You already have structured notes on a staged performance from last lesson. Today those notes become a finished review-report that banks M4 KA3.
The non-negotiables today are the write and the KA3 pack check. Open last lesson's notes and your attendance evidence before you start. Attendance evidence can be a programme, ticket stub, photo, screenshot, or teacher sign-off. If your notes are missing, work from memory of the same performance and note that gap honestly in the pack.
If time allows (or as homework), you will also describe the poster you would make to advertise that same performance. The poster sits beside the pack, not inside it.
A review-report does two jobs in one piece: it recounts what happened, and it judges whether it worked. KA3 wants both.
| Skill | For you | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Report (recount) | Clear account so someone missing the night can follow | Match write-up: score, scorers, red card |
| Review (judge) | Whether it worked, with reasons from what you saw | A friend naming why the support act landed harder |
| Evaluative | A choice and its effect, not just "good" | "The lighting did more work than the dialogue" |
Five-part framework: about the piece; one production choice; one technical element (acting, staging, sound, lighting); audience response; personal response tied to a moment.
Same shape outside class: a match report that lists the score and names what decided the game, or a short gig review that recounts the set and says what landed.
Model (invented school production, The Night Bus):
The hall lights went dark and the first sound was a single fiddle. Three strangers stuck at a rural stop after the last bus. Maya's monologue under one strip of light held the room quiet. The set was three chairs and a timetable board. The final blackout came two beats early and the last line was lost. Still, the audience stayed seated a long second before they clapped. I went in expecting a school show. I left thinking about the last bus I missed.
Notice the mix: what happened, what worked, what did not, and a personal close. Do the same for the performance you saw.
This is the piece that banks M4 KA3. Using last lesson's notes, write a review-report of 180–280 words on the staged performance you saw. Combine what happened with your judgement in one piece.
When you finish, file three items together in your Communication Portfolio:
KA3 is the review-report you just wrote. This short task is separate and only if time allows (otherwise finish it as homework): describe, in words, the poster you would make to advertise the performance you reviewed. A reader should be able to picture it without seeing a drawing. This is practice for describing a visual text in words.
Talk this through with the person beside you, or sit with it quietly:
The longer thinking goes in your Reflective Journal when you next open it, not on this page.
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