Ishi, the last tribal American Indian OCR used a range of rehearsal

used a range of rehearsal strategies to develop performance skills

developing hot-seating and monologue skills and an introduction to character-driven improvisations

There are excellent developmental reasons for asking students to play characters different from themselves

Sweeping generalisations and guess work do not

Ishi, the last tribal American Indian OCR used a range of rehearsalOf all the schemes I have taught over the last 15 years, this one remains my favourite for a number of reasons. I tend to teach it as the first scheme in Year 8 and students always seem to respond to and fall in love with the character of Ishi, such is the power of his story. It is easy enough to modify the scheme according to your schools form of assessment, and it could also be adapted for Paper 1 of the Edexcel GCSE Drama course. It develops