Reading through Plays

Over Term 2 we are actors and actresses!  Each week we have a new play to rehearse with our group.  On Mondays we spend some time reading through our parts together.  On Tuesday we start thinking about how our character might act and how we will set up our scene.  On Wednesday we act it out.   On a Thursday we share them with the whole class. 
Over the week we learnt that the italics in the play usually are instructions to the actors - we read these bits in our heads.   This week some of us brought props and costumes along  to use for our Thursday performance. 
In our first performances to the class this week we talked about how important it is to have a clear voice, face the front and to have rehearsed during the week as many times as we can - at home and school.
We enjoyed being able to watch other groups acting.  We are looking forward to next week!