Writing a review
In this lesson, we will develop our responses to write a theatre review, using skills of describing, analysing and evaluating and focusing on an extract from a play.
Writing a review
In this lesson, we will develop our responses to write a theatre review, using skills of describing, analysing and evaluating and focusing on an extract from a play.
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, students will watch a short extract from a theatre production and plan and produce a written response, consolidating the skills they have developed in this unit. Their response will describe, analyse and begin to evaluate the success of a piece of performance, which they should then self-assess and try to improve.
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- Physical activity required.
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Adult supervision recommended.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What is the purpose of a theatre review?
To describe the plot of a theatre performance.
To give directions to the theatre.
Q2.
Are theatre reviews....
Fact
Q3.
Would a theatre review give the entire plot of a production away?
Yes, it helps the audience understand the story.
Q4.
What would a theatre review contain?
A description of what the reviewer had for dinner before seeing the show.
The cost of the programme and ice cream, how comfy the seats were, and how long the production was.
Q5.
What writing skills are used in a theatre review?
Informing, educating, questioning.
Interrogating, entertaining, challenging.
5 Questions
Q1.
Theatre reviews can be found...
In newspapers.
Online.
Q2.
Theatre reviews should be purely factual. Is this.... *
True.
Q3.
What does foreshadowing mean?
A scene which takes place in the future.
Creating a shadow with light.
Q4.
What does proxemics mean?
The emotion in the voice.
The rhythm of movement.
Q5.
What does gait mean? *
The movement of eyes.
The movement of hands.