Message in a Bottle - TIE Scheme

This is a lovely resource which introduces students to the concept of Didactic Theatre – drama which has a message – more commonly known as Theatre in Education.
Aimed at Year 8 or above, the end result of this unit will be work which can be performed to a younger audience. (For example, it has been used as a basis for a BTEC group to devise and perform a play about Internet safety to incoming Year 7 students). This makes it ideal for producing work to show to primary schools, new Year 7 students and so on. A 4-page script is used as the basis for students to produce their own devised message play using the same characters – the cartoonish Daft family.
Students are asked to evaluate their own devised work at the end of the process and a helpsheet is provided for this.
The script is accompanied by a full scheme of work (6 lessons), extension and homework activities and Key Words.