An exemplar essay for A-Level Theatre Studies (AQA), requiring students to go through and find the four key features.
Longer than what they would write in the exam, but the purpose is for them to be exposed to style and form.
AQA A-Level Drama and Theatre Studies.
Exemplar response from a director’s perspective focussing on revealing Thea’s feelings for Eilert Loevborg. Requires students to read through and identify key features.
Some questions at the end about how this might differ if we changed it to an actor’s perspective or if we are asked to discuss production methods.
Answer is longer than what students would write in the exam but this is done so that they can get a sense of the writing style. We then go through and discuss what we could afford to lose if being written under exam conditions.
A comprehensive booklet giving instructions on how to write some of the exam questions that might come up. Includes key terminology, things to remember and a colour coded self-written exemplar.
A resource for Unit 4 of the Edexcel Drama and Theatre Studies spec; one is a table that allows students to make notes when watching a performance and compare with the original performance conditions (NB; the column title is 'Frantic Assembly' but change as appropriate). The second is an elongated version of these notes for students to keep and refer to.
