A dramatised reading of The Three Little Pigs

by Roald Dahl

Aims of the session:To develop your skills

• Creative skills: To use imagination and creativity to produce a reading that is entertaining and brings out the meaning, the moral - and the fun! – of Roald Dahl’s poem

• Groupwork skills: To work well in a group to produce an end product within a time limit

• Technical skills: To extend skills in using Garageband to create a podcast

Step 1: Story check

• What is the message of The Three Little Pigs?

• Watch the short Disney film version and decide

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHJ0L6DftGg

Step 2: Skills check

• Before you start to use your creative, groupwork and analytical skills, try a quick exercise to see if you can identify what you will need to think about in the next hour or so…and what you won’t!

Step 3: Technical check

• Before you start preparing and rehearsing your dramatisation, check that you will be ready to record your podcast!

• Do a sound check: Each group member must record 3 top tips for creating a podcast on his/her Macbook

• Listen to each recording and check that it is clear

• Share and compare your answers to the quiz questions about how to create a podcast emailed after the last lesson

Step 4: Plan and rehearse!

• Using your groupwork skills, discuss and rehearse your dramatised reading of the poem

• Try to capture the ‘feel’ of the poem. Is it meant to be funny? Dramatic? Sad?

• Remember to make the moral of the tale (as suggested by Roald Dahl!) as clear as you can

• Think about using tone, volume, pace, pauses etc to create dramatic effect and humour

Step 5: Record!

• Record your version• Name and save it carefully!• Next lesson, we shall evaluate each

others’ work

But wait a minute… Is this the true story??

Come closer while I read you the TRUE story of what

happened…

And for homework…

• Think of 3 other villains from fairytales or other well known stories, who could have a very different story to tell, if only they had the chance…

• In your beige exercise books, make a list of their names and the stories in which they appear

• For each one, write a brief paragraph (5-6 lines in sentences) explaining their side of the story. How would they tell the story, given the chance?

Back to the Podcast: Step 5

• Evaluate 3 other groups’ work• What works well in their reading?

(STAR)• What do they need to work on for the

next time they create a dramatic reading of poem? (WISH)

• Give each group you evaluate 2 stars and a wish