Life Without Me

Teacher instruction and guidance

All of the workshop activities in these resources are designed to be led by your teacher. Before beginning the activities, ask your teacher for guidance. You should also seek regular feedback from your teacher throughout each activity. 

Teacher's notes for this resource

All workshop activities are designed to be accessed by students but require teachers to lead these activities. This resource is not a unit of work, but rather a collection of suggested activities and resources that compliment the study of the prescribed plays for Topic 2: Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice.

Audience of resource

This resource is written with students as the primary audience. This is to allow teachers to link directly to activity instructions or supplement existing programs with material.

Activity sequence

Teachers are encouraged to make adjustments to the activities presented on these sites and moderate content where appropriate for student and class needs. Where activities build on prior knowledge from a previous activity, this will usually be noted in the learning intention for that activity.

Pacing of content

There are a range of activities that may take longer than the allotted time in these resources. Teachers should use their discretion in what the class completes and the time spent on activities in relation to student need and ability.

Contents

Activity 1 – characters and setting

Activity 4 – context postcards

Activity 5 – reading the play together

Activity 6 – character profile performances

Rubric – Australian Drama and Theatre

Activity 8 – the opening atmosphere

Activity 9 – developing moments of symbolic comedy

Activity 10 – symbolic props

References

Drama Stage 6 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2009.

Keene, D. 2010. Life Without Me [play script]. Currency Press.