Where the Wild Things Are: using a rich text and the Forest School ethos to teach English and drama

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Where the Wild Things Are: using a rich text and the Forest School ethos to teach English and dramaThis lower KS2 unit draws on Forest School and drama approaches to investigate the themes, issues and vocabulary in a well loved rich text. Maurice Sendaks Where the Wild Things Are was first published in 1963. Controversy surrounded it at first, due to its exploration of childhood anger, but it still regularly appears in lists of top picture books the world over. The main character, Max, has a flight of fancy in a wild forest landscape, which is a

but we also felt quite inspired and excited about broadening our expertise in response to the demands of teaching the course

You will need to refer to these pages throughout the delivery of the unit in order to ensure that you are covering the demands of the unit

To use the technique of role-on-the-wall to generate a greater understanding of the novel’s characters

we build on their study of Artaud at AS by introducing them to

Stanislavski and Artaud to the text

providing content for Assessment Unit 1 based around text

engage with in-depth articles written with insight and opinion

Conventions used in this scheme of work

Most students will be able to create an appropriate character which is sustained for the majority of the performance

improve their story-telling and their presentation confidence

the final synoptic unit of the A2 which requires candidates to draw on their knowledge of practitioners

individual analytical writing