Characters:

build suspense

over-dramatise

action –

• facial expressions
• talk
• dialogue
• monlogue
• walk
• emphasised
• hand movements

dress

props

• muesli bar
• basketball
• handball
• handcuffs
• cheese stick
• chalk

braces

normal school yard behaviour in background

“No Chill” -all emotion and …

Suspicion

Melanie – emotional & upset about where she had come from…

Batty was daydreaming: “gentle, creative daydreamer”

Atticus: “sweet,nerdy and always hungry”

Debra-Jo: “smart, ambitious,organised”

Melanie: “stubborn, courageous and a bit shy”

Rory: “naughty,distracted and very likeable”

Characters + key words

Setting

school

• playground
• brick buildings
• toilets
• library
• classroom
• office
• tree (monologue)

abstract setting and props eg, handcuffs

Storyline:

twins leave school mysteriously

short trivial stories

Max  and Elsa went to dentist

Problem + explanation + solution through Debra-Jo’s  telling of the story to Melanie

One liners that fit in with detective story:”Take this to the lab.”

“Why won’t you talk?” “What are you hiding?”

 

Connections:

It’s obvious that they didn’t kill each other, although suspense develops. (It’s obvious because the audience is ‘Kids’.)

Structure:

music

sound effects

• clapping
• bell

background activity – play

humour

Introduced problem

Mystery builds

Twist at end

Resolution

1st person

3rd person

Police show one liners