<p>This is a revision session that can also be used as a lesson all about key points of social context for Blood Brothers in the context of OCR’s Section A for the written exam at GCSE.</p> <p>Students will go through the key points in depth specific to Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers. With teacher notes, a range of activities and driving questions to prompt thought, this is a perfect resource for those studying Blood Brothers, looking to delve into the context of this playtext.</p> <p>Resources:<br /> @Channel4News (YouTube)</p>

<p>This is a revision session that can also be used as a lesson all about main characters in Blood Brothers for OCR’s Section A for the written exam at GCSE.</p> <p>Students will go through their interpretation of how they would act/direct each of the main characters. With teacher notes &amp; key term hints, this is a perfect resource for those studying Blood Brothers, looking to delve into the character interpretation.</p> <p>Sources:<br /> BBC Bitesize</p>

<p>This is a short scheme of learning encouraging students studying A-Level Edexcel Drama and Theatre Studies for Component 3, Section C. This will be helpful for those studying Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck with the chosen practitioner of Brecht.</p> <p>This resource is both theoretical and practical, with a range of activities that will be interesting for your students and can be easily edited to meet the needs of a range of students.</p> <p>This resource is tried and tested, to positive avail but I would recommend teaching this after you have read the play and breifly analysed with your cohort.</p> <p>Sources:<br /> @NationalTheatre (YouTube)<br /> bbcbitesize<br /> @crashcourse (YouTube)<br /> rgiaccot (Kahoot)<br /> @bgsdrama (YouTube)</p>

<p>A 1-hour lesson based around the context of Blood Brothers, specifically looking at 1960’s Liverpool.</p> <p>This links directly to historical and cultural context of Blood Brothers and has been planned for those studying OCR GCSE Drama.</p> <p>This includes a PPT lesson for teaching and a few supporting articles for students to participate in a carousel activity as a distilling activity for a main body task. This can be scaffolded as the earlier sheets are an easier read, so you can easily differentiate this part of the lesson.</p> <p>References in fact sheet</p>

<p>A 1-hour lesson based around the context of Blood Brothers, specifically looking at 1950’s Liverpool.</p> <p>This links directly to social and cultural context of Blood Brothers and has been planned for those studying OCR GCSE Drama.</p> <p>This includes a PPT lesson for teaching and a supporting slideshow students should watch as part of the starter.</p>

<p>This scheme of work has been designed, tried and tested on Year 7 with great success, preparing them for the devising unit for GCSE Drama in a fun and accessible way.</p> <p>The scheme of learning gets students to work in groups, creating a piece of drama based around one stimulus.</p> <p>The lesson themes are:<br /> Lesson 1 - What is a Stimulus<br /> Lesson 2 - Structuring Drama<br /> Lesson 3 - Creating Character<br /> Lesson 4 - Scripting<br /> Lesson 5 - Assessment</p> <p>There are sentence starters for evaluation and lots of fun starters and plenaries to get your students engaged, ready to learn and calm upon exit.</p> <p>**Complete with live timers for assessment lesson</p>