Noughts & Crosses - first lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

BOOKS

Write your name in it! 

Remind me to open a google meet 

Plays

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? 

Plays

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

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

Cover

What strikes you? 

What might this play be about? 

What kind of story do we expect? 

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

00:39

Which four rights have been mentioned so far?

00:54

Which rights were mentioned?

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 

Noughts & Crosses

Noughts & Crosses

Why did the author choose a popular game for the tite? 

pp. 8 & 9 

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

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.