** can be learnt, practised and developed and that 'real' actors work hard on their craft.
Equipment
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to understand the story and learn our lines
to practise where we'll stand, how we'll move and how we'll speak
to entertain an audience
Exit quiz
6 Questions
the name of the play
a section or chunk of a play
the name of a section or chunk of a play
the words a character says, both to themselves and to other characters
what the actor reads to know when they should speak as their character
an instruction to an actor for how to speak or move in character