Devising project power point

This is a power point presentation that we use for year 8 students which also doubles up as a scheme of work. We were finding our students struggled to be independent in class time and wanted to try a way of encouraging them to break away from the same structure of rehearsals and performances that lacked a bit of depth. We found this also helped students to collaborate better to solve the challenges of some of the tasks rather than see the teacher every time.

We've kept the resources required as simple as possible and built in some homework tasks but this power point is entirely adaptable. We used the work of Banksy as a stimulus since its visual, a good discussion starter and often reflected contemporary social issues that the students found interesting. We often print slides and use them as work sheets / differentiate them according to the class.

Performance work created from this unit has featured a more interesting structure, more sophisticated characterisation from the students and it has helped them to build a tool kit for devising their own work which is helpful in preparation for their GCSE.