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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 25/02/2026
Subject: Drama
Lesson Topic: Communication skills: verbal, non-verbal, active listening
Learning Objective/s:
  • Describe key components of verbal, non‑verbal and active‑listening communication.
  • Demonstrate appropriate tone, diction and body language in a front‑of‑house scenario.
  • Apply the three‑step active‑listening process to resolve a customer query.
  • Evaluate peer performances using a communication checklist.
Materials Needed:
  • Projector and screen
  • Whiteboard and markers
  • Printed role‑play scripts
  • Communication checklist handouts
  • Tablet or phone for video recording
  • Poster paper and sticky notes
 Introduction:
Begin with a short video clip of a theatre ticket clerk handling a patron, highlighting both spoken words and body language. Ask students to recall how they have used tone and gestures when speaking to friends or in previous drama work. Explain that today they will master verbal, non‑verbal and active‑listening skills, which they will demonstrate through role‑play and peer feedback.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑Now (5'): Students list three ways they communicate without speaking and share briefly (activates prior knowledge).
  2. Mini‑lecture (10'): Teacher presents key verbal and non‑verbal components using slides and examples from the source table.
  3. Active‑Listening demonstration (5'): Teacher models the three‑step process with a volunteer.
  4. Role‑play stations (20'): In groups of three, students rotate roles (staff, patron, observer) using scripted ticket‑counter scenarios; observers complete a checklist.
  5. Video analysis (10'): Groups record one interaction, replay to identify body‑language cues and paraphrasing accuracy.
  6. Whole‑class debrief (5'): Discuss common strengths and areas for improvement; link back to success criteria.
Conclusion:
Summarise how clear diction, appropriate tone, confident body language and active listening together create professional customer interactions. For exit, each student writes one personal action point on a sticky note and posts it on the class board. Homework: design a one‑page poster illustrating the three steps of active listening for display in the drama studio.