Noughts & Crosses - first lesson

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This lesson contains 16 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.

time-iconLesson duration is: 90 min

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BOOKS
Write your name in it! 

Remind me to open a google meet 

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Plays

Slide 2 - Mind map

Plays
What is the main purpose of a play?
Where might we go to see a play?
How is a play written? Why is it different from poetry or prose? 
What other features would a play have different from poetry or prose? 

Slide 3 - Slide

Plays
  • Cast
  • Playwright
  • Actress/actor
  • Acts
  • Scenes
  • Set
  • Props
  • Stage directions
  • Aides
  • Monologues
  • Dialogues 
  • Dramatic pause
  • Dramatic irony
  • Blackout - absence of stage lighting

Slide 4 - Slide

Story theatre
Characters stand back and comment on the action as well as take part in it
Lightning and sound are important 
Highly episodic - action takes place in a variety of places
The audience is often remembered that they are witnessing a theatre production rather than real life
Little set is used and few props to save time 
The audience is expected to use their imagination  
Acting is physical - action conveys a sense of place, atmosphere, time, event

Slide 5 - Slide

Cover

What strikes you? 
What might this play be about? 
What kind of story do we expect? 


Slide 6 - Slide

What are five human rights that everyone in the world should have?

Slide 7 - Open question

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Slide 8 - Video

00:39
Which four rights have been mentioned so far?

Slide 9 - Open question

00:54
Which rights were mentioned?

Slide 10 - Open question

Malorie Blackman
  • Born in 1962 in Clapham, London 
  • Renowned children books writer 
  • Author of more than 60 books
  • First book published in 1990
  • She uses science fiction to address ethnics and related social issues 
  • In 2001 she started working on her series 'Noughts & Crosses'
  • 2007: Adapted by Dominic Cooke -> the play we are going to read 

Slide 11 - Slide

Slide 12 - Video

Noughts & Crosses

Slide 13 - Slide

Noughts & Crosses

Why did the author choose a popular game for the tite? 
pp. 8 & 9 

Slide 14 - Slide

We need
  1. A Callum-> FKW
  2. A Sephy 
  3. Someone who reads out the instructions : Act one, Scene one, The Beach 
  4. A Meggie
  5.  A Jude
  6. A Ryan 
  7. A Lynette

Slide 15 - Slide

Scenes 1 & 2 |  pp. 10-19
  • What is your first impression of Callum?
  • What is your first impression of Sephy? 
  • What do you notice about the first thing Sephy says? 
  • How would you describe Callum’s family? Provide evidence. 
  • What will happen to Callum and Sephy? Make two predictions based on the first two scenes. 

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