This a set of lesson ideas to guide pupils and teachers through the Component 1 Devised task in response to the Beyonce quote “Power is not given to you. You have to take it.” and adopting a Theatre in Education approach as a genre. These Powerpoint slides have been created to structure your lessons and give pupils a clear indication of the genre and the directions they can go in.

Self and Peer Assessment Cards to use as learning aids in the Drama classroom. These have been used successfully in class to promote effective performance analysis.

This is a set of Powerpoint slides that can be printed out and used within lessons for pupils to self and peer assess their work. Useful for KS3 and KS4 Drama lessons.

This is a resource for pupils to become independent learners and provides them with a focus for their lessons whilst devising.

This is a complete lesson exploring a poem: ‘Back in the Playground Blues’. The lesson was judged to be Outstanding!

This is a writing frame to equip Drama pupils to evaluate their work and contributions in class. D.I.R.T stands for Dedicated Independent Reflection Time.

This is a lesson in which pupils work in 2s/3s working around the room to complete tasks on the main characters in the play. There is a worksheet provided in the lesson resource that can be printed out.

A detailed Knowledge Organiser exploring Motivation, Voice, Movement, Interaction, Key Terminology, Original Performance Conditions, Costume, Light etc

Afterlife is a play written for 6 performers and is a compelling, stylised and highly emotive piece of Drama. 6 people wake up in a room. They are strangers. As the play unfolds the characters realise they are related and connected to others in their previous lives. They are in limbo. There are two doors in the room. Through which door will they leave? The play deals with themes of homophobia, homosexuality, domestic abuse, bullying, teenage pregnancy and suicide. It has been performed as part of GCSE Edexcel Unit 3, gaining students the highest grades. It is also a great stimulus for devised/physical theatre work.

76 Powerpoint Slides which will give pupils and teachers ideas and inspiration for the set and costume questions in the GCSE exam. There are guided questions as well as a range of past production photographs of the play which will enable pupils to see the play in a variety of ways.