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.

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 pack includes: 5 slide power point including script and image stimuli. Finishing off with a success criteria for children to assess themselves on. This Power Point focuses on the use of ‘Marking the Moment’ in drama and how it creates an impact on a performance piece. Also included: ‘Our Day Out’ mini assessment sheet for teacher and pupils, focusing on their knowledge and understanding of the play and techniques used.

38 page Power Point based on Timothy Winters. This scheme focuses on Timothy Winters as a character, the impact of news articles, Still Images and Conscience Alley.

This 6 slide Power Point presentation explores different roles in the world of theatre that do not just focus on being an actor. This lesson allows conversation and research into a variety of important roles and gives pupils the chance to focus on Drama as a subject of choice and differentiation. Areas of focus are: Lighting Technician Sound Designer Director Costume Designer This lesson delves into these roles at a KS3/ early KS4 level. If this was to be adapted for personal use, it could easily be extended for later KS4 and KS5.

This 38 page Power Point slide explores the role, responsibility, skills and opportunities that a director faces. This Power Point also includes a ‘key word’ page, examples of both female and male directors, video footage of directors discussing their craft, tips on how to gain work experience if someone wished to explore this role further and activities to try out the role of being a director themselves. Finally, this presentation includes a quiz for pupils to engage with as a variation of how revision is conducted in learning.

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.

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.

This Power Point is used for a scheme of work focusing on Pantomime. However, it can be easily changed for a focus on the rehearsal process in theatre as a whole. (Recommended for KS3 use but can be a simple recap for KS4). This 11 slide presentation focuses on how a show is created from a strict rehearsal schedule. This lesson also allows pupils to learn about the stage and the correct terms for all stage points. Included in this pack is a blank template of a stage for revision / game purposes - to correctly label each spot on a stage and the correct term. Also included is a printable version with all correct answers. This is also on the Power Point for group discussion. Learning Objectives : To understand the production rehearsal process To develop an understanding of rehearsal techniques

8 slide Power Point advertisement. Lesson Objective: To prepare and rehearse a radio advertisement. This lesson encourages pupils to create a radio advertisement for a new cereal product. Their success criteria is to focus on their tone of voice and the importance it plays in persuasion. (Pupils are encouraged to keep this advertisement as a radio broadcast as this will allow more focus on their voice work). Before sharing their work with the class, a prompt board has been provided for 20 minutes of work where pupils are encouraged to make a mind map, mini-script, editing and rehearsing and pair and share opportunities. Slides of this presentation also present a variety of techniques used in both advertising and radio advertising and a checklist of what must be included.

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: 6 slide Power Point presentation OR 8 slide Power Point presentation to choose from. This pack includes to different Power Points based on interest in topic and abilities of the class. This allows teachers and pupils to manage exploration with multiple resources. Script extracts for practical exploration Lesson plan to accompany. This lesson is for the pupils who do not always want to perform. This lesson focuses on the themes of DNA and the skills required for a director to make a performance come to life. This exercise allows pupils to take turns to be / designate the role of the director and see the difference made in a performance. Method acting and Stanislavski are also covered in this lesson PP, as well as stage design and different stage layouts.

This KS2 / KS3 document is a printable aid for Drama assessments. 41 Key drama terms with space for meaning / example writing to assess and understand pupils understanding on each term.

Included are: Presentation on script expectations in Drama, image board for visual support, and video link of adaptation from the script itself. PDF script for students to hold.

This pack includes: 10 slide Power Point presentation. Storyboard template printout. This lesson is designed for a Drama class but can be adapted to fit an English or Media setting. Focusing on Advertising, this lesson prompts discussion on persuasive language, music, adjectives, direct address and more. There are video links included that explore different styles of advertisement for different audience types. This prompts discussion on target audiences and how to correctly identify their themes. Task: Sir Alan Sugar has challenged you with the task of promoting one of the following products through a 30 second TV advertisement: Note-choose one product only! Pupils are supplied with 3 different products and descriptions of what they are, what they do and how they benefit the buyer. Pupils are encouraged to use the storyboard (provided as a printout link) to create an advert that would fit their target audience and result in a successful campaign to sell the product.

This includes: Power Point exploring Basic Drama skills with a restaurant-themed stimulus. This then expands into a traditional home-dinner setting with a bonus task of mirroring against a ‘dinner party gone wrong’. Lesson plan further explaining the slides on the Power Point with extra tasks for excelling pupils.

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.