Page 10 - Summer Drama Lesson Plans

line (‘A bottle of...’). Point to yourself with thumb on the last line (‘And that’s the life for me’).
In between verses ask the children to tell you which number comes next. “After one comes...?”
When I was one, I played the drum,
The day I went to sea.
I jumped aboard a pirate ship,
And the captain said to me. door...
"We're going this way, that way, Forwards, backwards,
Over the Irish sea."
A bottle of rum to fill my tum, And that's the life for me.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
When I was five, I learned to dive...
6. Create the story
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions.
Opening lines: “Pirate sisters Penny and Polly wanted to go on a treasure hunt. They looked at their treasure map and then set sail on the wavy ocean.”
* Running time approx. 4 mins.
7. Act out the story
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions. *Running time approx. 5 mins.
8. Action Game
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions.
Scrub the deck = get on your knees and scrub the floor as you say “scrub, scrub, scrub”
Climb the rigging = climb on the spot
Captain’s coming = salute and say, “Aye, aye Captain!”
Periscopes up = lie on your back, put your legs up in the air to be the periscope and beep like a submarine
Ship’s ghost = everyone does a ghost action with their hands and says “woooooo!” like a ghost
*Running time approx. 3 mins.
9. Travel back to the real world and give out magic sparkles
See weekly drama activity break down for instructions. * Running time approx. 3 mins 45 secs.
When I was two, I buckled my shoe... When I was three, I grazed my knee... When I was four, I knocked on the
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