Beyond the Script Drama in the Classroom: Take Two. Storm Boy Lesson Plan Ideas (Draft Copy). The teacher could easily prompt the walking in role activity, while students would be encouraged to ask appropriately complex questions for the hot-seating activity.Įwing, R. Other possible activities that would help build students confidence with the characters in the play before taking on their roles would be hot seating activities and walking in role activities that draw on how characters might respond to certain questions to inform their personality in the play (Ewing and Simons, 2004). The bird forms a deep bond with the boy until sadly, Mr Percival is shot by duck shooters. However one particular pelican, named 'Mr Percival' by Mike, returns. Eventually, Mike's Dad insists that he release the grown birds back into the wild. They may also read the entire story and then participate in a conscience alley activity that may in fact lead to students changing the ending of the story altogether. Fingerbone names Mike 'Storm Boy' and enlists the child's help caring for three orphaned pelican chicks. Some examples of how the play might be used in a Drama class could be that students listen to, or read, half the script/story and then write their own ending that they would act out. These themes could easily be interwoven throughout a term or semester into many KLA’s and be used as a stimulus or as a focus in subjects such as English, Art, PD/H/PE and HSIE. This play, and the book that it is based off written by Colin Thiele, would allow for an interesting exploration of the themes of friendship and loss, relationships, caring for the environment and sustainability (Ewing and Saunders, 2015). The production was extremely well done, with sound and lighting adding an enormous amount of realism and authenticity to the story and the drama within that story. Storm Boy was an extremely emotive play that captured the hearts of the audience (evident from the tears shed and positive verbal reviews after the play).

At the end of the day then even though Storm Boy has a few shortcomings It still gets more things right than it gets wrong and if you’re a fan of the story then I fully recommend that you give the game a go as well.Storm Boy – Using themes from literature to support dramatic performance A little bit more freedom would’ve been nice as well but I understand why they kept it linear because that means the gameplay is accessible to gamers of all ages. In terms of gameplay the game doesn’t have much and it doesn’t have much in terms of content either so it will be over pretty quick, which is a shame. Another way the game connects with you is thanks to its minamilist yet very effective visuals and sound design and I must admit that I was pretty impressed with both of these aspects. Obviously the main way it connects with you is down to the game’s fantastic story and without a doubt it had me and my children eager to see what happened next. I did then have quite a bit of interest in the game and whilst it’s not as good as the story it still does a wonderful job of connecting with you. I’ve read Storm Boy many times and I’ve heard nothing but good things about it from people who have also read it and that’s fantastic in my opinion because when it comes to children’s books Colin Thiele’s masterpiece is up there with the very best. As I mentioned earlier the gameplay doesn’t have much depth to it at all and while the game is a short play it can still get a little boring. There’s no freedom to explore throughout your time with the game.

In terms of content the game doesn’t have much at all and you’ll no doubt complete this game very quickly. The gameplay doesn’t have a ton of depth to it I think they’ve done a great job of making it accessible to gamers of all ages. There’s a decent variety of mini-games available for you to play and these mini-games tie in with the story extremely well.

The story is short and sweet and it did a wonderful job of stirring up a number of different emotions which made me think about the game after I completed it. Simplistic in design I really enjoyed what the both the visuals and sound design had to offer because they did a good job of bringing the Simplistic in design I really enjoyed what the both the visuals and sound design had to offer because they did a good job of bringing the story to life.

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