Drama KS3 / KS4: Musical theatre production of I Know Me (pt 3/6)

The third in a 6-part musical theatre production in which we see Jake being led by the Spirit and Sprites to the Angry Place; where he will confront the anger that’s at the root of his bullying behavior.

Transported back to the Spirit’s world, we see Jake talk about the reasons behind his anger and his being a bully.

This clip is from the series Make a Musical.

Teacher Notes

These clips could be used as inspiration and a template for teachers and students to stage their own version of the production.

Supplementary ‘how-to’ clips provide suggestions and ideas to support the development of a musical production.

The Sprite characters offer schools the opportunity to cast across, and include all year-groups - including primary, if they have younger pupils.

The song’s powerful rock-based beat offers the opportunity for free-form or choreographed dance.

The underlying theme of anger offers an issue for discussion.

Some of the lyrics from 'So Angry' can be changed following class discussion, in order to be tailored to the things that make the pupils angry.

Refer to the clip Making the Musical –Writing Lyrics for the guided workshop on lyric writing for 'So Angry'.

Also refer to the Making the Musical – Junk Percussion for the workshop on creating a junk percussion piece.

###_ Curriculum Notes_

This clip will be relevant for teaching Drama at KS3, KS4/GCSE in England and Northern Ireland.

Also Drama at KS4 and GCSE in Wales and 2nd Level, 3rd Level and National 4 in Scotland.

This topic appears in OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC, CCEA GCSE in Northern Ireland and SQA in Scotland.

More from the series Make a Musical

Fourth in a six-part SEN production where Sidney learns to overcome his fear through dance.

Drama KS3 / KS4: Musical theatre production of I Know Me (pt 4/6)

Fifth in a six-part SEN production where the characters are transported to a land of music.

Drama KS3 / KS4: Musical theatre production of I Know Me (pt 5/6)

Sixth in a six-part SEN production where the characters use music to resolve negative issues.

Drama KS3 / KS4: Musical theatre production of I Know Me (pt 6/6)

A look at the different character types that feature in the musical I Know Me.

Drama KS3 / KS4: Exploring character types

The cast of the SEN musical I Know Me, and Jake, one of the musical's principal characters, demonstrate playing junk percussion.

Drama KS3 / KS4: Exploring junk percussion

First of a six-part SEN production where we meet the principal characters: bully and victim.

Drama KS3 / KS4: Musical theatre production of I Know Me (pt 1/6)

Second in a six-part SEN production where the characters are transported to a land of music.

Drama KS3 / KS4: Musical theatre production of I Know Me (pt 2/6)