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title: "Performing Scripts & Poetry"
description: "Improvise, rehearse, and perform play scripts and poetry — using role, intonation, tone, volume, mood, silence, stillness, and action to generate language, explore meaning, and add impact to performan"
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# Performing Scripts & Poetry

Improvise, rehearse, and perform play scripts and poetry — using role, intonation, tone, volume, mood, silence, stillness, and action to generate language, explore meaning, and add impact to performance

Subject: English · Area: Speaking & Listening · Ages 11 to 14
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/performing-scripts-and-poetry-mt_ylFTYS80d1

## Ready when they can

- Perform a scene from a play using appropriate intonation, volume, and pauses to convey character and mood
- Use improvisation to explore how a character might respond in a new situation
- Rehearse and perform a poem aloud, using pace and emphasis to bring out the meaning

## Lesson: Bringing a Script or Poem to Life

When you perform a play script or a poem out loud, the words are only half the story. Your voice and body carry the rest. Volume, pace, tone, and pauses tell the audience how a character feels or what a poem means. Even staying silent and still can say something.

*(drawing: Work through a script or poem step by step. Marking the pauses first helps you know where to slow down later.)*

**Example.** Amara is performing a poem about a storm. On the calm lines, she speaks slowly and softly. When the storm hits, she speeds up and raises her volume, then pauses before the last line to let it land. The audience feels the storm build because of her pace and pauses, not just her words.

**Tip.** Silence and stillness are performance tools too. A pause before a big line, or standing completely still, can hold an audience's attention as much as a loud voice does.

**Recap.** Your voice and body, not just your words, bring a script or poem to life.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Understanding drama and performance](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/understanding-drama-and-performance-mt_tIi6L1n7kF)
- [Reciting Poetry](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/reciting-poetry-mt_ZBMcX2oRor)

## Opens up

- [Drama: Stagecraft as Method](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/drama-stagecraft-as-method-mt_RYVZd0zENq)