I have been working in education for the last twelve years across a variety of subjects but specialising in drama and the performing arts. I have uploaded a variety of schemes of work that will take around six hours to deliver and I hope you enjoy using them in your classroom as much as I have!
I have been working in education for the last twelve years across a variety of subjects but specialising in drama and the performing arts. I have uploaded a variety of schemes of work that will take around six hours to deliver and I hope you enjoy using them in your classroom as much as I have!
An excellent KS3 resource for drama on A Midsummer Night’s Dream 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 examine and understand Shakespearian theatre conventions in preparation for studying ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to understand the role of status in Shakespearian audiences through our physical and vocal skills and how do we demonstrate and explore the characters of the upper class in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
Lesson three: In this lesson students learn how to explore the characters of the fairies in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
Lesson four: In this lesson students learn how to explore the characters of the Rude Mechanicals in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
Lesson five: In this lesson students learn the different design roles in the theatre and how to apply these to a Shakespearean extract.
Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on the different design roles in the theatre and how these can be applied to a Shakespearean extract.
A great powerpoint which contains ten different drama games and warm ups that can be used in a range of different scenarios to hook your students as they enter or even leave the drama studio.
Drama games and warm ups contained in this powerpoint include:
Activity one: Stuck in the mud.
Activity two: The floor is lava.
Activity three: The ten objects.
Activity four: The living museum.
Activity five: Grandmother’s footsteps.
Activity six: Wink murder.
Activity seven: The chieftain’s table.
Activity eight: Getting to know you.
Activity nine: Chair train.
Activity ten: Law and order.
All of these games have clear visual instructions for the students and teacher to follow and most contain sound effects to build the environment needed to play them within.
An excellent KS4 resource for GCSE drama AQA 8261 specification on The Woman in Black 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 key events of act one within the Woman and Black ready for our study of this text for our section C examination.
Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to read and understand the key events of act two within the Woman and Black ready for our study of this text for our section C examination.
Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to analyse and evaluate three effective vocal moments within the Woman in the Black for our section C examination.
Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to analyse and evaluate a further three effective vocal moments within the Woman in the Black for our section C examination.
Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to analyse and evaluate three effective physical moments within the Woman in the Black for our section C examination.
Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to analyse and evaluate a further three effective physical moments within the Woman in the Black for our section C examination.
Lesson seven: In this lesson students learn to analyse and evaluate three effective uses of the performance space within the Woman in the Black for our section C examination.
Lesson eight: In this lesson students learn to select and rehearse two extracts for a mock assessment from ‘The Woman in Black’.
Lesson nine: In this lesson students learn to use our vocal and physical skills, together with any appropriate theatrical skills, to bring your two chosen extracts from the Woman in Black to life effectively on the stage.
Lesson ten: In this lesson students learn to understand the requirements of a Section C question based on the set text of the Woman in Black.
Lesson eleven: In this lesson students learn to practice writing a Section C question based on the set text of the Woman in Black using the skills of description, analysis and evaluation in our writing.
Lesson twelve: In this lesson students learn to create a revision powerpoint on the play The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill, for our Section C examination.
A one hour year six transition lesson to introduce students to the world of drama as they start their journey at secondary school.
This lesson will introduce student to the department, behaviour expectations in the studio and practical team buildings exercises such as catch my name and getting to know you.
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 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.
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 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.
An excellent KS4 resource for GCSE drama AQA 8261 specification on Blood Brothers 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 twevle lesson SOW students will learn about:
Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to read and understand act one of Blood Brothers and work co-operatively as a team to analyse a crime scene in preparation for act two of Blood Brothers next week.
Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to read and understand act two of Blood Brothers and adapt our vocal and physical skills to play different characters from different social classes within the play.
Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to create effective dramatic tension on stage and show this in a performance.
Lesson four: In this lesson students learn the techniques that are needed to play a child effectively in a performance inspired by Blood Brothers.
Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to identify the genre, style and structure that Blood Brothers is written within and how do we practice a four mark question from the written exam.
Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to understand the social, cultural, historical and political context of the play Blood Brothers.
Lesson seven: In this lesson students learn to identify key moments within Blood Brothers where context can be seen clearly for the audience.
Lesson eight: In this lesson students learn to use non-verbal communication skills to create tension effectively, for a question 6.03 on the written exam, between the characters of Mickey and Linda within your performance.
Lesson nine: In this lesson students learn to use vocal and physical skills to create a dramatic climax, for a question 6.03 on the written exam, during the final scene of Blood Brothers.
Lesson ten: In this lesson students learn to use their vocal and physical skills, together with any appropriate theatrical skills, to bring their two chosen extracts from Blood Brothers to life effectively on the stage.
Lesson eleven: In this lesson students learn to understand the requirements of a Section B question on the set text of Blood Brothers for the written paper.
Lesson twelve: In this lesson students learn to create a revision powerpoint on the play Blood Brothers, by Willy Russell, for our Section B written paper examination.
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 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.
Five word documents that detail progress routes for years seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven from grades 1 to 9 in each year group and what we as teachers should be looking for certain levels in drama.
