A play in a day lesson plan that allows KS3 students to create an abridged version on A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare as a part of activities or enrichment week. Plus a play in a day lesson plan for KS4 on Hard to swallow or Too much punch for Judy by Mark Wheeller. Also included is promotion posters for students to sign up to one of these two activities in your department.

An excellent KS4 resource for AQA drama 8261 specification on the devising log with a complete and ready to go five lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work, you get access to five lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the five core outcomes which are designed for this module. In this five lesson SOW students will learn about: Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to develop and improve section one for the final time before the submission deadline. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to develop and improve section two for the final time before the submission deadline. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to develop and improve section three for the final time before the submission deadline. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to develop and improve section one, two and three for the final time before the submission deadline at the end of today’s lesson. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to ensure that all the necessary paperwork has been completed for the AQA examination board for the devising process.

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 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 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 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 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 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 Vikings 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 understand the history and origins of the Vikings in Britain and use theatrical skills such as tableau’s, physical theatre and role play to explore Viking characters Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to understand the Norse Myth of ‘Thor in Utgard’; through the use of freeze frames, physical theatre and flashbacks. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to understand the Norse Myth of ‘Viking creation’ through the use of freeze frames, soundscapes and role play. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to create and understand a Viking feast through freeze frames, spontaneous improvisation and role play. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to create a dramatic performance based on a Viking battle and a dead soldier’s arrival at Valhalla through freeze frames, Richard Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ and role play. Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to create a documentary piece of drama, based on a discovery at an archaeological dig site near York, through the use of freeze frames, hot seating and flashbacks.

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.

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 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 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.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Stanislavski’s spy school 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 and explore naturalism and method of acting in performance. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to create a convincing spy through method acting techniques and a role on the wall to portray a truthful character in performance. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to avoid capture as an agent and use the acting technique the ‘Magic If’ to help create a convincing spy. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to use tempo and rhythm when developing their spy. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to demonstrate the use of emotion memory and sense memory to create truthful reactions for our spies. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on how to use our super-objectives, objectives, active objectives and obstacles to help them to create a convincing Spy and realism in acting.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Noughts and Crosses with a complete and ready to go seven lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets. If you purchase this scheme of work you get access to seven lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the seven 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 racism by creating a movement sequence of the protest outside Heathcroft School in the play Noughts and Crosses. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to use physical theatre techniques such as distant puppetry and stage combat to create a piece of drama which educates the audience on the bullying that Sephy encounters at school. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to use physical theatre and slow motion to explore the chaos occurring during the bombing in the shopping centre. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to understand what a split scene is and how to use it to create the idea of a news report being filmed in act one scene twenty one. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to understand what an objective is and how to use this to create a convincing character of either Callum or Mr Corsa during their duologue. Lesson six: In this lesson students learn to work as an ensemble to self-direct Ryan’s reprieve in the prison execution chamber using direct address, choral movement and physical theatre. Lesson seven: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on act two scene eight that represents the prison execution chamber for our end of unit assessment.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on types of staging 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 how to effectively use a thrust stage in an exaggerated performance of a section of Alice in Wonderland. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to solidify their knowledge about the thrust staging configuration. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to explore an in-the-round staging configuration by performing Rosie’s monologue. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to solidify their knowledge about the theatre in the round staging configuration. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to use melodrama as an artistic style to bring a performance to life using a traverse stage. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment based on Romeo and Juliet that examines their ability to create a performance on either a trust, theatre in the round or traverse stage.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on technical theatre 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 and understand stage lighting and create specific lighting effects on the stage. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn and understand stage make up design through practicing applying a base, creating shadows and contour lines to make your performer into Frankenstein. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn understand costume design through creating and designing a costume template for a character and designing a costume plot for a chosen play extract. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn and understand the role of a sound designer in film or stage productions. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn and understand the role of a set designer in film or stage productions. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on all of the knowledge and information they have gained in the past lessons about technical theatre into a final presentation project.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Applying theatre practitioners 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 Brecht’s teachings on gestus to multirole effectively as contrasting characters from a set play text. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to develop their application, knowledge and understanding of naturalistic acting techniques such as the given circumstances and the magic if to articulate a true performance to an extract of a script from Stanislavski’s ‘System Theatre’. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to apply and understand the way in which Brecht’s ‘Epic Theatre’ techniques such as foreshadowing and narration can be used in a performance to break the fourth wall in front of the audience. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to apply and understand the way in which Grotowski’s ‘Poor Theatre’ techniques such as physicality, soundscapes and choral speech can be used in a performance to build the relationship between the actor and the audience. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to recap the theories of Stanislavski, Brecht and Grotowski through rehearsing a performance called “The Greedy Monster”. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on the theories of Stanislavski, Brecht and Grotowski through a performance called “The Greedy Monster”.

An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Frank Miller 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 hot seating, tableau’s and role play to create thought provoking ideas around who Frank Miller could be in the American West. Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to develop their understanding of Frontier towns such as the one that Frank Miller is returning too through improvisation, role play and hot seating to make their work look more authentic. Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to examine two new characters called Sarah and John in the storyline of Frank Miller through hot seating, improvisation and role play to understand their connection to Frank. Lesson four: In this lesson students learn about the law and order of the American West and how this applies to Frank Miller through using freeze frames, flashbacks, role play and hot seating. Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to create a piece of drama that examines the dreams and fears of the homesteaders, the dangers around the native American Indians, conclude Frank Millers storyline and prepare for their end of unit assessment ready for the next lesson. Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on their version of the Frank Miller storyline and demonstrate how to build dramatic tension for the audience throughout the performance.