Live Theatre: Things I Know To Be True

This resource is helpful for Drama teachers wishing to explore Live Theatre with their students. This explores Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know To Be True. This SOW is tailored to the AQA exam board for GCSE Drama and explores their mark schemes/structuring. Clips available to watch alongside moments.

Every lesson has a PPT and resources included and follows the following structure:

Lesson 1: Moment One - Rosie’s Berlin Monologue. Students recap key performance terminology then make detailed notes on the performance as they rewatch the moment within the play. Key quotes have been chosen for students to explore if they wish.

Lesson 2: Moment One Response - Students are presented with an exemplar paragraph to demonstrate how they can incorporate their notes into an exam response. Students are taught to identify description, analysis and evaluation within writing and apply this to their own writing.

Lesson 3: Moment Two - Pip’s Letter. Similar to lesson 2, students explore key quotes within the moment and incorporate their notes into an exam response. Students focus specifically on analysing the skills they have identified within the moment.

Lesson 4: Moment Three - Bob’s Devastation. Students are again presented with an exemplar paragraph of the moment in which they must identify key elements of the response. After re-watching the moment and making notes students are to have a go at planning a full response.

There is a mark scheme also included for any students wishing to mark others work. Helpful for peer assessment.