<p>This booklet is targeted at <strong>KS3 students (Y7-Y9)</strong> as a supplementary resource to practical learning. The aim is for students to work through an assigned task or tasks <strong>independently</strong>, in a <strong>classroom</strong>.</p> <p>There are a variety of tasks:</p> <ol> <li>Reading Comprehension (Practitioners)</li> <li>Gap filling + Key Words</li> <li>Word searches</li> <li>Storyboards</li> <li>Multiple Choice Quiz</li> <li>Script/Creative Writing</li> <li>Design Challenge (Set/Costume/Poster)</li> <li>Live Theatre Evaluation (x3)</li> </ol> <p><em><strong>Content:</strong></em></p> <ol> <li>Origins of Drama</li> <li>Devising Theatre</li> <li>Audience Configuration</li> <li>Roles and Responsibilities</li> <li>Practitioners (Frantic Assembly, Steven Berkoff, Konstantin Stanislavski, Bertolt Brecht)</li> <li>Style and Genre</li> <li>Dramatic Conventions</li> <li>Melodrama</li> <li>Voice and Language</li> <li>Areas of the Stage</li> <li>Character</li> <li>Live Theatre</li> </ol> <p>Ideal for classroom based cover and/or non-specialist Drama teachers. The booklet can be used chronologically or as a series of separate tasks, whatever the teacher deems appropriate. The booklet can also be used as a homework resource.</p>