A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Key quotes from Stave Three that focus on the Cratchit family, their Christmas, and their opinions on Scrooge. Quotes focus around the themes of Povery, Redemption, and Guilt & Blame. Quotes also ask students to focus on language techniques and their opinions on these moments as a reader of the novella. Slides are fairly basic but a great starting point for Stave Three discussion and reflection opportunities on past Staves.

A3 printout for GCSE revision/classwork task. Clock includes key themes covered in Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’

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.

Assessment practice slides. Three slides with vocabulary taken from George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’. These words have all been taken from an extract in Chapter Eight ‘The Battle of The Windmill’. Slides later include clear definitions for all vocabulary.

Dennis Kelly’s - DNA 7 Slide introduction Power Point presentation to DNA. This lesson explores the topics of: Gangs Bullying Links between the two Streetwear / Street art This lesson is a great intro to the themes covered in DNA. This lesson allows pupils to explore the themes with personal knowledge and relatable imagery.

This printout contains 2 pages of script from Dennis Kelly’s DNA. This allows pupils to annotate key themes, punctuation and script-tools used. This printout also prompts pupils with the task of annotating the script for their own future use. Prompting pupils to think about how they would: direct design the set design costumes use appropriate lighting sound for this scene.

PRINTOUT DOCUMENT. This assessment document allows teachers the chance to see how well pupils understand and identify the techniques used in advertising. This paper asks pupils to think back to an advert they have seen (or have studied as a class) and how it meets certain criterias, what it was spreading awareness about / trying to sell, themes, mood, stereotypes and styles. It asks pupils to identify what the best and worst aspects of the advert and what they would do differently and how. Finally, it prompts and requires pupils to write a full advert review on what they have seen, using all that they have covered in the previous questions. This review must cover the introduction, plot, acting and conclusion.

This 2 slide Power Point presentation includes quick and easy stimuli for pupils to create from. This lesson provides titles of choice for pupils to devise from and/or quotes to choose from or add to their performance. This lesson is nice and easy to use during a change in topic or for a change in focus.

In this pack includes: Macbeth context slides (King James I, Witches / Supernatural, Gender roles, Chain of Being, and Heaven & Hell. Handout contextual sheet from The Harold Pinter theatre’s programme of the 2024 showing of ‘Macbeth’.

29 slide PP with contents page which focuses on vocabulary explored within Charles Dickens’ ‘Oliver Twist’. Most of the vocabulary can be linked to the characterisation of Bill Sikes but vocabulary is apparent throughout the novel. Each slide is colour coded with the word class (noun,adjective,adverb,verb) accompained by the word meaning and an example sentence of where this word is used in ‘Oliver Twist’. Pictures are on some slides to help with visual learning and expand understanding on certain vocabulary.

This pack includes: 6 slide Power Point presentation Storyboard template Script example Mini Task: Sell an ugly Christmas jumper to someone with the use of persuasive language, adjectives and tone of voice. Main Task: Write a script or design a storyboard detailing the scene of someone trying to sell either an unwanted present, jumper or cardboard box. This lesson also encourages pupils to extend their script / storyboard for performance purposes. This includes a success criteria which looks for face and body language, purposeful movement, still images, mime, etc.

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.

6 slide Power Point presentation. Script print outs for practical exploration. This lesson focuses on the skills of ‘Marking the Moment’ and ‘Cross Cutting’. These skills are to then be transfered to the performance of a scene from DNA. Pupils will be challenged on their prior-knowledge of these skills and asked how they can add to a performance. Pupils can also use examples from TV and Film for understanding. Pupils are then expected to perform a scene from DNA using these skills and a following success criteria.

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.

This pack includes: 12 slide Power Point presentation. Newspaper article stencil for printout. Newspaper example with labels This lesson focuses on the difference in persuasive and manipulative language. Including different emotions that both techniques prompt in their target audiences to help sell their product. Main Task: Using the magazine template, create a magazine article based on a product you are trying to sell. (Success criteria encourages pupils to focus either on persuasive or manipulative language and different prompts for emotional connections to the product). Questions are also included to help pupils focus on all areas in which they will need to consider.

Dennis Kelly’s - DNA. 3 slide Power Point Presentation 4 pages of DNA script to accompany (print out opportunity) This lesson focuses on the craft of line delivery and it’s importance on stage and to an audience. Pupils are to explore an example script and how many different ways it can be performed. Pupils are to consider how emotions can change the voice, body language, tone, pitch and pace. Pupils are then provided with script extracts from DNA to explore how this scene can change when experimenting with these different skills.

This slide presentation consists of four slides and a starter task. Students are to focus on… Nancy’s significance to Bill Sikes, Fagin, and their ‘gang’ Bill Sikes’ relationship with his dog in Chapter 15 and the animalistic imagery Dickens portrays. Nancy and Bill’s relationship status and how the reader may feel about it / Nancy’s rights as a women in Victorian London Bill’s relationship with beer and Dickens’ continuous description/mentioning of Sikes’ dependency. Students will be expected to answer What,How,Why styled questions during this lesson and produce quotes from Chapter 15 for evidence.

30 slide presentation (including contents page) covering key language used for the introduction of the character of Smaug in Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’. Each word is broken down into: Word Class Word Meaning Example Sentence Colour-coding is used throughout and this is to distinguish the nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, and allow visual aid. Images are also evident on certain slides to allow visual-support for certain vocabulary.

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 presentation is exploring what can be used as a stimulus, how different stimuli create a variety performances and lyrics as a starting point with success criteria.