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Year 7 · English · Drama · Lesson 1

Drama techniques

Six drama techniques - freeze frame, thought tracking, hot-seating, monologue, aside and mime - and how levels show power on stage.

Whiteboard video lesson: Drama techniques

16-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Explain six drama techniques
  • Use levels to show status
  • Make a freeze frame
  • Hot-seat a character

The method

  1. Key moment.
  2. Levels.
  3. Faces.
  4. Hold + thoughts.

Key words: freeze frame, thought tracking, hot-seating, monologue, aside, levels.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What is a freeze frame?

  1. Step 1: Photo

Answer: a frozen picture of a moment

Question 2

What is thought tracking?

  1. Step 1: Thoughts

Answer: a frozen character speaks their thoughts

Question 3

What is hot-seating?

  1. Step 1: Questions

Answer: answering questions in role