Google slide document covering chapter five of Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’. Slide and lesson covers: Riddle starter tasks (3 slides worth with answers on following slides) Youtube link to scene of The Hobbit covering chapter five’s plot Practice / short writing opportunity for students to focus on the characterisation of Bilbo Baggins from Chapter one-five and the significance of ‘The Ring’ Final ‘hot writing’ task with What, How, Why breakdown question stems on BB’s character growth throughout this chapter.

This includes: Power Point exploring Basic Drama skills with a restaurant-themed stimulus. This then expands into a traditional home-dinner setting with a bonus task of mirroring against a ‘dinner party gone wrong’. Lesson plan further explaining the slides on the Power Point with extra tasks for excelling pupils.

This KS3 Drama assessment sheet allows pupils to answer questions based on scriptwriting, drama styles, panto and stage directions. This sheet is for easy understanding on a pupils ability and understanding for the KS3 drama curriculum.

This pack includes: 5 slide power point including script and image stimuli. Finishing off with a success criteria for children to assess themselves on. This Power Point focuses on the use of ‘Marking the Moment’ in drama and how it creates an impact on a performance piece. Also included: ‘Our Day Out’ mini assessment sheet for teacher and pupils, focusing on their knowledge and understanding of the play and techniques used.

Double sided A4 printout or online document for students to complete. Answering multiple questions/filling out categories to understand Orwell’s character/purpose for the character of Squealer.

A4 prompt sheet which covers Bilbo’s and Gollum’s characterisation in Chapter Five of ‘The Hobbit’, their relationship with one another and writing opportunities to persuade characters to hand over The Ring.

Double sided A4 printout or online document for students to complete. Answering multiple questions/filling out categories to understand Orwell’s character/purpose for the character of Snowball.

6 slide Power Point focusing on Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits’. Focus points are: Cross-Cutting Action Clip Freeze Frame Hot Seating Narration Role Play Script / Sections of the story have been copied into the presentation for reference. Music is also available for stimulus and support. Also included for printout: Character labels, script and a lesson plan.

This pack includes: Power Point presentation for classroom use Word document printouts that further explain characters for visual / revision aid and script to follow Commedia Dell’Arte format. Power Point presentation consists of 6 slides. These slides cover key characters and modern day representation of notable characteristics, success criteria and scenario starters for practical exploration.

This 38 page Power Point slide explores the role, responsibility, skills and opportunities that a director faces. This Power Point also includes a ‘key word’ page, examples of both female and male directors, video footage of directors discussing their craft, tips on how to gain work experience if someone wished to explore this role further and activities to try out the role of being a director themselves. Finally, this presentation includes a quiz for pupils to engage with as a variation of how revision is conducted in learning.

This 32 page Power Point presentation explores the role of Set Designer in the theatre industry. The presentation explores the role, responsibilities, skills and resources needed for this role. This is followed by examples of notable designers, video interview footage, tips on how to gain experience in this field as a beginner and activities to try out the role of being a Set Designer in class. Following this is a clear breakdown (with images) on how the process of designing a set takes place in the world of theatre. Both maximalism and minimalism is explored. Finally, a quiz is included at the end of this quiz to provide an alternative method of revision.

This pack includes: Power Point presentation for classroom use Word document printouts that further explain the use of Masks in style and prinout opportunities for visual / revision aid and a script to follow. Power Point presentation consists of 6 slides. These slides stimulate conversation on masks used in day-to-day life, how masks can restrict areas of performance in theatre and how it can benefit and enhance others. Also included are success criteria stems and a script.

This 6 slide Power Point presentation explores different roles in the world of theatre that do not just focus on being an actor. This lesson allows conversation and research into a variety of important roles and gives pupils the chance to focus on Drama as a subject of choice and differentiation. Areas of focus are: Lighting Technician Sound Designer Director Costume Designer This lesson delves into these roles at a KS3/ early KS4 level. If this was to be adapted for personal use, it could easily be extended for later KS4 and KS5.

This Power Point presentation consists of 8 slides. Learning Objective: To explore Pantomime stock characters and successfully demonstrate them. This presentation starts with a challenge to identify images of stock characters and label their roles / names. For further challenge, pupils can list other stock characters with similar roles in different Pantomimes. Following this is a success criteria list reading for practical exploration. The practical task for this lesson is to create a short scene in groups with identifiable stock characters that have been discussed earlier in the lesson. A scenario has been included in this Power Point if prompts are needed for lower ability groups. A critic board is also included for pupils to follow, should any performances be shown at the end of this lesson. This includes sentence starters on useful and constructive feedback for peers to share. This lesson also includes a plenary for all that has been discussed / explored within the lesson.

This pack includes: 10 slide Power Point presentation. Storyboard template printout. This lesson is designed for a Drama class but can be adapted to fit an English or Media setting. Focusing on Advertising, this lesson prompts discussion on persuasive language, music, adjectives, direct address and more. There are video links included that explore different styles of advertisement for different audience types. This prompts discussion on target audiences and how to correctly identify their themes. Task: Sir Alan Sugar has challenged you with the task of promoting one of the following products through a 30 second TV advertisement: Note-choose one product only! Pupils are supplied with 3 different products and descriptions of what they are, what they do and how they benefit the buyer. Pupils are encouraged to use the storyboard (provided as a printout link) to create an advert that would fit their target audience and result in a successful campaign to sell the product.

This Power Point presentation is easily adaptable to focus on Set Design as a whole, rather than just for organising a Pantomime. This scheme can be used for KS3 and for KS4 as a recap. This presentation consists of 29 slides. Learning Objectives: To gain some awareness of the set design process. To develop an understanding of the set designer. This lesson covers: Staging Director Scenic Designer Production Stage layouts Prompt questions on benefits / disadvantages of different stage layouts Diagrams Recap Quiz! Black Box theatre exploration Design styles (minimalistic, realistic) Scales Materials Transitions Plenary Also included is an opportunity for pupils to design their own stage design with the challenge to use as many areas covered in this scheme of work. This is also available as a printable document in the pack.

This 6 slide Power Point is a quick and easy presentation for the introduction of Pantomime in Drama. This slide introduces Pantomime’s beginning, exploration of genre and a breakdown of history. This follows examples of Panto, character styles with well-known examples, stock characters and theatre techniques. This Power Point offers no practical activity but can be used as a visual breakdown with discussion points. Lesson Objective: To introduce pantomime as a genre, exploring its traditions and stock characters.