Ishi, the last tribal American Indian OCR Sweeping generalisations and guess work

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developing hot-seating and monologue skills and an introduction to character-driven improvisations

to inspire creative uses of language

To explore Tar’s relationship with his mother using internal monologue

discussion of essay questions and essay planning

Ishi, the last tribal American Indian OCR Sweeping generalisations and guess workOf all the schemes I have taught over the last 15 years, this one remains my favourite for a number of reasons. I tend to teach it as the first scheme in Year 8 and students always seem to respond to and fall in love with the character of Ishi, such is the power of his story. It is easy enough to modify the scheme according to your schools form of assessment, and it could also be adapted for Paper 1 of the Edexcel GCSE Drama course. It develops