The perfect resource when you have a costume candidate in a class full of actors. This booklet is applicable to any project they do - scripted or devising - and is structured so that they can be independent learners and drive their own learning in planning, developing and completing the lighting for large-scale Drama projects. The booklet can be completed as classwork or homework and complements any practical project. It also serves as evidence to support grading. There are many short written tasks, as well as space to design and develop ideas.

COMPONENT 1 This is a complete PowerPoint scheme to cover the ENTIRE UNIT of Component 1 of the BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Award Performing Arts: Acting for the 2022 New Specification. It also includes a blank workbook to use alongside the scheme, as well as a guide booklet, which scaffolds the brief, broken into handy sections to meet the assessment outcomes. The specification specifies that students should study three texts during the course, but are assessed for just one. Therefore, this scheme assumes that you teach Component 1 immediately after Component 2, as well as studying a third text during an introductory scheme for the course. Therefore there is only a requirement to explore one text here. We have chosen the musical ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’. The scheme breaks down the play’s style, genre and the roles of people who collaborated on it. It looks at acting, choreography and symbolism with practical workshops, scaffolded sessions for writing the students’ blog and guidance through the journal. IMPORTANT: The scheme relies on access to a recording of live the play. There is a recording of this play on YouTube, but if you cannot access it, the scheme is deliberately written so it will be easy to adapt to another play. You will also need a copy of the text too.

This scheme of work bundle is designed to guide students fully through Component 2 of the BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Award Performing Arts: Acting. This includes several key documents: • A comprehensive PowerPoint that covers all elements of the component • A blank Actor’s Logbook booklet • An Actor’s Logbook guide booklet • A blank Technician’s Logbook booklet • A Technician’s Logbook guide booklet • Tech Booklet for Lighting Design • Tech Booklet for Set Design • Tech Booklet for Costume Design The scheme uses the exemplar assignment brief you can download from the BTEC website. The scheme is designed to last a term and a half, preparing students for their final assessment. All the requirements of the unit are covered and detailed within the PowerPoint, including specifying moments within the process that require video recordings. The only amendments you will need to make are the details of the plays students will be performing. NOTE: You will need copies of the scripts that you wish students to perform. This will vary from class to class and group to group. Careful consideration should be paid to this choice of text in preparation for teaching this unit.

A scheme for KS3 Drama about Stanislavski and Naturalism. It covers the basics of his theory and techniques, focusing on given circumstances, hotseating, magic if, units, objectives and motivation. The scheme uses chunks of text from the plays ‘DNA’ by Dennis Kelly, ‘Beautiful Thing’ by Jonathan Harvey and ‘Two’ by Jim Cartwright. The end of the scheme sees students performing scenes from these plays and applying Stanislavski’s techniques during rehearsals. All resources are included. I teach this scheme to Y8, but it could easily be fore Y9 too - or even older.

12 Lesson Drama scheme of learning about the play The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, including tutorials on how to use simple Physical Theatre skills from Frantic Assembly. The scheme covers two sections of text, in which students perform these using Frantic’s skills.

This bundle includes the resources for the ENTIRE COURSE of the BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Award Performing Arts: Acting. This has been created to fulfil all the teaching requirements and student outcomes of the Pearson BTEC specification. It includes: • Introduction PowerPoint SOL (baseline unit with devising and scriptwork) * • Intro to Devising PowerPoint SOL • Component 1 PowerPoint SOL, Journal & Guide booklet • Component 2 PowerPoint SOL, Actor’s Logbook, Technician’s Logbook, Guide Booklets, Tech Booklets for lighting, costume and set design candidates • Component 3 PowerPoint SOL • Note you will need a copy of ‘Two’ by Jim Cartwright for this scheme • Note, you will need access to a recording of the play ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ (currently on YouTube)

This is a complete PowerPoint scheme to cover the ENTIRE UNIT of Component 3 of the BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Award Performing Arts: Acting. All you need to do is add the stimulus and brief requirements directly from the exam paper when it is released. This is a scheme that facilitates the students’ work fully through the devising process from stimulus until performance. It also guides the students through the process of preparing for each of the controlled assessments, with details of what to include in their Skills Log, Ideas Log and Evaluation Report. The unit uses the examplar assignment brief from the BTEC website.

This SOL PowerPoint is an introduction to the BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Award Performing Arts: Acting. It is designed to last approximately 20 lessons, or a half-term. It includes a devising baseline task - which reflects Component 3 - and a scripted task - which reflects Component 2. It also teaches lots of key terminology, which prepares for Component 1. NOTE: In order to teach this unit, you will need access to the play ‘Two’ by Jim Cartwright, as the second half of the SOL focuses on the Roy & Lesley scene from this play. However, this could easily be substituted with a duologue from another play if you wanted.

The perfect resource when you have a lighting candidate in a class full of actors. This booklet is applicable to any project they do - scripted or devising - and is structured so that they can be independent learners and drive their own learning in planning, developing and completing the lighting for large-scale Drama projects. The booklet can be completed as classwork or homework and complements any practical project. It also serves as evidence to support grading. There are many short written tasks, as well as space to design and develop ideas.

The perfect resource when you have a set design candidate in a class full of actors. This booklet is applicable to any project they do - scripted or devising - and is structured so that they can be independent learners and drive their own learning in planning, developing and completing the lighting for large-scale Drama projects. The booklet can be completed as classwork or homework and complements any practical project. It also serves as evidence to support grading. There are many short written tasks, as well as space to design and develop ideas.

This short scheme of work (approximately a half-term) is designed function as an introduction to devising for acting students for the BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Award Performing Arts: Acting, to be conducted early in Y10 in preparation for Component 3 in Y11. The unit uses a stimulus and guides students through the devising process, teaching the key terms and including a shortened version of the three essays specified within the component as written tasks. Subsequently, there is a small workbook included that students should complete alongside their practical work.

Technician’s Logbook: Component 2 - BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Performing Arts: Acting. A workbook for actors that includes written theory tasks, progress markers and diary entries to reflect on progress etc.

10 Lesson project-based Drama scheme of learning about Kneehigh’s Hansel & Gretel. Students rehearse and perform a section of text from the play confined in a small box marked on the floor in white tape in the style of Off Balance’s Robin Hood (link included), adding new skills each lesson. Resource includes: PowerPoint Lessons, Scheme Overview, Lesson Resources, Knowledge Organiser.

A 12 lesson Drama scheme of learning about Human Rights. The first five lessons are process-based, covering: slavery, child soldiers, gender, sexuality and Black Lives Matter. The final lessons revolve around a long-term project. The download includes: lesson PowerPoints, written resources, knowledge organiser.

A six-lesson scheme of work that covers basic acting skills. This is perfect for a class learning basic drama skills for the very first time. There is one long PowerPoint which covers: Lesson 1 - The Body Lesson 2 - The Voice Lesson 3 - Characterisation Lesson 4 - Staging Lesson 5 - Improvisation Lesson 6 - Devising Each lesson has several small tasks, building toward a larger task at the end, which could be used as an assessment. Lesson 6 uses William Golding’s ‘Lord Of The Flies’ as a stimulus for devising.

The perfect COVID-Secure Scheme of Learning for KS3 Drama for a full term. For this, students will need copies of the play ‘A Monster Calls’ by Patrick Ness. The main focus is the technical elements of theatre: lighting, sound, costume and set design. It also explores Fantasy as a genre. The scheme includes a PowerPoint (that covers all lessons) and a booklet that can be printed for students. Alternatively, all written tasks can be completed in an exercise book. There are some practical acting tasks included, but these are isolated and can be ignored if current circumstances do not lend themselves to practical tasks. A recording of the play does exist, but the scheme can be taught just as effectively if you do not have access to this. Due to the topic of loss and bereavement, it is suggested this scheme is taught to students in Years 8 or 9.

A full scheme of learning that covers Brecht as a practitioner for KS4. The scheme covers: narration, breaking role, speaking stage directions, placards, direct address, V-Effekt, alienation, multi-roling, symbolic props, split role, gestus, stock characters, montage, episodic structure and spass. There are 6 workshops (which can last one or more lessons) plus a multi-week assessment task. Scripts are included with the bundle for all tasks. NOTE: The scheme assumes that students have learnt about naturalism before and know who Stanislavski is, althought it can be easily adapted to remove this if needed.

A scheme of learning for KS3 that covers the elements of tech (lighting, sound, set and costume) through the play ‘A Monster Calls’. You will need copies of the scripts for students to read, or a video recording of the stage show. After learning about tech and the play, students stage one of the Monster’s tales, using a standardised kit. Each group will need the same objects - a torch, some coloured gels, a white sheet, a short length of rope, a staging block, an instrument - which they then use to stage the scene. The scheme is ideal to be taught to Y8, although it could be for any KS3 yeargroup.

A scheme of learning about Ancient Greek Theatre, aimed at KS3. Ideally, this would be taught to Y7s as an introduction to non-naturalism. The scheme focuses on chorus, mask, direct address, breaking the fourth wall and narration and these are applied to the Ancient Greek myths (Kidnap of Persephone, Perseus & Medusa, Pandora’s Box). The scheme ends with students applying the skills learned to a modern text - Malala’s speech to the United Nations. All scripts are attached and the scheme should last a full term.