20 x Drama IDEA Analysers Starter Activities GCSE KS3 Keyword Homework Cover Plenary

20 starter-style I-D-E-A (Identify, Describe, Explain, Apply) starters covering 20 topics and themes. Students complete the ones they are comfortable with (eg lower ability complete 'Identify' where they simply can list their thoughts, higher ability complete 'Explain' and 'Apply' where more detail and sentences can be used. Some of the next one can then be completed based on what they thought, to push them a little further.

Themes are:

1. Approaching A Script,
2. Using The Space,
3. Using Your Body,
4. Using Your Voice,
5. Developing Characters,
6. Drama Elements,
7. Improvisation,
8. Staging A Scene,
9. Structure Of A Play,
10. Famous Plays & Performances
11.Acting
12. Common Mis-spellings
13. Costume
14. Genres
15. Masks
16. Mime
17. Musical Theatre
18. Pantomime
19. Specialisms
20. Media

Includes suggested extension activities, which can take 10 minutes or a whole lesson depending on detail given.

Ideal for the start of a lesson, a quick filler, part of a cover lesson or as a plenary on the board with a whiteboard pen.

The idea behind these is to get students to become more literate and think independently about the words that could be used to describe the topic being taught. Often the students will pick up on things that you would not normally expect!