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08 November 2025

Posted by Amelia

Junior & Young Writers: Week 5 - Play on Words Pt. 2

This week we focused on building the order of performance
and exploring transitions and delivery.

 

 

 

Weekly check in: describe your week as a type of suitcase

 

 

 

Evan- normal suitcase… made of cake!

 

Hamish- activity suitcase, packed with tennis rackets

 

Daisy- old suitcase, falling apart

 

 

 

Warm up’s

 

 

 

Sound & Movement Wave

 

 

 

Stand in a circle. One person makes a sound and movement.

 

The next person repeats and adds on, building a chain.

 

Continue until it loops around.

 

 

 

This was an interesting warm up as it also challenged our
memories!

 

 

 

Next up was tongue twisters and Frankie added a challenge of
saying them out different volumes

 

 

 

We read these tongue twisters:

 

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

 

Betty Botter bought some butter.

 

If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?

 

Eleven benevolent elephants

 

 

 

Our writing exercise was a picture prompt of two girls in an
enchanted wood, underneath a tree with glowing leaves- Elsie wrote about the
girls having no memory of who they are, and a sense that they are being
followed…

 

 

 

















































































































Next as a group shared what we were planning on performing
at the showcase and made sure to give constructive and kind feedback. 


- Amelia

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