This SOW has a focus on the study of tragedy. Students will combine analysis, inference, planning and practical skills to eventually devise their own monologues. This SOW includes weekly low stakes quizzes, a final mid-term multiple choice and written assessment (which is self and peer marked) and a teacher-ready marksheet for the performance in week 5.

In this lesson, students will be planning a tragic piece of theatre, using art as a stimulus. This lesson involves freezeframing, inference skills, and planning not only plot, but set design.

Two lessons on devising tragedy in Drama Lesson 1: Tragedy in Film Lesson 2: Tragedy in Poetry

Multiple Choice 10 questions, and two short answer questions for an end of unit drama test.

Final lesson of the Commedia week, focusing on an improvised piece, and with an accompanying low-stakes multiple choice quiz.

This lesson should come after an initial introduction to comedy, and Commedia Dell’Arte. This lesson explores the four key character types of Commedia, with a key focus on the ‘master’ and the ‘servant’. Students will analyse their physicality, and then attempt to emulate it in an improvised performance.

This is a full Drama Lesson informing students of Commedia Dell’Arte Drama and it’s history. Plenty of practical activities and key terminology.

This lesson focuses on how perspective can alter scriptwriting. Students will learn key terms, practice freeze-frames and scriptwriting, and perform in front of the class. At the end, students will have a chance to review their own work.

A full 60 minute lesson including: A do-now activity A reading and comprehension activity on ‘Romanesque’ comedy A video clip and accompanying timeline handout A script-writing task and peer-assessment guideline A Homework task handout