The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty Scheme of Work

DRAMA - YEAR 7 / 8 SOW
The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty= (links to Eduqas C2 and ‘Performance from a Text’)

This scheme of work looks at the format of a play script and seeks to give students the opportunity to build character pictures using rehearsal techniques. These include preparing to find the ‘Given Circumstances’ in a story, improvisation, emotion memory, thought tracking, subtext (many of which are the foundations to Stanislavski’s ‘actor prepares’ system). Each lesson plan details specific differentiation, with regular levelled outcomes to tasks - creating, performance, response. Once students have explored the majority of the script, they will then be tasked with picking two contrasting sections for performance that has significance to the play’s overall meaning (links with C2 of GCSE Eduqas Drama). The scheme of work isn’t jusrt suited to Eduqas, it is easily adapted to fit any KS3 programme of study that scaffolds links to script work at KS4.

There is a formal assessment at the end of the scheme of work, the foci of which can be adapted (see formal assessment mark sheet). The openness of questioning within the scheme of work allows for ‘stretch and challenge’ opportunities for the HA students, as well as Disadv. The scheme of work comes fully resourced (see at bottom of the document).