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Day 8 · Make a beginning, change, endingFoundation Drama · T1 W1–2 · Day 8 lesson

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Foundation / Drama / Term 1 / Weeks 01 02

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Target/codes: devise an original three-beat scene with coherent PLACE, ROLE and ACTION order; AC9ADRFD01, AC9ADRFC01. Prepare: F scene log, large A–E cards, blank numbered strip.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. Review that place, role and action are different choices in a fictional scene.
  2. Model · 4 min. Adult's invented paper scene: GUIDE at GALLERY, LOOK at drawing, OFFER it, then WAIT. Clearly label this as one possible plan.
  3. Try together · 5 min. Children point to a beginning, changed middle and ending on three broad cards. They may reject the adult's plan and make another.
  4. Child choice · 7 min. Child directs a three-beat original scene with one role/place and a possible reason. Optional enactment is opt-in, non-contact and separate evidence.
  5. Notice · 4 min. Record actual beats and whether they were planned, narrated, puppeted or enacted; do not collapse modes.
  6. Close · 2 min. Save only with consent; tomorrow asks who made and may see a work.