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.

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 useful worksheet to plan your technical requirements for any production.

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 KS5 resource for A-level drama 7262 specification on applying the theory of theatre practitioners 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 apply and understand key theories from Stanislavski such as belief and emotion memory, the feeling of truth and relaxation to create a convincing role within Stanislavski’s system. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to apply and understand key theories from Stanislavski such as concentration, agility, observation, and accentuation to create a convincing role within Stanislavski’s system. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to apply and understand key theories from Stanislavski such as the given circumstances and the magic if to create a convincing role within Stanislavski’s system. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to understand key theories from Antonin Artaud such as uncomfortability, removal of language, working on extremes and breathing patterns to create a convincing role within the Theatre of Cruelty. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to understand key theories from Antonin Artaud such as emotion lines, concrete language of symbols, Artaudian characterisation and soundscapes to create a convincing role within the Theatre of Cruelty. Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to devise a piece of theatre from a stimulus based on a mental asylum in the style of the Theatre of Cruelty. Lesson seven: In this lesson students learn to understand key theories from Boal’s arsenal of games and exercises such as blind cars, name and gesture, Colombian hypnosis and push not to win to create a convincing role within the Theatre of the Oppressed. Lesson eight: In this lesson students learn to understand key theories from Boal’s image theatre such as rhythm with chairs, complete the image, individual imagery and imagery of the oppressed to create a convincing role within the Theatre of the Oppressed. Lesson nine: In this lesson students learn to understand key theories from Boal’s forum theatre to create a convincing role within the Theatre of the Oppressed. Lesson ten: In this lesson students learn to create a baseline assessment in the style of our chosen theatre practitioner Stanislavski, Artaud, or Augusto Boal. Lesson eleven: In this lesson students learn to rehearse a piece of work in the style of your chosen theatre practitioner. Lesson twelve: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on a piece of theatre in the style of our chosen theatre practitioner for a baseline assessment in today’s lesson.

This twenty page coursework guide can be printed and handed out to your students as a guide for how to structure section one, two and three for their devising drama coursework.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on the troubles in Northern Ireland via the identication poem 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 develop their knowledge and understanding of the identification poem by Roger McGough and apply theatrical skills such as freeze frames, captions and role play to bring a poetry stimulus to life through educating the audience about this time period during the troubles in Northern Ireland. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to use the fourth stanza in the identification poem by Roger McGough to think about the way an individual can be viewed differently by different people and how this can affect our performance of this poem. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to discover more about Stephen’s life and the possible reasons and outcomes of the explosion through freeze frames, hot seating and narration. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to use their imaginations to create a scenario that we believe led to Stephen’s death through creating six scenes that explore the day of the explosion. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to create a series of freeze frames that examine Stephen’s life, two flashbacks that look at the impact the bombing had on the local community and a piece of theatre in education that looks at the key messages around the troubles in Northern Ireland. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on a piece of theatre in education that offers an alternative ending for the killing of Stephen in Omagh in Northern Ireland during the troubles for an end of unit assessment.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Gothic fairy tales via Mr Fox 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 about the genre of English fairy tales by reading the story of Mr Fox creating tableaus, linking key props to characters, developing tapestries and role plays to summarise the play of Mr Fox. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to develop their knowledge and understanding of Mr Fox by using tableau’s, hot seating and role play to investigate why he wants to commit such horrendous crimes around kidnapping and dismembering young women in his local community. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to explore the horror that lies within the bloody chamber within Mr Fox’s mansion through tableau’s, role play and hot seating. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to create a contemporary version of the serious messages contained with the English fairy tale of Mr Fox and the danger signs to be aware of when meeting new people and strangers for the first time. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to breakdown the English fairy tale of Mr Fox into six scenes that they believe are the most important for the audience in preparation for their practical assessment next week. Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to rehearse, polish and assess their version of Mr Fox through our six scenes for their end of unit assessment on creating, performing and communicating skills.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on the play Blackout by Davey Anderson 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 key themes within Blackout through theatrical techniques such as tableau’s, soundscapes and flash forwards. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to use physical theatre to explore the opening of the play Blackout. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to bring scene three to life using choral speech, gestus and stage combat while examining the key theme of domestic abuse and whether this has affected James when it comes to the violent crime he has committed. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to explore the theme of mental health deterioration in Blackout through tableau’s, gestures, stage combat and physical theatre techniques in scene eleven. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to consider the role theatre can have in the reformation of offenders and to practically explore the penultimate scene using multirole. Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to rehearse, polish and assess our version of an extract from Blackout for a performance assessment in the problems with youth offending.