Primary School students explore the story of Hansel and Gretel through guided drama activities. NO PREP REQUIRED! This curriculum aligned primary drama unit has 5 x 60 minute detailed lesson plans with extension and differentiation activities. A perfect and engaging way to explore a well loved story.
 
THE HANSEL AND GRETEL DRAMA UNIT INCLUDES:
5 x 60 Minute Detailed Lesson Plans based on Hansel and Gretel
Scene Starter Cards
Additional and Extension Activities
 
KEY DRAMA VOCABULARY: Movement. Freeze. Voice. Characters. Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. Scene. Facial Expression. Emotion. Gestures. Sound Effects. Drama Machine. Soundscape. Feelings.
 
HANSEL AND GRETEL DRAMA UNIT AIMS: Primary School students explore the story ‘Hansel and Gretel’ through guided drama activities. Students develop drama skills: creating, responding and performing throughout various guided drama experiences.
Students:
Visualise a world and respond to text (psycho drama)
Relate parts of the story to personal experiences
Put themselves in someone else’s shoes and describe a characters feelings
Respond to directions
Use movement, facial expression and gesture to convey meaning and show emotions
Create soundscapes (use sound to create a drama environment)
Collaborate with peers to create scenes and contribute ideas
Contribute to guided drama experiences
Develop creative ideas
Practice rhymes from the story
 
***NOTE: you can use your favourite version of the story for this unit. You can find Hansel and Gretel on Amazon or The Book Depository.
 
***ENGLISH / LITERACY TEACHERS: These drama lesson activities based on 'Hansel and Gretel' will work beautifully alongside and enhance your elementary English curriculum. The drama lessons are designed and set out in such a way as to span across multiple lessons and compliment English curriculum - following elements of the story and story themes. So why not add some drama to your English lessons? Your students will love it and enjoy and explore the story in a whole new way!!!
 
DRAMA LESSON OBJECTIVES
Students:
Explore and extend parts of the story using movement and performance.
Recall to and act out part of the story, responding to repetition in storytelling and extending ideas.
Use their voice in interesting ways to represent different characters and pair speech with action.
Build tension with sound.
Maintain focus during a drama experience and respond to directions.
Use their bodies to tell a story and use stylised movement to recreate a part of the story.
Respond to guided drama / movement experiences.
Explore the theme of 'helping each other' through a drama experience.
Participate in and perform guided scripted activities.
 
KEY DRAMA VOCABULARY: Drama. Movement. Character. Story. Sound. Freeze. Voice. Pretend. Tension.
 
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