Middle-earth drama
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Middle-earth drama
https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/middle-earth-drama
Many of them had never been near a stage before, let alone acted, but the older students used this to their own advantage, moulding and encouraging them with personal interest and through example.
This “vertical modelling” approach was a great success. The “little people” initially copied what the older students did, but later they added to the ideas presented.
As the project progressed the cast grew - there was a time when it seemed every young boy in the school wanted to be an orc.
Joan Hardy, head of drama, Belper School, Belper, Derbyshire
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