A WHOOSH! drama activity for “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding.
The teacher narrates a story summary and calls in students from the circle to mime the characters, be props and create settings.
A great activity to introduce the story and themes, or summarise as a fun revision activity. Great for engaging students with the story and proving it’s FUN!
Lots of quotations woven into the narration and students’ lines for revision. Great for GCSE students.
Teacher script, student lines and a “Whoosh - How To” included.
If you enjoy, please review! :-)
Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12375674
Loads more Whoosh scripts available in the @MrRoyTeach store.
A Christmas Carol - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12620412
Blood Brothers - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198382
An Inspector Calls - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12896901
Macbeth - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198539
Twelfth Night - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198373
Hamlet - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12619284
The Tempest - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198370
Stone Cold - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198368
Dracula - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198377
An abridged script for A Midsummer Night’s Dream for a 1 hour student performance.
Maintains Shakespeare’s original language, rhythm/meter and all key scenes and characters.
Includes a scene summary page to aid student understanding, reference and rehearsal schedule - with suggestions of opportunities to create ensemble involvement.
Pages, scenes and lines numbered for ease of reference and rehearsal.
I directed a cast of students all the way from year 7-13 (ages 11-18), with SEN and MAGT/GAMA, performing this in one hour, including movement/dance sequences as marked in the summary and it was very successful and well received by students, parents, staff and governors. The students involved really enjoyed themselves and rose to the challenge of Shakespeare’s language.
If you’re thinking “my students couldn’t handle the language” - Don’t! They can and will!
If you enjoy, please leave a review!
Lots more English study and revision resources on the @MrRoyTeach store: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/CalumRoy
You might also like:
Romeo and Juliet Script Abridged 1 Hr https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12703770
Hamlet Script Abridged 80 Mins: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/dashboard/resource-management/uploads
Macbeth Script Abridged 1hr https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12162901
WHOOSH! English/Drama Activities:
Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12375674
A Christmas Carol WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12620412
Blood Brothers WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198382
An Inspector Calls WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12896901
Macbeth WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198539
Twelfth Night WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198373
Hamlet WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12619284
The Tempest WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198370
Stone Cold WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198368
Dracula WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198377
A WHOOSH! drama activity for students studying “Dracula” by Bram Stoker.
The teacher narrates a story summary and calls in students from the circle to mime the characters, be props and create settings. Excellent for introducing or revising the story. Great for GCSE revision.
Teacher script, student lines, character cards and a “Whoosh - How To” included.
N/B This whoosh closely matches the Cambridge Playscripts edition.
If you enjoy, please leave a review!
Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12375674
Loads more Whoosh scripts available in the @MrRoyTeach store.
A Christmas Carol - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12620412
Blood Brothers - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198382
An Inspector Calls - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12896901
Lord of the Flies - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12898205
Macbeth - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198539
Twelfth Night - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198373
Hamlet - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12619284
The Tempest - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198370
Stone Cold - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198368
Dracula - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198377
A humorous 2 performer sketch - old acquaintences meet while Christmas shopping and have an awkward catch up, but the audience hear what they’re THINKING instead of what they’re saying.
A great exercise in vocal tone for Drama or English students. Clean humour suited to school gala or concert.
Support mat for creative writing in English and Literacy. Also great for use during DIRT/ improvement/ acknowledgement tasks and for developing literacy skills.
Includes support for varying sentence structures and vocabulary, reminders of imagery techniques, senses, ‘show don’t tell’ and story structure. (Aristotle’s model / freitag’s pyramid / story mountain.)
Suitable for Primary and Secondary students.
Works well laminated on student desks, available to collect when needed, or as part of a display.
I find effectiveness increases as students become familiar with the resource and after time students will be keen to ask for it during written tasks.
If you enjoy, please leave a review!
Quotation Bingo game for revising A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Ideal for GCSE English Literature revision.
Draw up your bingo grid filled with character names and cross them off as their key quotations appear.
Powerpoint presentation containing instructions and 39 slides of questions. Students are presented with key quotations and asked to identify which character they describe or who said them. (Answers in the comments box of each slide for teachers).
If you enjoy, please review :-)
Lots more English study and revision resources on the @MrRoyTeach store: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/CalumRoy
You might also like:
Romeo and Juliet Quotation Bingo Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12682861
Love & Relationships Poetry Quotation Bingo: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13030113
Romeo and Juliet Revision - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168723
Romeo and Juliet Comprehension Worksheets - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168722
Romeo and Juliet Whoosh https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12375674
A Christmas Carol Revision - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168720
Macbeth Comprehension Worksheets - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625174
English Language GCSE Intervention Scheme - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168717
A short 8 session intervention scheme of work designed to help ‘pass’ students across the line. Could also be used as independent ‘catch-up’ work.
These sessions are focused on the core skills of English Language GCSE and direct students to the most effective ways to raise their attainment.
Each session (about 30 minutes content each) has a powerpoint and worksheet (session 8 is worksheet only.) Activities include modelling, writing frames, understanding idioms and links to youtube clips.
Sessions cover:
1 - Inference key skill
2 - Applying Inference
3 - Meaningful ‘Effect’ (on the reader)
4 - Analysis key skill
5 - Expanding Description
6 - Planning for Creative Writing
7 - Transactional (Non-fiction) writing Quick Wins
8 - Collaborative planning for Transactional Writing
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An abridged script of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet for a 1 hour student performance. Trimmed and structured for fast flowing scenes.
Excellent for supporting study of Romeo and Juliet for GCSE/Alevel English or Drama.
Maintains Shakespeare’s original language, rhythm/meter and all key scenes and characters.
Pages, scenes and lines numbered for ease of reference and rehearsal. Scenes are broken up into sub-scenes to aid rehearsal.
Outlines for optional movement/mime/physical theatre sequences are included to fill in ‘offstage’ action and create opportunities for ensemble cast.
Also included to help you are a draft rehearsal schedule (11 weeks) and audition materials.
I directed a cast of students all the way from year 7-13 (ages 11-18), with SEN and MAGT/GAMA, performing this in 1 hour, including movement/dance sequences for ensemble and it was very successful and well received by students, parents, staff and governors. The students involved really enjoyed themselves and rose to the challenge of Shakespeare’s language.
If you’re thinking “my students couldn’t handle the language” - They can and will!
If you enjoy, please leave a review!
See also my Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH! activity - a great way to introduce the story and characters and get the cast bonding in an early rehearsal. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12375674
Lots more English study and revision resources on the @MrRoyTeach store: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/CalumRoy
You might also like:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Script Abridged 1hr: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12162822
Hamlet Script Abridged 80 Mins: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/dashboard/resource-management/uploads
Macbeth Script Abridged 1hr https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12162901
WHOOSH! English/Drama Activities:
Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12375674
A Christmas Carol WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12620412
Blood Brothers WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198382
An Inspector Calls WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12896901
Macbeth WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198539
Twelfth Night WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198373
Hamlet WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12619284
The Tempest WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198370
Stone Cold WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198368
Dracula WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198377
Full Bundle. Worksheets which show the Shakespearean text of key extracts alongside questions to support comprehension. Numbering helps students to know where to look for the answers and demonstrate that they can understand Shakespeare’s language better than they first realise.
Questions highlight memorable quotations and imagery, key themes and links to context & genre.
9 extracts from Act 1, 10 extracts from Act 2&3 and 10 extracts from Act 4&5, plus answer sheets included.
Excellent for introducing scenes and establishing understanding, or GCSE revision cementing understanding, wide knowledge and reviewing key quotations. Works great as a homework or independent study task.
Students can check their answers against the answer sheet provided as revision or independent study.
Try before you buy: Act 1 is available free in my TES shop.
If you enjoy, please leave a review!
Act Packs Available Separately
Act 1 FREE! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12876147
Act2&3 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12622972
Act 4&5 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625072
Full Play Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625174
Bring the play to life with a WHOOSH! Drama activity: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198539
Explore key scenes with Drama strategies and elements with my Macbeth 7 lesson scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198571
Quotation Bingo game for revising Love and Relationships Poetry for the AQA English Literature GCSE.
Powerpoint presentation containing instructions and 92 slides of questions. Students are presented with key quotations and asked to identify which poem they are from. (Answers in the comments box of each slide for teachers). Plus some slides to identify the poets from a brief description of key information about them or the poem’s context.
If you enjoy, please review :-)
Lots more English study and revision resources on the @MrRoyTeach store: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/CalumRoy
You might also like:
A Christmas Carol Quotation Bingo: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13030130
Romeo and Juliet Quotation Bingo Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12682861
Romeo and Juliet Whoosh https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12375674
Romeo and Juliet Revision - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168723
Romeo and Juliet Comprehension Worksheets - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168722
A Christmas Carol Revision - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168720
Macbeth Comprehension Worksheets - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625174
English Language GCSE Intervention Scheme - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168717
A WHOOSH! drama activity for students studying ‘Stone Cold’ by Robert Swindells.
The teacher narrates a story summary and calls in students from the circle to mime the characters, be props and create settings.
Great for introducing or reviewing the story with students at KS2 / KS3.
This WHOOSH! also features extra moments of drama activity involving the whole class.
Teacher script, student lines, character cards and a “Whoosh - How To” included.
If you enjoy, please leave a review!
Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12375674
Loads more Whoosh scripts available in the @MrRoyTeach store.
A Christmas Carol - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12620412
Blood Brothers - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198382
An Inspector Calls - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12896901
Lord of the Flies - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12898205
Macbeth - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198539
Twelfth Night - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198373
Hamlet - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12619284
The Tempest - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198370
Stone Cold - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198368
Dracula - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198377
A one-off lesson teaching debating and oracy skills, and discussing the achievements and impacts of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Originally created to support study of ‘Blood Brothers’ by Willy Russell. Easily adapted for a PSHE or Politics lesson.
Oracy
Debate
Speaking and Listening
Blood Brothers
Politics
Includes PPT lesson resource and selected edited research sources.
Quotation Bingo - Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Draw up your bingo grid filled with character names and cross them off as their key quotations appear.
Game instructions included in the slides. Two versions included: Key quotations and short key quotations. Fantastic for revision and a fun classroom activity.
If you enjoy, please review :-)
Lots more English study and revision resources on the @MrRoyTeach store: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/CalumRoy
You might also like:
A Christmas Carol Quotation Bingo: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13030130
Love & Relationships Poetry Quotation Bingo: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13030113
Romeo and Juliet Revision - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168723
Romeo and Juliet Comprehension Worksheets - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168722
Romeo and Juliet Whoosh https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12375674
A Christmas Carol Revision - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168720
Macbeth Comprehension Worksheets - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625174
English Language GCSE Intervention Scheme - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12168717
An abridged script of Shakespeare’s Macbeth for a 1 hour student performance.
Excellent for supporting study of Macbeth for GCSE English.
Maintains Shakespeare’s original language, rhythm/meter and all key scenes and characters.
Pages, scenes and lines numbered for ease of reference and rehearsal.
I directed a cast of students all the way from year 7-13 (ages 11-18), with SEN and MAGT/GAMA, performing this in one hour, including movement/dance sequencesfor ensemble and it was very successful and well received by students, parents, staff and governors. The students involved really enjoyed themselves and rose to the challenge of Shakespeare’s language.
If you’re thinking “my students couldn’t handle the language” - They can and will!
If you enjoy, please leave a review!
Lots more English study and revision resources on the @MrRoyTeach store: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/CalumRoy
You might also like:
Romeo and Juliet Script Abridged 1 Hr https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12703770
Hamlet Script Abridged 80 Mins: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/dashboard/resource-management/uploads
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Script Abridged 1hr: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12162822
WHOOSH! English/Drama Activities:
Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12375674
A Christmas Carol WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12620412
Blood Brothers WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198382
An Inspector Calls WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12896901
Macbeth WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198539
Twelfth Night WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198373
Hamlet WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12619284
The Tempest WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198370
Stone Cold WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198368
Dracula WHOOSH! - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198377
A 7 lesson scheme of work exploring ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare and applying a range of explorative strategies, good for building character development and devising skills.
Includes lesson powerpoint, handouts file and potential homework tasks.
The SOW features practical tasks each lesson, a WHOOSH! to summarise the play, practical and written starters to settle lively classes (or which could be set as homework), steeped learning objectives, sentence starters for effective peer feedback and script extracts in both original language and modernised language (for differentiation.)
Techniques explored include: freeze-framing, soundscape, mime, thought-tapping, hot-seating, skeleton script, devising, on-text improvisation.
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A short set of resources to guide students in researching skills for job applications and interviews, prepare for a dummy interview and practice with their peers.
3 PPT slides for 3 activities, and a worksheet to structure the first online independent research task
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A menu of homework reading response tasks for English students.
Tasks are arranged into sections focused on key skills.
Difficulty and differentiation through ‘chilli’ levels for each task.
Perfect for giving students choice and ownership of their homework.
Also great to use in class or for cover lessons.
Promotes independent learning and writing practice.
If you enjoy, please leave a review!
Worksheets which show the Shakespearean text of key extracts alongside questions to support comprehension. Numbering helps students to know where to look for the answers and demonstrate that they can understand Shakespeare’s language better than they first realise.
Questions highlight memorable quotations and imagery, key themes and links to context & genre.
9 extracts from Act 1.
Answers Included.
Scenes Included: A1S1 (The Witches), A1S2 (Reports of Macbeth’s Success), A1S3 (The First Prophesies), A1S4 (Prince of Cumberland), A1S5 (Unsex Me Here), A1S5 (The Plan) , A1S7 (Macbeth’s Doubts)
Excellent for introducing scenes and establishing understanding, or GCSE revision cementing understanding, wide knowledge and reviewing key quotations. Works great as a homework or independent study task.
Students can check their answers against the answer sheet included as part of revision.
If you enjoy, please leave a review!
Packs for Act 2&3, Act 4&5 and Full Play Bundle available in my shop.
Act2&3 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12622972
Act 4&5 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625072
Full Play Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625174
Bring the play to life with a WHOOSH! Drama activity: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198539
Explore key scenes with Drama strategies and elements with my Macbeth 7 lesson scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198571
A display/graphic of sophisticated Happy-Sad emotional vocabulary intensity ranked. For developing emotional literacy, empathy, description, effect on the reader etc. Could also be printed as a bookmark.
Use the PDF files to preserve fonts as seen.
To edit, use PPT files - this will require adapting to fonts present on your PC. (All the fonts used here were free downloads from dafont.com or MSoffice standard)
Resolution sufficient for at least 2m tall.
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