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Farmer Duck's day off

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Carnival of the Animals Domestic Birds

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Objectives

English

  • Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates.
  • Maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments.

Lesson Planning

Children will listen to the story of farmer duck and then use drama techniques to explore characters from the story. Children will then change aspects of the story and retell their versions to the class.

Teaching Outcomes
Use hot seating techniques to explore characters from the story Farmer Duck, Sustain different roles individually and in groups. Improvise and work in role when acting.

Children will:

  • Use hot seating techniques to explore characters from the story Farmer Duck.
  • Sustain different roles individually and in groups.
  • Improvise and work in role when acting.

You Will Need

  • Book Farmer Duck by Martin Wadell
  • String for the masks
  • Hats, scarves, feather boa, animal ears

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