A full term scheme of work on Dennis Kelly’s DNA very closely following the Edexcel exam spec (note: this is not suitable for schools using other exam boards). This is from a recently ‘outstanding’ drama dept (deep dived) where 40% of students achieved a grade 9 in the written paper in 2023 and 63% achieved a 7-9 overall. The SOW features: practical and written tasks exam questions and how to answer them examples of student answers and their marks (marked by exam board) an end of unit assessment idea (practical and written) ‘do now’ tasks starting each lesson regular homework/revision tasks double and single lessons easy to follow - even for non-drama specialists all activities tried and tested Everything you need to introduce DNA and the C3 written exam to your GCSE Drama students in one powerpoint!

A 6 week SOW looking at comedy. Looks at Charlie Chaplin, Mr Bean, Home Alone and The Play That Goes Wrong. Easy to add lessons in or edit - and suitable for non-specialist teachers. Tried and tested - loved by my Y8s!

Booklet to follow with Billy Elliot (live theatre, not film which is availble on DVD or Amazon Prime). 6 lessons where students watch 20-30 mins of the show per lesson before completing a related task in their work book. Suitable for non-specialists/cover lessons or just an easy SOW for the end of the year! Tried and tested in final half term of Y9!

A unit of work for KS3 drama on Bugsy Malone. A copy of the film and play script is needed. Focuses on context, performance skills and technical theatre.

KS3 Drama unit on masks and mime. Unit requires masks - Trestle preferred but could also work with the plain white masks. Suitable for non-specialist; includes practical assessment and lots of clips to watch.

SOW for KS3 Drama looking at theatre around the world. Introduces students to Commedia, Greek Theatre and Kabuki amongst others. Suitable for editing (adding your own lessons) and for non-specialist teachers. Includes a practical assessment task which can be used if needed.

A 5-6 week unit on making speeches for KS3 English or Drama lessons. Suitable for non-specialists. Tried and tested. This unit is great practice for the spoken language endorsement at GCSE English and uses a similar mark scheme.

This unit (made for KS3 drama focuses on the technical aspects of drama and is based around Blood Brothers. It is assumed they have studied Blood Brothers in English or in a previous drama unit. Tried and tested and suitable for non-specialist drama teachers.

8 weeks of homework tasks focusing on DNA by Dennis Kelly and Live Theatre. Includes top band examples for each question to guide students to write their own exam answers. From an ‘outstanding’ drama dept (recently deep dived by Ofsted) with 63% of last year’s large cohort achieveing 7-9 and 40% achieving a 9 in the written exam.