A revision powerpoint that looks at an 8 mark context question based on the set text Blood Brothers, discussing how to read the question, giving info on the context of the play, tips on planning their answer and a mark scheme for peer assessment.

A powerpoint that includes all of the information students will need to remember before their exam. It includes information on Genre, Style, Conventions, Plot, Structure, Characters, Costume, Lighting, Sound and Set. Perfect to print out as a revision guide or present to them in a lesson right before the exam.

A lesson from a scheme of work exploring the text Blood Brothers for Drama GCSE. This lesson has a focus on the Social, Cultural and Historical Context of Blood Brothers, giving plenty of information, questioning to provide evidence from the text and a practical task that brings the context to life. See Blood Brothers Exploration Bundle for more lessons and a big discount!

A comprehensive revision booklet for The National Theatre’s performance of Jane Eyre, available to watch for free for schools on the National Theatre Collection. As live theatre is more difficult to watch this year I created this booklet to be used for home and school learning. This booklet prepares students for the evaluation section on GCSE Drama exams for all exam boards. It covers context, set, lighting, sound, costume, characterisation and directors decisions. Each section has a key words test, info about the play and questions for students to answer. It finishes with advice on structure of the essay and practice questions.

Detailed notes of the touring performance of The Woman in Black. The notes are split into the categories of Lighting, Sound, Characterisation, Costume, Props, Directors Decisions e.g. Genre and Style, Set. Very helpful to get the students to review the play as there is no DVD recording.

Mock exam written for the OCR GCSE Drama specification that includes questions for both section A and B. The performance text is based on Blood Brothers so doesn't include questions for other texts.

A power point for a Blood Brothers revision session with a focus on the key moments and themes including learning objectives, example student answer from OCR Mock exam , practical task on key moments, practical task on creating a trailer based on the themes, music for trailer, homework- 8 mark question on themes.

A powerpoint on choosing a suitable set for Blood brothers including info on symbolism and parts of the set and ending with a 6 mark exam question.

A powerpoint that practically explores the genre, style and conventions of Blood Brothers for the OCR written exam. It has a specific focus on how to answer 4 mark questions and has practical and written tasks.

A PowerPoint on John Godber's intention, the specific demands of the text, what the students artistic vision may be and how they want the audience to react. Written with the OCR GCSE Presenting and Performing component in mind but would work for other units and age groups.

Lesson power point that introduces Genre and focuses on the Genre's Contemporary Drama and Documentary Drama including learning objectives and tasks.

A lesson powerpoint on how to create a Drama Evaluation. Includes Learning Objectives, tasks and timers.

A lesson based on Alice in Wonderland in which students focus on the Physicality and Voice of The Mad Hatter concluding in the performance of a monologue. Includes learning objectives, Activities and Script for Monologue

A lesson based on costume design for the character The Mad Hatter. Learning Objectives, Tasks based on symbols within costume, design task and costume template included

This powerpoint includes direction on the possible types of questions that could be on the exam and how the students could answer them. It includes tasks, peer assessment and learning objectives. The power point has one slide that mentions blood brothers as the set text but could be easily adapted to include a different one. The creating question worksheets are designed around Blood Brothers but again could be adapted. I suggest that it is taught over 3-5 lessons.

A lesson from a scheme of work exploring the text Blood Brothers for Drama GCSE. This lesson has a focus on the dialogue, stage directions and use of improvisation techniques within Blood Brothers, exploring vocab, questioning to provide evidence from the text and a practical task based on the scene where Mrs Lyons says goodbye to Edward. See Blood Brothers Exploration Bundle for more lessons and a big discount!