This is a starting place for learning about devising theatre and the different ways you can use Drama to express and communicate ideas to an audience. Based on using the explorative strategies from the legacy Edexcel Drama GCSE Specification, the scheme of work gives the students opportunity to explore a number of different stimuli to create innovative, thought provoking and challenging theatre. It is a great starting point to provide your students with a common vocabulary for the rest of their GCSE Dram course, regardless of what exam board you cover. Ideal for Key Stage 3 or Key Stage 4 as a starting point to learn the main key terminology students need to know so that they can move on to create their own devised performances.

Drama Ambassador Handbook which details the role for students. The Job Description and Application procedures for students. A template for planning a workshop and an example. A template for a rehearsal schedule and an example.

A big generic list of key words for Drama GCSE and A Level for students to refer to when completing writing work, evaluating other peoples work, completing Dedicated Independent Reflection Time or enlarged as a poster for the walls.

A series of graphic organisers that guide students through the requirements of the exam and help students prepare and revise for the exam. The design of the graphic organisers reflect the structure of the answer needed for the exam. With the right content, the design of these graphic organisers have given my students great success in this element of the unit.

With this resource you will download 259 multiple choice questions on Key Drama and Theatre related terminology, covering roles and responsibilities within the Theatre, definitions of key terminology related to performance spaces / theatres and stage directions. The questions are in random order, across three different resources and presented in a format similar to Section A of the AQA GCSE Drama Component 1 written exam but can be used for any level of Drama or exam board. Ideal to use as an in class test, set for homework or general revision and either as one resource or broken up into a series of smaller tests / tasks over a longer period of time. The resource comes with the answers.

This is a resource sheet to give to students when studying Verbatim Theatre for the first time. It is an ideal homework task, perhaps linked with a research project to last the length of the scehem of work. It has a list of internet links for students to look through and complete some independent study on.

This is an excellent FREE Scheme of Work that contains over 6 hours of focused lessons exploring the themes, plot and characters of Romeo and Juliet through Drama. Originally written for As Level students but has been adapted now for the new GCSE content. It could be taught as a Drama Scheme of Work. It could also be taught as an English Scheme of Work to accompany existing study. The creative and active approach to the study provides a welcome break and change for some students.

Three lessons on how to approach writing the Devised Drama Log Book for the current AQA GCSE Drama syllabus. The lessons go through the requirements of the what the students need to write for each section and breaks it down into thoughtful statements designed to bring out focused and detailed responses to the general points given in the specification. There are also worksheets to help guide the students before they are start the written work and to self or peer asses their work after it is completed. The worksheets are not designed to be writing frames and I would advise against giving them to students to use for that purpose. Any outlines, paragraph or sections headings used in these documents are taken from the specification and not additional new material.

With this resources you will receive a well designed student guide and a high quality presentation for you to present to students and parents at Options Events run at your school. The presentation covers; The key skills that Drama builds and develops in young people and how important those skills are for future employers and university tutors. The basics of the OCR GCSE Drama course and what the students might expect to do on the course. There are opportunities here for you to add to the resource your own pictures, anecdotes and thoughts on the course that you offer. The job opportunities that are available to those who take GCSE Drama and highlights that with the skills offered in GCSE Drama, it can take you anywhere! The student guide gives students and parents the information they need to make an informed choice about GCSE Drama, the content of the course and the key employment skills developed by the subject.

This is an example answer for the design question from Section B (Live Theatre) of EDUQAS GCSE Drama Component 3 Written Exam. The question paper was the 2018 GCSE Drama paper which has also been included here but is also available on the EDUQAS website.

This 6 lesson scheme of work uses Drama to explore and learn about the theme of Persecution. It includes thoughtful, challenging and creative activities and stimulus, from Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday, the lynching of Rubin Stacey and Nazi Germany’s Rules for Jews. These are six lessons that don’t hold back on the potential for creating stimulating, provoking and innovative pieces of theatre. All the lessons come with a detailed lesson plan with plenty of opportunities for you to extend activities or deviate from them to explore ideas or thoughts to help your students understanding and interpretation of the stimulus. This is perfect for GCSE and A Level students to help them explore the theme of Persecution before starting their Devised Performance Projects.

This is an example answer for the acting question from Section B (Live Theatre) of EDUQAS GCSE Drama Component 3 Written Exam. The question paper was the 2018 GCSE Drama paper which has also been included here but is also available on the EDUQAS website.

With this resources you will receive a well designed student guide and a high quality presentation for you to present to students and parents at Options Events run at your school. The presentation covers; The key skills that Drama builds and develops in young people and how important those skills are for future employers and university tutors. The basics of the Eduqas GCSE Drama course and what the students might expect to do on the course. There are opportunities here for you to add to the resource your own pictures, anecdotes and thoughts on the course that you offer. The job opportunities that are available to those who take GCSE Drama and highlights that with the skills offered in GCSE Drama, it can take you anywhere! The student guide gives students and parents the information they need to make an informed choice about GCSE Drama, the content of the course and the key employment skills developed by the subject.

With this resources you will receive a well designed student guide and a high quality presentation for you to present to students and parents at Options Events run at your school. The presentation covers; The key skills that Drama builds and develops in young people and how important those skills are for future employers and university tutors. The basics of the AQA GCSE Drama course and what the students might expect to do on the course. There are opportunities here for you to add to the resource your own pictures, anecdotes and thoughts on the course that you offer. The job opportunities that are available to those who take GCSE Drama and highlights that with the skills offered in GCSE Drama, it can take you anywhere! The student guide gives students and parents the information they need to make an informed choice about GCSE Drama, the content of the course and the key employment skills developed by the subject.

This is a resource sheet to give to students when studying Jerzy Grotowski for the first time. It is an ideal homework task, perhaps linked with a research project to last the length of the scheme of work. It has a list of internet links for students to look through and complete some independent study on.

This is an example answer for the EDUQAS GCSE Drama Component 3 Written Exam using the set text The Tempest. The question paper was the 2018 GCSE Drama paper which has also been included here but is also available on the EDUQAS website.

These are two lesson with PowerPoints and worksheet to hand out to students as well. Ideally focused towards students taking GCSE, they explore and explain two of Brecht’s more difficult concepts to explain and understand,Distancing and Empathy. Both activities present them using material the students create themselves and allow the students to see the effect of the techniques on the audience for themselves. They are completely open to differentiation or to reframing to be about a particular social commentary or play text you are exploring with your class.

With this resource you will get 5 ready to print and use mock exams for the set text of Blood Brothers, written specifically for the AQA GCSE Drama Component 1 exam. Each mock exam contains questions 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 6.5 and each mock exam focuses on a different section of the play. Mock Exam 1 focuses on the scene when Mrs Johnstone tells Mrs Lyons that she is pregnant, starting with the line “Hello, Mrs Johnstone” to “if it’ll make you happier I’ll put them away”. This is page 8 and 9 in the suggested AQA edition of the text: Blood Brothers (Methuen Modern Classics – ISBN: 978-0413767707). Mock Exam 2 focuses on the scene when Sammy steals the bus conductors bag, starting with the line “Come on, if y’ gettin’ on” to “No mark!”. This is page 63 and 64 in the suggested AQA edition of the text: Blood Brothers (Methuen Modern Classics – ISBN: 978-0413767707). Mock Exam 3 focuses on the scene when Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons swears on the bible, starting with the line “In the name of Jesus, the thing was done” to “Ah well, as long as y’ can laugh about it, eh, that’s the main things, isn’t it?”. This is page 15 and 17 in the suggested AQA edition of the text: Blood Brothers (Methuen Modern Classics – ISBN: 978-0413767707). Mock Exam 4 focuses on the scene when Mickey and Linda discuss taking antidepressants and argue about how Eddie arranged the house and job for them, starting with the line “Mickey, Mickey, come one, you’ll be late…” to “Now give them to me”. This is page 99 and 100 in the suggested AQA edition of the text: Blood Brothers (Methuen Modern Classics – ISBN: 978-0413767707). Mock Exam 5 focuses on the scene when Edward and Linda discuss how Mickey loves her but hasn’t asked her out yet, starting with the line “Well, hello, sweetie pie; looking for a good time?” to “I know you would, cos y’ soft, you are.” This is page 83 and 84 in the suggested AQA edition of the text: Blood Brothers (Methuen Modern Classics – ISBN: 978-0413767707). The extracts from the text are not included for copyright infringements purposes. However, I have it as clear as I can the extracts to which the mock exams refer to by including both page numbers of the AQA recommended edition of the play and the opening and closing lines of both the extract and the shaded area.

A lesson on how to approach writing Section 1 of the Devised Drama Log Book for the current AQA GCSE Drama syllabus. The lesson goes through the requirements of the what the students need to write for each section and provides further explanation and interpretation by breaking it down into thoughtful statements designed to bring out focused and detailed responses to the general points given in the specification. The explanations are general and not specific to any candidates specific work. There are also worksheets to help guide the students before they are start the written work and to self or peer asses their work after it is completed. The worksheets are not designed to be writing frames and I would advise against giving them to students to use for that purpose. Any outlines, paragraph or sections headings used in these documents are taken from the specification and not additional new material.