Interactive Amplify (IA) sits at the Interactive row and Amplify column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Drama lessons for KS4 that classify as IA, plus anti-examples that look IA but are not.

Live poll on character motivation with debate

Year 10 · 45 min · 1 device per student

The teacher posts a key dramatic moment from a class play. Students vote on Mentimeter for the strongest interpretation of the character's motivation among three options. The class sees the spread, defends in pairs, debates, re-votes.

Tools: Mentimeter

Pairs film and post 30-second monologue performances

Year 10 · 60 min · 1 device per student

Each student records a 30-second target-text monologue performance and posts the video to a class Padlet column. Three classmates watch each performance and post a one-line note on a specific delivery technique (pace, pause, projection, intention). The class samples and the teacher draws out the strongest techniques.

Tools: Padlet

Class annotation of stage directions on a script

Year 11 · 50 min · 1 device per student

The teacher posts a single page from a play script in a shared class Doc. Each student adds suggesting-mode comments on what they would do as a director for one specific stage direction or beat. The class scrolls comments and the teacher draws out where directorial choices diverge most sharply.

Tools: Google Docs

Lessons that look IA but are not

Useful counter-examples when you are checking your own lesson placement on the PICRAT grid.

This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.