Cyberbullying Drama – Lesson Plan 2

Target AudienceKey Stage 4 and 5Lesson AimSetting the scene for your drama. Learning Objectives Pupils create the world of their drama. Pupils decide the plot and journey of their story and begin the devising process..National Curriculum Links Please see curriculum grid: England: PSHE, Citizenship, Literacy, ICT, and Religious Education

Scotland: Health and Wellbeing, Literacy, Christianity, Social sciences, Technologies.

GCSE Exam links: AQA GCSE Drama specifications – June 2011 onwards: This lesson can be used to support Unit 2: practical work, supplementing devised thematic work, acting, improvisation and theatre in education options. Part 2 (options 1-5) can also be used for EDEXCEL GCSE Drama. Meets AO1: practical exploration and Unit 3 Drama performance.

Timing: 50 minutes Key Vocabulary: Cyberbullying, target, bystander, objective, repercussions, tableaux

Preparation: Collecting words from LP1 in preparation for Activity 1

Organisation: Working both as a class and in smaller groups within a classroom or large hall setting. A space with room to move in.

Resources: Paper and pens. Whiteboard or flip chart

Lesson Outline MinutesStarter Warm up. 5 minutesActivity 1 Pupils create the foundation of their story. 15 minutesActivity 2 Mapping out a plot. 20minutesActivity 3 Create tableaux. 10 minutes

Lesson Starter Select one of the following warm up exercises. Both exercises are best played out in groups of 4 or 5:

1. Call out key words associated with cyberbullying (possibly the words charted from the previous lesson plan). All groups have 30 seconds to be creative and form a freeze frame image that physically represents that word or emotion. (words to include could be: communication, betrayal, guilt etc)

2. Each group must decide on a well known fairytale. They are then to plot the story in 10 clear points or scenes. Each must have a title and a brief description.

Activity 1This activity creates the foundation for your play setting as you will be deciding names and locations. Do this as a whole class exercise to initiate a mutual starting block.Please note - You are creating a drama, so it is advisable to remove any connection or reference to your own school.

Choose a name for your fictitious school Where is the school located What is the environment – is it in the city, small town

or somewhere rural? What or where is the main hang out for the

characters in the play? i.e the park, outside the chip shop etc.

Is the target male or female? What is their name?

Add more questions of your choice

Activity 2

There are two ways of running this activity: Run it as a group exercise with the practitioner acting as facilitator, charting the plot through discussion

ORSplit pupils into four or five groups and provide each group with a sheet of A2 paper and pens. Each group is to map out a plot for their story in 8 - 10 key scenes with a title and brief description for each (same process as the warm up exercise)

For example: Scene 6 Everyone Knows Except the TargetGirl group discussing what has been posted, text etc and all falling “silent” as the Target arrives etc, etcBe sure that there is a clear beginning, middle and end to the plot and to include the points from the previous exercise. Encourage clear objectives and to also include a key scene where the bullying is initiated.

Activity 3

Create 3 tableaux (freeze frame) images to physically represent the beginning, middle and end as static pictures. Imagine that it is a series of 3 photographs that quickly tell the story. Each scene should be introduced with a title.

Please note: Practitioners will have to take their pupils plot’s ideas away and form the final structure to the play. Decide on an individual group or combine scenes from all.