An excellent KS4 resource for GCSE drama AQA 8261 specification on texts in practice with a complete and ready to go twelve lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work you get access to twelve lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the twelve core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this twelve lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to understand the characters and themes within ‘Blue Remembered Hills’ by Dennis Potter. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to play children effectively by adapting our vocal and physical skills to replicate seven year olds. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to perform a range of characters from Blue Remembered Hills within their performances. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to bring to life a character from Blue Remembered Hill’s using effective vocal and physical skills in our performance. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to use connotation, denotation and hot seating to effectively understand the character of Donald Duck from Blue Remembered Hills. Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to play a range of different characters effectively using our vocal and physical skills through freeze frames and role play. Lesson seven: In this lesson students learn to explore and rehearse scenes eight, ten, eleven and thirteen in today’s lesson to build our understanding and knowledge of the characters from Blue Remembered Hills. Lesson eight: In this lesson students learn to explore and rehearse scenes fifteen, sixteen, seventeen and eighteen in today’s lesson to build our understanding and knowledge of the characters from Blue Remembered Hills. Lesson nine: In this lesson students learn to explore and rehearse scenes twenty one, twenty two, twenty three and twenty four in today’s lesson to build our understanding and knowledge of the characters from Blue Remembered Hills. Lesson ten: In this lesson students learn to explore and rehearse scenes twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven, twenty eight and twenty nine in today’s lesson to build our understanding and knowledge of the characters from Blue Remembered Hills. Lesson eleven: In this lesson students learn to rehearse our two chosen extracts from Blue Remembered Hills to simulate a mock performance of the module for text’s in practice next year. Lesson twelve: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on their use of vocal and physical skills, together with any appropriate theatrical skills, to bring the two chosen extracts from Blue Remembered Hills to life effectively on the stage for an assessment.

An excellent KS4 revision resource for GCSE drama AQA 8261 specification on section A, B and C with a complete and ready to go three lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work you get access to three lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the three core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this three lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to consolidate information and revise for the written paper for section A. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to consolidate information and revise for the written paper for section B. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to consolidate information and revise for the written paper for section C. Please feel free to adapt as section B for me was Blood Brothers and section C was the Woman in Black.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Stanislavski’s spy school with a complete and ready to go six lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work you get access to six lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the six core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this six lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to demonstrate and explore naturalism and method of acting in performance. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to create a convincing spy through method acting techniques and a role on the wall to portray a truthful character in performance. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to avoid capture as an agent and use the acting technique the ‘Magic If’ to help create a convincing spy. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to use tempo and rhythm when developing their spy. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to demonstrate the use of emotion memory and sense memory to create truthful reactions for our spies. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on how to use our super-objectives, objectives, active objectives and obstacles to help them to create a convincing Spy and realism in acting.

A collection of writing frames for GCSE drama AQA 8261 for section B and C for the written paper. Please feel free to adapt as necessary to your chosen texts as section B for me was Blood Brothers and section C was the Woman in Black.

An excellent KS4 resource for GCSE drama AQA 8261 specification on theatre roles and staging configurations with a complete and ready to go two lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work you get access to two lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the two core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this two lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to revise for section A of the written paper ready for our written paper. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to answer and understand the requirements of a section A question from the written paper.

A one hour year six transition lesson to introduce students to the world of drama as they start their journey at secondary school. This lesson will introduce student to the department, behaviour expectations in the studio and practical team buildings exercises such as catch my name and getting to know you.

A useful worksheet to plan your technical requirements for any production.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Noughts and Crosses with a complete and ready to go seven lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work you get access to seven lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the seven core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this six lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to explore the theme of racism by creating a movement sequence of the protest outside Heathcroft School in the play Noughts and Crosses. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to use physical theatre techniques such as distant puppetry and stage combat to create a piece of drama which educates the audience on the bullying that Sephy encounters at school. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to use physical theatre and slow motion to explore the chaos occurring during the bombing in the shopping centre. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to understand what a split scene is and how to use it to create the idea of a news report being filmed in act one scene twenty one. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to understand what an objective is and how to use this to create a convincing character of either Callum or Mr Corsa during their duologue. Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to work as an ensemble to self-direct Ryan’s reprieve in the prison execution chamber using direct address, choral movement and physical theatre. Lesson seven: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on act two scene eight that represents the prison execution chamber for our end of unit assessment.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on types of staging with a complete and ready to go six lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work you get access to six lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the six core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this six lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn how to effectively use a thrust stage in an exaggerated performance of a section of Alice in Wonderland. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to solidify their knowledge about the thrust staging configuration. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to explore an in-the-round staging configuration by performing Rosie’s monologue. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to solidify their knowledge about the theatre in the round staging configuration. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to use melodrama as an artistic style to bring a performance to life using a traverse stage. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment based on Romeo and Juliet that examines their ability to create a performance on either a trust, theatre in the round or traverse stage.

This thirty four page revision guide can be printed and handout out to your students as a guide for how to answer section A, B and C of the written paper. The guide has Blood Brothers as the set text for section B and the Woman in Black for the live theatre review for section C; but feel free to adapt and change as necessary to suit your chosen texts.

This thirty page homework guide can be printed and handout out to your students as a guide for how to answer section A, B and C of the written paper. The guide has Blood Brothers as the set text for section B and the Woman in Black for the live theatre review for section C; but feel free to adapt and change as necessary to suit your chosen texts.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Gizmo by Alan Ayckbourn with a complete and ready to go twelve lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work, you get access to twelve lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the twelve core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this twelve lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to read and understand the opening of an Alan Ayckbourn play and how do we make it more dramatic and interesting for the audience. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to use different dramatic styles such as mime, mirroring and a diamond four to recreate the events in scene two. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to examine Marcel Marceau’s ideas on mime and understand how they link to mirroring to inform our work on Gizmo. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to understand the difference between what the character says and their subtext and how do we perform this through non-verbal communication. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to perform the skills of mime, mirroring, subtext and non-verbal communication in scene three for our final assessment. Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to use a flashback, narrative and hot seating to explore how the characters are feeling during key moments of dramatic tension in Gizmo. Lesson seven: In this lesson students learn to create and understand dramatic characters such as antagonists through their dialogue, costume, vocals and physicality. Lesson eight: In this lesson students learn to convey a complex character, such as the undercover police office Sergeant Turner, and how do we combine this with multi-rolling her undercover role as Cevril. Lesson nine: In this lesson students learn to create a roll on the wall, set design and final extract for our adaptation of the penultimate scene in Gizmo. Lesson ten: In this lesson students learn to create a court room drama to bring charges against Manny Rice and Lando for their damage and illegal involvements in the park. Lesson eleven: In this lesson students learn to create and perform two short extracts from Gizmo with a directorial intention for their audience. Lesson twelve: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment by rehearsing and performing two short extracts from Gizmo with a directorial intention for their audience.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Exploring the First and Second World war with a complete and ready to go six lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work, you get access to six lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the six core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this six lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to explore the theme of war by using different theatrical skills such as word association, tableaus and soundscapes to create an engaging and effective performance for the audience. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to understand trench warfare from the First World War, create a roll play called ‘Over the top!’ and incorporate the poem Dulce Et Decorum Est into a mime routine to identify the key emotions of a soldier during a gas attack. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to explore the First World War through letter writing and role play to give us an insight into how it must have been to serve as a First World War solider, use split staging to represent different locations on our stage and create a mimed routine that shows the power that letters had to bring joy or despair to families waiting at home. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to develop and explore what life was like for the evacuees during the Second World War through using theatrical skills such as roll on the walls, evacuee cards and role play to educate our audience about this period in history. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to create three scenes called the life of an evacuee, the family of a Second World War solider and life on the frontline through employing theatrical skills such as split staging, mime and slow motion to give our audience an insight into the story of those affected by the Second World War. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on their five combined scenes that represent Exploring the First and Second World war for an end of unit assessment on creating, performing and communicating skills.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Dragon’s over Liverppol with a complete and ready to go six lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work, you get access to six lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the six core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this six lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to use given circumstances and hot seating to develop the story of the Dragon’s over Liverpool. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to use freeze frames, thought tracking and hot seating to create and develop the story of the Dragon over Liverpool. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to develop the story of Dragon’s over Liverpool through identifying moments of dramatic significance and use mime, freeze frames or slow motion to communicate this to the audience. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to develop the story of Dragon’s over Liverpool through using physical theatre to represent the creature and role play and hot seating to recruit a dragon slayer. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to develop the story of Dragon’s over Liverpool through using physical theatre. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on their story of Dragon’s over Liverpool through using physical theatre, soundscapes and thought tracking.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on television soap operas with a complete and ready to go six lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work, you get access to six lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the six core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this six lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to introduce the genre of soap operas and their main stereotypical characters together with developing a piece of melodrama for performance at the end of the lesson. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to understand the stereotypical characters used within soap operas and how they would typical react to changing circumstances within a piece of drama. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to develop and improvise a highly charged scene within a soap opera using techniques such as dramatic pauses, interruptions and low volume menace. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to create and understand how monologues are used to develop the characters and plot in a typical soap opera environment. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to incorporate the poem ‘Only the day before’ as a backdrop for the development of a scene set after an incident of domestic violence in a soap opera. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on the poem ‘Only the day before’ which includes key soap opera elements such as heightened drama, split staging and an ending which includes a cliff hanger.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Superheroes with a complete and ready to go six lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work, you get access to six lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the six core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this six lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to identify the key elements of the superhero genre and create our own superhero ready to be introduce to the world. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to create and develop our superheroes through freeze frames and role play that show them in scenarios of victory and defeat. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to create an alter-ego for our superhero and use thought tracking to reveal our characters feelings during a performance. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to create an arch-nemesis through a roll on the wall, split staging and marking the moment to reveal the origins of this character. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to create and develop our superhero sidekick through freeze frames and role play to reveal our characters feelings. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on a superhero mission.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Our day out by Willy Russell with a complete and ready to go six lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work, you get access to six lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the six core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this six lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to demonstrate the differences between the two teaching characters of Mr Briggs and Mrs Kay in the play ‘Our Day Out’. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to create and develop the sweet shop and the zoo scene in the play ‘Our Day Out’ to enable the action to be clear to an audience. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to create and explore the events at Conway castle and down at the beach in ‘Our Day Out’ to enable the action to be clear to an audience. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to demonstrate and explore the home and school life of the character of Carol from the play ‘Our Day Out’. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to devise and rehearse their own play based on a school trip inspired by the play ‘Our Day Out’. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on the play text ‘Our Day Out’ that examines their creating, performing and evaluating skills.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Johnny and the dead by Terry Pratchett with a complete and ready to go twelve lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work, you get access to twelve lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the twelve core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this twelve lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to understand the relationship that is created between the actors and the audience at the start of the play Johnny and the Dead. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to create a character from Johnny and the Dead using our physical and vocal skills to create effective characterisation for the audience. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to create and understand the characters in scene three from Johnny and the Dead using our physical and vocal skills to create effective characterisation for the audience. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to create an emotive piece of drama using thought tracking, slow motion, mime and music to demonstrate the pals battalions in the First World War. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to use freeze frames, hot seating and role play to discover more information about Tommy Atkins and his experiences during the First World War. Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to create a performance to demonstrate what it was like to be a new recruit in the First World War to educate the audience about this time period. Lesson seven: In this lesson students learn to create a back story for the character of Mr Grimm using the dramatic techniques mime and narration. Lesson eight: In this lesson students learn to use persuasive drama techniques to advertise a brand new technology to the dead characters in Johnny and the Dead. Lesson nine: In this lesson students learn to examine the arguments for saving the cemetery from the perspective of the town council and from ‘United Amalgamated Consolidated Holdings’ using freeze frames, effective characterisation and hot seating. Lesson ten: In this lesson students learn to explore the end of the play using dramatic techniques such as freeze frames, effective characterisation and hot seating. Lesson eleven: In this lesson students learn to prepare an extract for a performance from Johnny and the Dead while using effective characterisation to communicate a character to the audience. Lesson twelve: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on a court room drama to bring charges against the company ‘United Amalgamated Consolidated Holdings’ for their damage and illegal involvements in the cemetery.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on the Vikings with a complete and ready to go six lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work, you get access to six lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the six core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this six lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to understand the history and origins of the Vikings in Britain and use theatrical skills such as tableau’s, physical theatre and role play to explore Viking characters Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to understand the Norse Myth of ‘Thor in Utgard’; through the use of freeze frames, physical theatre and flashbacks. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to understand the Norse Myth of ‘Viking creation’ through the use of freeze frames, soundscapes and role play. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to create and understand a Viking feast through freeze frames, spontaneous improvisation and role play. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to create a dramatic performance based on a Viking battle and a dead soldier’s arrival at Valhalla through freeze frames, Richard Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ and role play. Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to create a documentary piece of drama, based on a discovery at an archaeological dig site near York, through the use of freeze frames, hot seating and flashbacks.