Lesson 3

To use drama and performance methods to portray the thoughts of a character.

In today’s lesson, we listened to the song ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon. We explored the lyrics and the message that the artist was trying to convey. We thought about what this would be performed like if it were to be performed on stage as a monologue.

Taking inspiration from this song, the children then prepared their own monologues in the role of the boy from Little Freak. These were predominantly improvised monologues with the children only having made minimal notes beforehand.

Here are a few examples. We think you’ll agree that the children have worked really hard to portray the inner thoughts and feelings of the little boy and have applied what they learned about expression, emphasis of words and tone.