A full 60 minute lesson including: A do-now activity A reading and comprehension activity on ‘Romanesque’ comedy A video clip and accompanying timeline handout A script-writing task and peer-assessment guideline A Homework task handout

In this lesson, students will use prompts and their previous knowledge of the tragic genre to construct their own plan for a tragic play. Students will, after presenting their ideas, choose one scene from their play to write out in full. Includes a 10 question tragedy quiz with teacher answers.

This is the third lesson in an A Level SOW on ASND. If you’re wanting the lesson that came before this, please visit the shop! This could easily act as a stand alone lesson, though.

This is the second lesson in an A Level SOW on ASND. If you’re wanting the lesson that came before this, please visit the shop! This could easily act as a stand alone lesson, though.

This is a full Drama Lesson informing students of Commedia Dell’Arte Drama and it’s history. Plenty of practical activities and key terminology.

This teacher feedback sheet is separated into 2 sections for physicality and vocality- WWW and EBI. All you as a teacher have to do is highlight the correct sections - and the student work is marked!

In this lesson, students will act out Act 3 of ‘Dara’, and answer IGCSE Section A style questions at the end. They will contemplate the staging of certain scenes, and the changing relationships between characters - in particular, the relationship between Dara and Aurangzeb.

This lesson focuses on the events and key themes in Act 4 of the play Dara. After reading the act in it’s entirety, students will have the chance to answer some comprehension questions, and reflect on the way they would stage the execution scene.

This lesson focuses on the final act of the play Dara. The students will read the play, and then answer a series of comprehension questions, and one IGCSE style long answer question. The final slide will have students reflecting on their own feelings about the ending, and the change in Aurangzeb’s character between scenes 1 and 2.

This lesson is the first in a 3 lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students become familiar with vocabulary associated with the tragic genre, with a particular focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex.

This lesson is part of a three lesson scheme in which students analyse the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students will become familiar with the themes and characters of the play ‘Medea’.

This lesson is the third in a three lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students will become familiar with different tragic solilquies throughout history: from Antigone, to Othello, to Death of a Salesman. The students will choose to analyse one of six soliloquies, and then get into pairs so that they can present a comparative analysis.

This includes a link to the IGCSE past paper that the assessment will be based on, (only section A) and a preparation lesson explaining to students how to best tackle Section A questions. I've chosen to only test my students on Section A, but this preparation lesson could help with Section B as well. This also includes a student assessment reflection sheet for when you give back their marked work.

To prepare Year 10 students for a mock paper (past paper 12, IGCSE 2020 June), this lesson will introduce students to the context of the play, the key events and characters, and give them the opportunity to predict and analyse some themes of the play.

This is the second lesson in a scheme of work about the play ‘Dara’. In this lesson, students will perform the whole of the first act (timed at around 33 minutes if the reading is slow), and have some time left for a starter, and a main analysis task. Will help if teaching the 2020 component 1 past paper.

This lesson allows students to work within the skill-set and level that they are comfortable at. It teaches students to work together in creating a final performance piece (a scene with a genre of your choosing - here I’ve chosen tragicomedy).

This lesson gives students the chance to act out Act 2 of Dara, and answer some component 1, section A style questions in preparation for their mock exam (the June 2020 Paper 12).

In this lesson, students will be planning a tragic piece of theatre, using art as a stimulus. This lesson involves freezeframing, inference skills, and planning not only plot, but set design.

Multiple Choice 10 questions, and two short answer questions for an end of unit drama test.

Final lesson of the Commedia week, focusing on an improvised piece, and with an accompanying low-stakes multiple choice quiz.