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Day 47 · Let a clue do the talkingFoundation Drama · T1 W9–10 · Day 47 lesson

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Foundation / Drama / Term 1 / Weeks 09 10

Part of the full lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Learner choices

Goal/codes: Choose a silent/optional spoken role/action clue for child-owned prop meaning. AC9ADRFD01 / AC9ADRFC01 partial / AC9ADRFP01 conditional.

Prepare: Role-clue aid; own intended story; actual prop optional.

  1. Invite · 3 min. “Could one little action help your story? You don’t need words.” Accept a point, look, pause or directable gesture.
  2. Model/source · 4 min. Adult models optional silent point above a card, then an open-hand invitation. Without script/meaning, more than one reading is possible; don’t diagnose feelings from gesture.
  3. Choose · 5 min. Child chooses one clue or keeps current clue, with own intended meaning. “What is your character trying to show?” No forced face/body movement.
  4. Play/make/direct · 7 min. Play/direct/draw the clue in the tiny scene. If willing partner actually views, ask their reading only after agreement; private self-review equally available.
  5. Notice/reflect · 4 min. Keep intended meaning and actual viewer reading separate. Different reading may inform a child-chosen revision, never prove the child felt that emotion.
  6. Finish/care · 2 min. Child owns keep/change/private choice; no recorded/video performance.

Next invitation if unobserved: Offer one meaningful child choice plus “your own” or a pass. Preserve current version/support; arrange another accessible making/play opportunity. A plan is not child enactment; adult contribution does not erase child authorship.

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