This booklet has been created to help guide students when writing their Component 1 Devising Portfolio. The in-depth 24 page booklet can be printed off and handed to students.
It covers the following:
What the Component 1 Portfolio is
The 6 questions and structure of the portfolio
Mark scheme
Grade 9 exemplar answer with annotations
Breakdown of each of the 6 questions with examples and writing frames to help students structure their answers
Top tips to help
This 18 slide PowerPoint explores the essential elements of Frantic Asssembly’s theatre including Round-by-Through, Hymns Hands etc!
With practical tasks as well as in-depth information, these lessons (which can spand over 4 hours) will help ensure students fully understand this style.
The lessons are structured to help students not only understand the style, aims and techniques but also how to devise their own work within the style.
Essential for any GCSE/ BTEC/ A Level/ IB Drama and Theatre student.
This bundle includes all PowerPoints and lessons for following 7 Theatre Practitioners and Companies:
Bertolt Brecht
Antonin Artaud
Steven Berkoff
DV8
Frantic Assembly
Stanislavski
The Paper Birds
These are the essential practitioners/companies students will need to explore for A Level/ IB/ BTEC drama.
Each PowerPoint contains approx 4 hours worth of lessons. They cover every aim, technique and also method of how to devise within their style to help ensure students achieve high marks within their devising units.
Each PowerPoint also includes a printable mind-map covering all the techniques so this can be handed to students to help ensure they cover all the elements within their own work too.
This 11 slide PowerPoint explores the essential elements of Steven Berkoff’s style of theatre.
With practical tasks as well as in-depth information, these lessons (which can spand over 4 hours) will help ensure students fully understand his style.
The lessons are structured to help students not only understand the style, aims and techniques but also how to devise their own work within the style.
Essential for any GCSE/ BTEC/ A Level/ IB Drama and Theatre student.
This 17 slide PowerPoint explores the essential elements of Antonin Artaud’s ‘Theatre of Cruelty’.
With practical tasks as well as in-depth information, these lessons (which can spand over 4 hours) will help ensure students fully understand his style.
The lessons are structured to help students not only understand the style, aims and techniques but also how to devise their own work within the style.
Essential for any GCSE/ BTEC/ A Level/ IB Drama and Theatre student.
This detailed 11 page booklet has been designed to help support students writing their Component 1 Creative Log for Eduqas A Level Drama.
The booklet includes:
explanation of the coursework
descriptions of each stages requirements
exemplar paragraphs
what to include within each ‘stage’.
There is also space for students to draft their own work to help student’s organisation.
This 12 slide PowerPoint explores the essential elements of The Paper Birds Theatre style.
With practical tasks as well as in-depth information, these lessons (which can spand over 4 hours) will help ensure students fully understand his style.
The lessons are structured to help students not only understand the style, aims and techniques but also how to devise their own work within the style.
Essential for any GCSE/ BTEC/ A Level/ IB Drama and Theatre student.
This 16 slide PowerPoint explores the essential elements of DV8’s style of theatre.
With practical tasks as well as in-depth information, these lessons (which can spand over 4 hours) will help ensure students fully understand his style.
The lessons are structured to help students not only understand the style, aims and techniques but also how to devise their own work within the style.
Essential for any GCSE/ BTEC/ A Level/ IB Drama and Theatre student.
This booklet has been created to help guide students when writing their Component 1 Devising Portfolio. The in-depth 27 page booklet can be printed off and handed to students.
It covers the following:
What the Component 1 Portfolio is
The 6 questions and structure of the portfolio
Mark scheme
A* exemplar answer with annotations
Breakdown of each of the 6 questions with examples, key points to include and space to draft their ideas to help students structure their answers
Top tips to help
This 27 slide PowerPoint explores the essential elements of Stanislavski’s theatre.
With practical tasks as well as in-depth information, these lessons (which can spand over 4 hours) will help ensure students fully understand his style.
The lessons are structured to help students not only understand the style, aims and techniques but also how to devise their own work within the style.
Essential for any GCSE/ BTEC/ A Level/ IB Drama and Theatre student.
This 19 slide PowerPoint explores the essential elements of Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Epic Theatre’.
With practical tasks as well as in-depth information, these lessons (which can spand over 4 hours) will help ensure students fully understand his style.
The lessons are structured to help students not only understand the style, aims and techniques but also how to devise their own work within the style.
Essential for any GCSE/ BTEC/ A Level/ IB Drama and Theatre student.
This extremely in-depth 62 slide PowerPoint is covers each question from Section A of the Edexcel GCSE Drama Written Paper helping ensure students know exactly what to include to achieve the top grades.
Covering:
4 mark question
6 mark question
9 mark question
14 mark question
Each question includes:
past exam questions
exemplar answers
structures to help students write their answer
writing frames
activities to practice their answers
This in-depth 43 slide PowerPoint covers everything you need to know for Section B of the written exam for Edexcel A Level Drama.
The PowerPoint covers:
Question 3 Performer
Question 4 Designer
Throughout the slides, the work includes:
Exemplar answers
Structures to help students answer the questions
Exam technique and key terminology to include
All past questions
Activities to practice writing answers.
This is will definitely help students achieve high marks within this section of the exam!
This worksheet contains all past and other possible questions that could be asked for Edexcel A Level Drama Section A Live Theatre.
Very helpful for students to stick in their books and use when answering practice questions to fully prepare them for the exam!
Eduqas GCSE Drama Revision Pack covering both Sec A Hard to Swallow and Sec B Live Theatre.
A great revision pack as each activity contains a set number of points (easier tasks = lower points) students have to make up to atleast 30 points but can do more. This works brilliantly as students feel they have a choice and become more motivated to complete the work.
This 22 page Revision Pack, tasks include:
Revision of the play ‘Hard to Swallow’ and what happens (Sec A)
Practise of own set designs for each stage type (Sec A)
Information about the original play (Sec A)
Example Sec A questions - including smaller mark questions as well as higher mark questions
Revising structure to follow for Sec B questions
Example Sec B exam paragraph for lighting - students can analyse and use to help their own work
Example Sec B Exam Questions including acting and design focus
Easy to print and students can complete work in the booklet itself!
A 20 slide PowerPoint filled with a variety of different games and activities to explore with Primary school students (aged between 5-10 years old).
Great to help inspire your drama club or lessons!
Eduqas A Level Drama Component 3 Written Exam Sec A and B Revision Pack
This 19 page revision pack is suitable for all set texts (as it isn’t specific to any text) and covers Sec A and B requirements.
The Revision Pack includes:
A list of ‘What could be asked in’ Sec A
A guidance structure to follow for all Sec A answers
Practise Activity to recap key terminology (including lighting, set, costume, sound, vocal and movement skills)
Practise of drawing own set designs
2 Weak Exam paragraphs to improve
10 Sec A Exam Questions to practise
A guidance structure to follow for Sec B answers
Example mark scheme for Sec B
Activity for original production information
Activity for live theatre references
4 Practise Sec B questions
This PDF outlines the 6 questions students have to respond to within their Portfolio (coursework) as well as outlining in student friendly wording what they need to refer to in each question. Students can use this as guide to help ensure they are discussing the right elements in each question.
This in-depth 24 page booklet explores every aspect of Section A of the Edexcel GCSE Drama written exam (45 marks).
The booklet includes:
a breakdown of every question that will be asked (4, 6, 9, 12 and 14 mark questions)
Exemplar answers of each question
Structures of how to answer each question
Recap tasks for key skills (e.g. acting and design skills)
Practice questions to complete with space to write them in the booklet
The answers are focused on ‘An Inspector Calls’ but the booklet is easily transferable and useful for students who are studying any of the plays from the set text list.
This detailed booklet has been designed to help support students writing their Component 1 Creative Log for Eduqas GCSE Drama.
The booklet includes:
explanation of the coursework
descriptions of each stages requirements
exemplar paragraphs (achieved full marks)
What to include within each ‘stage’.
There is also space for students to draft their own work so it is all kept in one place to help with organisation.