I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
A full 60 minute lesson including:
A do-now activity
A reading and comprehension activity on ‘Romanesque’ comedy
A video clip and accompanying timeline handout
A script-writing task and peer-assessment guideline
A Homework task handout
This is the third lesson in an A Level SOW on ASND. If you’re wanting the lesson that came before this, please visit the shop! This could easily act as a stand alone lesson, though.
This is the second lesson in an A Level SOW on ASND. If you’re wanting the lesson that came before this, please visit the shop! This could easily act as a stand alone lesson, though.
In this lesson, students will use prompts and their previous knowledge of the tragic genre to construct their own plan for a tragic play. Students will, after presenting their ideas, choose one scene from their play to write out in full. Includes a 10 question tragedy quiz with teacher answers.
This IS A three lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre.
Lesson 1: In this lesson, students become familiar with vocabulary associated with the tragic genre, with a particular focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex.
Lesson 2: In this lesson, students analyse the origins of the tragic genre. Students will analyse and become familiar with the themes and characters of the play ‘Medea’.
Lesson 3: In this lesson, students will become familiar with different tragic solilquies throughout history: from Antigone, to Othello, to Death of a Salesman. The students will choose to analyse one of six soliloquies, and then get into pairs so that they can present a comparative analysis.
This lesson is the third in a three lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students will become familiar with different tragic solilquies throughout history: from Antigone, to Othello, to Death of a Salesman. The students will choose to analyse one of six soliloquies, and then get into pairs so that they can present a comparative analysis.
This lesson is the first in a 3 lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students become familiar with vocabulary associated with the tragic genre, with a particular focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex.
This lesson is part of a three lesson scheme in which students analyse the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students will become familiar with the themes and characters of the play ‘Medea’.
This teacher feedback sheet is separated into 2 sections for physicality and vocality- WWW and EBI. All you as a teacher have to do is highlight the correct sections - and the student work is marked!
Lesson 1: This lesson is essentially a context lesson. To prepare Year 10 students for a mock paper (past paper 12, IGCSE 2020 June), this lesson will introduce students to the background of the play, the key events and characters, and give them the opportunity to predict and analyze some themes of the play.
Lesson 2: In this lesson, students will perform the whole of Act 1 (timed at around 33 minutes if the reading is slow), and have some time left for a starter, and a main character analysis task.
Lesson 3: This lesson gives students the chance to act out Act 2 of Dara, and answer some component 1, section A style questions in preparation for their mock exam (the June 2020 Paper 12).
Lesson 4: In this lesson, students will act out Act 3 of ‘Dara’, and answer IGCSE Section A style questions at the end. They will contemplate the staging of certain scenes, and the changing relationships between characters - in particular, the relationship between Dara and Aurangzeb.
Lesson 5: This lesson focuses on the events and key themes in Act 4 of the play Dara. After reading the act in its entirety, students will have the chance to answer some comprehension questions, and reflect on the way they would stage the execution scene.
Lesson 6: This lesson focuses on the final act of the play Dara. The students will read the play, and then answer a series of comprehension questions, and one IGCSE style long answer question. The final slide will have students reflecting on their own feelings about the ending, and the change in Aurangzeb’s character between scenes 1 and 2.
Lesson 7: This assessment prep lesson includes a link to the IGCSE past paper that the assessment will be based on, (only section A) and a preparation lesson explaining to students how to best tackle Section A questions. I’ve chosen to only test my students on Section A, but this preparation lesson could help with Section B as well. This also includes a student assessment reflection sheet for when you give back their marked work.
Lesson 8: Assessment lesson (no lesson for this, but the assessment paper is linked in the assessment prep lesson
Lesson 9: Students will receive back their graded papers, and complete the reflection sheet in purple pen (attached in assessment prep lesson)
This includes a link to the IGCSE past paper that the assessment will be based on, (only section A) and a preparation lesson explaining to students how to best tackle Section A questions. I've chosen to only test my students on Section A, but this preparation lesson could help with Section B as well.
This also includes a student assessment reflection sheet for when you give back their marked work.
This lesson focuses on the final act of the play Dara. The students will read the play, and then answer a series of comprehension questions, and one IGCSE style long answer question. The final slide will have students reflecting on their own feelings about the ending, and the change in Aurangzeb’s character between scenes 1 and 2.
Lesson One: In this lesson, students will act out Act 3 of ‘Dara’, and answer IGCSE Section A style questions at the end. They will contemplate the staging of certain scenes, and the changing relationships between characters - in particular, the relationship between Dara and Aurangzeb.
Lesson Two: This lesson focuses on the events and key themes in Act 4 of the play Dara. After reading the act in it’s entirety, students will have the chance to answer some comprehension questions, and reflect on the way they would stage the execution scene.
This lesson focuses on the events and key themes in Act 4 of the play Dara. After reading the act in it’s entirety, students will have the chance to answer some comprehension questions, and reflect on the way they would stage the execution scene.
In this lesson, students will act out Act 3 of ‘Dara’, and answer IGCSE Section A style questions at the end. They will contemplate the staging of certain scenes, and the changing relationships between characters - in particular, the relationship between Dara and Aurangzeb.
These 3 lessons allow students to understand the context behind the play ‘Dara’, and act out the first two scenes of play. Students will also be trained to answer GCSE style questions/complete analysis tasks in order to prepare for a component 1 paper (the 2020 Cambridge IGCSE past paper).
This lesson gives students the chance to act out Act 2 of Dara, and answer some component 1, section A style questions in preparation for their mock exam (the June 2020 Paper 12).
This is the second lesson in a scheme of work about the play ‘Dara’. In this lesson, students will perform the whole of the first act (timed at around 33 minutes if the reading is slow), and have some time left for a starter, and a main analysis task. Will help if teaching the 2020 component 1 past paper.
To prepare Year 10 students for a mock paper (past paper 12, IGCSE 2020 June), this lesson will introduce students to the context of the play, the key events and characters, and give them the opportunity to predict and analyse some themes of the play.
This SOW has a focus on the study of tragedy. Students will combine analysis, inference, planning and practical skills to eventually devise their own monologues. This SOW includes weekly low stakes quizzes, a final mid-term multiple choice and written assessment (which is self and peer marked) and a teacher-ready marksheet for the performance in week 5.
