Cultural and Creative Arts – Primary 6 Weekly Short Class Lesson Notes for Second Term

WEEK 6 – ROLE PLAY

Role play is an activity where pupils pretend to be different people or characters in real-life situations in order to learn, practise skills, or solve problems.

Examples:

1. Pretending to be a teacher and pupil

2. Acting as doctor and patient

3. Playing the role of customer and shopkeeper

 

IMPORTANCE OF ROLE PLAY

Role play is important because:

1. It helps pupils understand real-life situations.

2. It builds confidence and communication skills.

3. It encourages teamwork and cooperation.

4. It improves speaking and listening skills.

5. It makes learning fun and practical.

 

OCCASIONS WHERE ROLE PLAY CAN BE USED

Role play can be used during:

1. Classroom lessons

2. School assemblies

3. Guidance and counselling sessions

4. Drama and cultural days

5. Teaching good behaviour and morals

 

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROLE PLAY AND ACTING

1. Role Play is mainly for learning and practice while Acting is mainly for for entertainment.

2. Role play is simple and Informal while Acting is more formal and planned.

3. In Role play, no audience may be needed while in Acting, audience is needed.

4. Role play is short and flexible while Acting is longer and scripted.

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQs)

INSTRUCTION – Choose the correct answer from the options A – D.

1. Role play is an activity where pupils ______. 

A. pretend to be others

B. read silently

C. draw pictures

D. sing alone

 

2. Role play is mainly used for ______. 

A. punishment

B. fighting

C. learning and practice

D. sleeping

 

3. Which of these is an example of role play?

A. Writing a test

B. Drawing a map

C. Doctor and patient

D. Reading a novel

 

4. Role play helps pupils to build ______. 

A. anger

B. fear

C. laziness

D. confidence

 

5. One place role play can be used is the ______. 

A. market

B. classroom

C. farm

D. road

 

6. Acting is mainly done for ______. 

A. learning only

B. entertainment

C. punishment

D. sleeping

 

7. Which of these usually needs an audience?

A. Acting

B. Role play

C. Drawing

D. Writing

 

8. Role play is usually ______. 

A. complex

B. dangerous

C. noisy

D. informal

 

9. Acting is often based on a ______. 

A. song

B. script

C. picture

D. drawing

 

10. Role play encourages pupils to work together as a ______. 

A. team

B. enemy

C. crowd

D. audience

 

FILL IN THE GAP QUESTIONS

11. Role play is pretending to be different ______.

13. Role play helps pupils improve their ______ skills.

13. Acting is mainly done for ______.

14. Role play makes learning more ______.

15. Acting usually requires an ______.

 

THEORY/SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

16. What is role play?

17. Mention two importance of role play.

18. State two occasions where role play can be used.

19. What is acting?

20. State two differences between role play and acting.

 

ANSWER KEY

1. A 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. A 11. people/characters, 13. communication 13. entertainment 14. interesting/fun 15. audience

16. Role play is an activity where pupils pretend to be different people in order to learn or practise skills.

17. I. It builds confidence, II. It improves communication skills.

18. I. Classroom lessons, II. School assemblies

19. Acting is the performance of a role mainly for entertainment before an audience.

20. I. Role play is for learning while acting is for entertainment, II. Role play may not need an audience, but acting needs an audience

WEEK 7 – MID TERM BREAK