@The Arts Unit Creative Classes

Inspired individual performance

Teacher notes

Explore approaches to developing and enriching monologue for performance

Student drama resource developed by The Arts Unit

Year 12 drama

What will your students learn?

Your students will:

  • watch Sophie Kelly’s 3 workshops about developing character complexity and creating the world of monologue

  • explore ‘dropping in’, ‘impulse’ and ‘blue printing’ by applying these approaches to their own monologue

  • reflect on the strengths and challenges of these approaches by answering questions in their logbook

  • perform and record their own monologue.

Syllabus outcomes

Drama Stage 6 Syllabus

  • H1.2: uses performance skills to interpret and perform scripted and other material.

  • H2.1: demonstrates effective performance skills.

  • H2.2: uses dramatic and theatrical elements effectively to engage an audience.

Suggestions for how to use this resource with your students

This lesson can be used to support HSC Drama students undertaking independent development of their HSC Individual Performances or can be modified for teacher-facilitated IP development for a larger group.

Collection of student work

  • Google Form: create a Google form with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create. Email this form to your students with the Creative Class link and all your student responses will be combined in a Google sheet.

  • Google Classroom Assignment: create an assignment or a quiz in your Google Classroom with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create.

  • MS Teams: create a quiz or assignment in your class team drive where students can submit responses and upload any files they create.

  • Email: ask your students to email you any responses and files they create.

  • Flipgrid: a website that allows teachers to create 'grids' to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is a message board where teachers can pose questions called 'topics'. Students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.

  • Jamboard: an interactive whiteboard which can be used for class feedback.

For further support on how to create these resources

Offline access

Download and print this document to send to students with limited access to online resources.

Inspired individual performance - The Arts Unit @home Creative Classes.docx

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Please include the Creative Class title and your school name in the email so we can share on The Arts Unit social media and our website.

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