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Day 14 · A cue tells us when to lookFoundation Drama · T1 W3–4 · Day 14 lesson

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Foundation / Drama / Term 1 / Weeks 03 04

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

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Target/codes: choose a silent visual cue before or after a screen reveal, keeping figure, place and prop unchanged; AC9ADRFD01, AC9ADRFC01. Prepare: D cue order, broad crescent-shaped neutral cue card, fixed screen/box, D practice.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. A cue is a chosen signal in a fiction. The card needs no sound, bright light, sudden movement or startle.
  2. Model · 4 min. Place CRESCENT CARD then REVEAL in one two-box score; reverse their order in another. Name only timing as changed.
  3. Try together · 5 min. Child points to or directs the two orders. Ask “When does the cue happen in this plan?”
  4. Child choice · 7 min. Child selects an order for a paper parcel scene and gives an intention. Optional safe enactment uses a slowly raised cue card; no vocal or sound response required.
  5. Notice · 4 min. Record the chosen order; if enacted, record observed timing separately from the score.
  6. Close · 2 min. Save practice away. Fresh Check I uses a new prop, cue and place.