A record of Work for the Stolen Lives Unit 1 for Edexcel GCSE Drama with Stimulus Material Attached.

A set of asssessment criteria looking at a holistic approach to Drama - Performance, Ideas, Use of rehearsal time, Use of Voice etc

This is a lesson focusing on Role on the Wall and Hot Seating. Pupils will encounter different characters via links and then get to imagine what it would be like being those people. Characters include… The Prime Minister A Doctor teaching us how to wash our hands Corona Virus Sufferers NHS Staff

A detailed resource for pupils which equips them to be knowledgeable of key drama terminology from the perspectives of an actor, designer and director. Featuring photos for clarification and a tick list. This should prove very useful for pupils to embed the terminology within their responses with confidence and clarity.

This is a set of slides giving a flavour of the content. In total there are 43 slides and at least 5 lessons of material. Each lesson pupils will be given a focus to base their work on. These incude spass, using props, montage etc - all Brechtian techniques.

An essay response to the exam question. It is set out clearly and explains how as an actor I would approach two contrasting extracts. It was written by myself, not a pupil and I would hope a response like this would generate 15 marks! I hope your pupils find it helpful for their revision. This extract just covers motivation and voice for one extract. The essay itself is much longer than this.

A set of 10 Drama Rules to establish calmness, clear expectations and responsibility for all pupils.

This is a DIRT(Dedicated.Independent. Reflection. Time) file used successfully in KS3 and KS4 Drama lessons. Guided sentences and a range of key drama terminology enables pupils to naturally evaluate and write in an analytical way. Differentiated and helpful in allowing pupils of Drama to reflect on their own input into a lesson, performance and key learning.

This is an extract of a larger response to the 15 mark question in the exam. The full answer reflects on playing two contrasting extracts from the play.

5 slides of a wider resource of 4 lessons - directing the pupils to consider the genre of Theatre In Education and offering ideas and directions they might go in.

This is a Powerpoint which has photos from the Set of Blood Brothers. The essay is a teacher written top marks answer for Section B of the Live Analysis and Evaluation question.

This is a top marks answer for Analysing and Evaluating Lighing and Colour in Blood Brothers.

This is a top mark 15/ 15 response to Section B of the GCSE Drama Live Theatre question.

Here is an essay which is top marks for the 10 mark question in the exam.

This is a Skills Audit to give to a new GCSE Drama class to establish what they know and their knowledge base of Drama Conventions, Techniques.

This is a Powerpoint for Drama teachers and students to use in the classroom to focus on progress and assessment for learning. The skills covered allow teachers to develop the full range of drama skills required for students to develop as drama practitioners. They include Use of Voice/Working in Groups as well as Characterisation and Development of Ideas.

This is a response to the 15 mark question on the Eduqas Gcse Drama paper for Mark Wheeler’s Set Text. It is set out clearly for the main 4 elements required to include: Motivation Voice Movement Interaction It was not written by a pupil. It was written by the teacher as an exercise in what I would write if asked to sit the exam myself. Any feedback appreciated. I have answers for all 5 main characters to come!

This is a set of lesson materials to guide pupils through their work on the Stimulus material of men setting the world aflame by Igor Morski “System Failure.” A Brechtian approach has been adopted and the Powerpoint resource guides pupils to use a range of Brechtian approaches with further stimulus and advice for pupils and teachers. There are 43 slides covering at least 5 lessons of material to get pupils to use Brechtian techniques and methodologies when devising their work.

This is a set of detailed evaluative notes using lighting terminology and written in an evaluative style - perfect for Drama pupils preparing for the Live Review sections of their exam paper. Suitable for EDEXCEL, EDUQS, AQA examining boards.

This is a response to the 15 mark - playing the role of Anna in two contrasting parts. It covers the 4 elements required from the question. Motivation Voice Movement Interaction It is not written by a pupil. It is written by myself. I wanted to go through the experience that pupils have to go through and answer the question myself. I welcome some feedback and hope it is helpful to your pupils.