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Day 28 · A reply without spoken wordsFoundation Drama · T1 W5–6 · Day 28 lesson

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Foundation / Drama / Term 1 / Weeks 05 06

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: A fictional role may answer through a deliberate visible action. The audience must be able to notice that reply without assuming a feeling. Primary: AC9ADRFD01, AC9ADRFC01. AC9ADRFP01 only if actual willing-audience sharing is separately witnessed; AC9ADRFE01 only with cleared real work. Prepare: Original aid print/text/tactile route, two broad neutral figures, blank action cards. See materials.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. A fictional role may answer through a deliberate visible action. The audience must be able to notice that reply without assuming a feeling. State that our paper story is invented and a child may point, direct or pass.

  2. Model · 4 min. Show A asking to display a drawing. B moves a blank stand next to A. Say: “That move could be the reply; it does not tell us what B feels.”

  3. Try together · 5 min. Compare B pointing to an open space with B turning the stand. Ask which clue makes the intended reply clearer from the audience’s view.

  4. Child choice · 7 min. Child makes offer, nonverbal reply and next action. Adult can move a puppet only under the child’s direction.

  5. Notice · 4 min. Invite child to name the visible change and one possible audience question. Note if a real enactment did or did not occur.

  6. Close · 2 min. Tomorrow children combine their own choices and may encounter an authentic authorised work.

Evidence/next step: If gesture is too ambiguous, ask child to add one clear stage change, not a required expression. See three same-goal routes, worked swaps and teacher-only key.