Poem by Michael Rosen. This pack includes: Poem Illustrated landscape poem for annotation opportunties Rhyming word cards for stimulation Video link to poem Hot Task table for writing a poem based on the themes of ‘Don’t’ Power Point exploring themes, techniques and further explanation of rhyme in poetry.

Presentation with an image stimulus for Smaug the Dragon in Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’. This presentation is to prompt students into thinking about their: Adjectives Verbs Adverbs Senses & write a descriptive paragraph as if THEY are Bilbo Baggins. This lesson is aimed as an ‘assumptive’ piece for students who have not read chapters containing Smaug’s character. The aim is to see how they compare the dragon vs how Tolkien uses vocabulary to describe. Pushing for an overall development in their writing abilities and vocabulary range.

This KS3 Drama assessment sheet allows pupils to answer questions based on scriptwriting, drama styles, panto and stage directions. This sheet is for easy understanding on a pupils ability and understanding for the KS3 drama curriculum.

This Power Point presentation is easily adaptable to focus on Set Design as a whole, rather than just for organising a Pantomime. This scheme can be used for KS3 and for KS4 as a recap. This presentation consists of 29 slides. Learning Objectives: To gain some awareness of the set design process. To develop an understanding of the set designer. This lesson covers: Staging Director Scenic Designer Production Stage layouts Prompt questions on benefits / disadvantages of different stage layouts Diagrams Recap Quiz! Black Box theatre exploration Design styles (minimalistic, realistic) Scales Materials Transitions Plenary Also included is an opportunity for pupils to design their own stage design with the challenge to use as many areas covered in this scheme of work. This is also available as a printable document in the pack.

This Power Point presentation consists of 8 slides. Learning Objective: To explore Pantomime stock characters and successfully demonstrate them. This presentation starts with a challenge to identify images of stock characters and label their roles / names. For further challenge, pupils can list other stock characters with similar roles in different Pantomimes. Following this is a success criteria list reading for practical exploration. The practical task for this lesson is to create a short scene in groups with identifiable stock characters that have been discussed earlier in the lesson. A scenario has been included in this Power Point if prompts are needed for lower ability groups. A critic board is also included for pupils to follow, should any performances be shown at the end of this lesson. This includes sentence starters on useful and constructive feedback for peers to share. This lesson also includes a plenary for all that has been discussed / explored within the lesson.

6 slide Power Point focusing on Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits’. Focus points are: Cross-Cutting Action Clip Freeze Frame Hot Seating Narration Role Play Script / Sections of the story have been copied into the presentation for reference. Music is also available for stimulus and support. Also included for printout: Character labels, script and a lesson plan.

This 7 page document explores a variety of Drama Strategies with definitions, rules and examples of use. This document can be used as revision for pupils or as stimuli starters to be explored through devised work in lesson time.

This 32 page Power Point presentation explores the role of Set Designer in the theatre industry. The presentation explores the role, responsibilities, skills and resources needed for this role. This is followed by examples of notable designers, video interview footage, tips on how to gain experience in this field as a beginner and activities to try out the role of being a Set Designer in class. Following this is a clear breakdown (with images) on how the process of designing a set takes place in the world of theatre. Both maximalism and minimalism is explored. Finally, a quiz is included at the end of this quiz to provide an alternative method of revision.

6 slide Power Point presentation. Script print outs for practical exploration. This lesson focuses on the skills of ‘Marking the Moment’ and ‘Cross Cutting’. These skills are to then be transfered to the performance of a scene from DNA. Pupils will be challenged on their prior-knowledge of these skills and asked how they can add to a performance. Pupils can also use examples from TV and Film for understanding. Pupils are then expected to perform a scene from DNA using these skills and a following success criteria.

This pack includes: 6 slide Power Point presentation Storyboard template Script example Mini Task: Sell an ugly Christmas jumper to someone with the use of persuasive language, adjectives and tone of voice. Main Task: Write a script or design a storyboard detailing the scene of someone trying to sell either an unwanted present, jumper or cardboard box. This lesson also encourages pupils to extend their script / storyboard for performance purposes. This includes a success criteria which looks for face and body language, purposeful movement, still images, mime, etc.

Dennis Kelly’s - DNA 7 Slide introduction Power Point presentation to DNA. This lesson explores the topics of: Gangs Bullying Links between the two Streetwear / Street art This lesson is a great intro to the themes covered in DNA. This lesson allows pupils to explore the themes with personal knowledge and relatable imagery.

Slides produce questions and sentence prompts for the following topics: Unity / meaning of the word How this is represented in Animal Farm Characters that support this idea Characters that challenge this idea Final slide also provides an assessment-style question with What, How, Why prompts on how to answer.

This printout contains 2 pages of script from Dennis Kelly’s DNA. This allows pupils to annotate key themes, punctuation and script-tools used. This printout also prompts pupils with the task of annotating the script for their own future use. Prompting pupils to think about how they would: direct design the set design costumes use appropriate lighting sound for this scene.

This pack includes: Power Point presentation that explains, explores and directs pupils into learning about the use of Greek Chorus in theatre. This presentation explores how Greek Chorus has also been used in modern day film and theatre for starting points. Lesson plan has also been included for further explanation on the presentation and what can be used to push pupils further with their explorations. Video links are included on the final slide for sound stimuli and references.

This presentation is exploring what can be used as a stimulus, how different stimuli create a variety performances and lyrics as a starting point with success criteria.

This pack includes: Power Point presentation for classroom use Word document printouts that further explain characters for visual / revision aid and script to follow Commedia Dell’Arte format. Power Point presentation consists of 6 slides. These slides cover key characters and modern day representation of notable characteristics, success criteria and scenario starters for practical exploration.

This pack includes: Power Point presentation for classroom use Word document printouts that further explain the use of Masks in style and prinout opportunities for visual / revision aid and a script to follow. Power Point presentation consists of 6 slides. These slides stimulate conversation on masks used in day-to-day life, how masks can restrict areas of performance in theatre and how it can benefit and enhance others. Also included are success criteria stems and a script.

Dennis Kelly’s - DNA. 3 slide Power Point Presentation 4 pages of DNA script to accompany (print out opportunity) This lesson focuses on the craft of line delivery and it’s importance on stage and to an audience. Pupils are to explore an example script and how many different ways it can be performed. Pupils are to consider how emotions can change the voice, body language, tone, pitch and pace. Pupils are then provided with script extracts from DNA to explore how this scene can change when experimenting with these different skills.