1. Year 7 – Literacy Festival
In pairs/threes you must tell the story of ‘Matilda’ in 5 sentences in chronological order

2. Learning Objectives We will:
Explore characterisation of the main characters in Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda.’
Choose an appropriate ‘gestus’ for one of the main characters.
Create a mime sequence of a key moment in the story.
We will do this by:
Working individually and in groups using the magic 3.
Staying focused during performance, sustaining character.

3. Who is your favourite character from ‘Matilda?’
The Characters
Who is your favourite character from ‘Matilda?’

4. Gestus….what is it???
Now we have discussed the main characters in Matilda you will create a pose for each one with us all working as a whole class. This is similar to an activity you did in Drama during Term 1. These poses are your Gestus for this character.

5. Pair Share
Think back….
Can we remember the different ways that characters can move and what this can tell the audience about the character???

6. The five key points of the story
As a class we must decide the key moments of the story using the work from the beginning of the lesson.

7. How will we make this successful???
Activity
In your groups you will re-create your event in the story using Mime.
How will we make this successful???
You must be ready to show back to the rest of the group.

8. Review
Using Kind, Specific and Helpful we will discuss the performances. This feedback will help us to improve our work next lesson.

9. For your Weebly
Now you have had your first Drama lesson in this unit I want you to give yourself a target for next lesson. This can be written on your tablet or in your planner BUT I will expect to see it recorded on your Weebly.