A practical 5-6 lesson (Half terms) and detailed drama based exploration of ‘DNA’ by Dennis Kelly. Each lesson is ready-to-go and clear on objectives and tasks. It features edited script extracts from the play included in the powerpoint. This scheme of work covers: The themes and issues of the play The complexities of the characters Dark Comedy element The Role of Jan and Mark Creating tension. Ideal for latter KS3 or KS4 drama study or practical English.

A funny play loosely based on the Grinch by Dr. Seuss, and the well known movie. The story revolves around the town of Whoville, where all the Whos love Christmas. In fact they love Christmas so much it is all they talk about! However, a mysterious outcast lives to the North of the town; this outcast hates Christmas and anything to do with the festive time of year. This outcast is called the Grinch! The play follows the story of Cindy-Lou and her family as they open up to the Grinch, and try to show him what Christmas is all about. However, the Grinch has his own plans to ruin Christmas for the town, and steals all the presents on Christmas eve. He has a change of heart however when he hears the town enjoying Christmas even though he had stolen all of the presents. His heart grows and he quickly returns the gifts and takes part in all the festivities. There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 28 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too for up to 30 students. The play is around 40-50 minutes long. I hope you have fun with it, my class had a ball! If you are unsure whether it will suit your class, download a free preview and give it a go! ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ I also have some more Christmas play scripts in my store including: A Christmas Carol (A School Remix) Elf A Christmas Carol (A Traditional Version) The Santa Clause To save money you can buy all four play scripts in my Christmas Play Script Bundle (saving nearly 40%) - link below: Christmas Play Script Bundle ⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚ For more great resources check out Creative Primary Literacy

This is a fully loaded 15 lesson scheme of work that is an enjoyable, engaging, active and fun introduction to drama. Ideal for use at the start of a new academic year or for any class that are unfamiliar with the basic conventions of drama. Not only will students enjoy a range of practical activities, they will also learn a whole host of important drama skills which will make them strong, well rounded performers. Lessons in the scheme run as follows: Lessons 1-3 - Drama games - 20 games, fully explained, that are guaranteed winners for any group Lesson 4 - Voice work Lesson 5 - Freeze Frames Lesson 6 - Thought Tracking Lesson 7 - Mime Lesson 8 - Levels and Proxemics Lesson 9 - Soundscaping / Off Stage Drama Lesson 10 - Mime Lesson 11 and 12 - Improvisation and Developing a Concept Lessons 13 and 14 - Rehearsal - highly structured lesson with guidance on good rehearsing. Choice of 3 assessment tasks for teacher to choose from Lesson 15 - Performance and Evaluation (evaluation can take the form of an extended activity to be completed in a separate lesson) The scheme now includes a series of knowledge organisers that you can use with your students to revisit key concepts! Ideal for less experienced teachers and non-subject specialists as well as more experienced drama teachers. Engaging and fun PowerPoints with very little adaptation required. Tasks are accompanied by supporting notes where necessary so that all tasks are easy to follow and teach. A complete and fully resourced scheme of work designed to engage students from lesson 1 and make Drama the subject they all talk about! Ideal for building strong, well rounded and skilled performers. Would suit key stage 2, 3 and 4. For some reason the preview feature doesn’t seem to work properly on some of the resources but they all download fine and are formatted correctly when downloaded.

This is a fully practical scheme of work, exploring the fundamental skills and techniques of drama. During the unit students will learn the basics of KS3 drama through exploration of Matilda (The Musical). The scheme uses lyrics and extracts from the production to create drama. Lesson 1 - Still image and transitions Lesson 2 - Mime and Thought-tracking Lesson 3 - Creating and sustaining character Lesson 4 - Physical Theatre and Choral Speaking Lesson 5 - Using scripted text and Forum Theatre Lesson 6 - Preparation for assessment These a full prepared power-point lessons and word document resources.

KS3 Drama Virtual Escape Room – by Cre8tive Resources Step into the spotlight with this brand-new Drama-themed Escape Room challenge! Students will take on the role of codebreakers, racing to solve puzzles and escape the theatre by choosing the right door. Perfect for classrooms without desks—or simply set up 6 team tables. This interactive session lasts up to an hour, depending on how quickly students crack each code. A brilliant end-of-term activity, enrichment session, or creative reward lesson that students love—especially great for engaging hard-to-reach learners. What’s Included: Interactive PowerPoint Tracker – Show team progress and build excitement Puzzle Key Packs – Six complete sets for team-based play Team Record Sheets – Track clues, codes, and progress through each room 7 Puzzle Rooms – Each room features a unique challenge using numeracy, literacy, problem-solving, and lateral thinking Answer Sheet for Teachers – Quickly check solutions as students progress Step-by-step Setup Guide – Includes what to print, shortcuts, and top tips Escape Certificates – Awarded to teams who complete the challenge (with a bonus room for early finishers!) Room Themes Include: Each of the 7 rooms is adapted to suit a drama-based storyline, designed to capture students’ imagination and test their thinking skills. Suitable for: KS3 and KS4 students Group sizes: Up to 6 teams (or more with duplicate packs) Time: 45–60 minutes depending on puzzle-solving speed Search ‘Cre8tive Resources’ for more ready-to-go PSHE, Careers, and subject-based escape rooms, or get in touch via email if you’d like support or custom ideas. ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ You may want to check out some of our other great DRAMA resources: Dramatic Works and Theories Christmas Drama Escape Room Stage Production Drama Christmas Bundle Greek Theatre Top Selling Drama Escape Room Twelfth Night Why is reading Important Assembly KS3 Drama Escape Room Exploring Greek Theatre Blood Brothers Escape Room Drama Escape Room Bundle

KS3 Drama Cover Lessons Booklet A booklet of 26 different cover lessons for KS3 Drama. A range of worksheets and tasks suitable for desk based Drama or could be adaptred for Remote Learning. Included are the cover sheets for each lesson and any worksheets needed (78 page document) - great for last minute cover lessons. Cover sheets do include a mix of written and practical tasks. I have tried to keep them generic to make them easy to adapt to the topic of the lesson or to be able to used last minute for any class. Could also be used as tasks for students in isolation room. A PDF version and a Powerpoint version of the booklet are included so that you can adapt to the needs of your lesson.

A full term scheme of work on Dennis Kelly’s DNA very closely following the Edexcel exam spec (note: this is not suitable for schools using other exam boards). This is from a recently ‘outstanding’ drama dept (deep dived) where 40% of students achieved a grade 9 in the written paper in 2023 and 63% achieved a 7-9 overall. The SOW features: practical and written tasks exam questions and how to answer them examples of student answers and their marks (marked by exam board) an end of unit assessment idea (practical and written) ‘do now’ tasks starting each lesson regular homework/revision tasks double and single lessons easy to follow - even for non-drama specialists all activities tried and tested Everything you need to introduce DNA and the C3 written exam to your GCSE Drama students in one powerpoint!

A grid of written Drama activities that students can choose from. Perfect for cover lessons where practical work isn’t possible. The tasks are for all abilities and my students have found the instructions easy to understand when prefaced with the instruction ‘this lesson, choose one activity from the grid’. It should not require any additional work on the teacher’s part. Perfect if too poorly to set SoW based cover.

UPGRADED RESOURCE PACK! Review 1:- Great resource - highly appreciate this. Very detailed. Thank you! Review 2:- I decided to teach Year 9 the Blood Brothers text early before the GCSE students study it. I have purchased the scheme of work by Phil Brooks. I have tweaked it a little bit for a non-specialist, who doesn’t know the play well, but I recommend it in case anyone else is doing similar. Explore the classic play BLOOD BROTHERS by Willy Russell, using this extensive Drama resource pack which investigates in detail all the key characters and plot sequences, along with the cultural, historical and social contexts of the story. The scheme comes complete with 10 detailed powerpoints and supporting resources, so no planning needed - it is ready to go! This tried-and-tested pack includes… Lesson powerpoints (10 lessons) Digital workbook Scheme of work (20+ lessons) Coursework checklist Project evaluation

This booklet is targeted at KS3 students (Y7-Y9) as a supplementary resource to practical learning. The aim is for students to work through an assigned task or tasks independently, in a classroom. There are a variety of tasks: Reading Comprehension (Practitioners) Gap filling + Key Words Word searches Storyboards Multiple Choice Quiz Script/Creative Writing Design Challenge (Set/Costume/Poster) Live Theatre Evaluation (x3) Content: Origins of Drama Devising Theatre Audience Configuration Roles and Responsibilities Practitioners (Frantic Assembly, Steven Berkoff, Konstantin Stanislavski, Bertolt Brecht) Style and Genre Dramatic Conventions Melodrama Voice and Language Areas of the Stage Character Live Theatre Ideal for classroom based cover and/or non-specialist Drama teachers. The booklet can be used chronologically or as a series of separate tasks, whatever the teacher deems appropriate. The booklet can also be used as a homework resource.

Elf tells the story of ‘Buddy the Elf’ who was accidentally taken to the North Pole in Santa’s sack one Christmas Eve. He stayed in the North Pole until adulthood and grew up thinking he was an elf himself. One day he found out he was a human, and decided to go and visit his biological father in New York. On arrival he wasn’t welcomed by his father until a DNA test reassured him that he was actually his son. The family grew to like Buddy, and he also found a girlfriend – but then everything changed when he fell out with his father one day and decided to leave. But as he was walking alone he heard a crash in Central Park, when he went to investigate he noticed it was his good friend, Santa. The family caught up with him and realised he had been telling the truth all along, he was in fact an elf from the North Pole. The friends and family all worked together to lift Christmas spirit and thus power Santa’s sleigh to ensure he could finish his deliveries. There are song recommendations throughout the script, with a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and modern songs. There are 20-22 speaking parts, with additional non-speaking roles too. I hope you have fun with it, my class had a ball! The play is around 40-50 minutes long. ⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚ For more great resources check out Creative Primary Literacy

The Halloween drama lesson your pupils will beg to do again. A group of friends is dared to spend one night in the old, empty house at the end of the street… and your class decides what happens next. This fully resourced 60-minute lesson teaches tension and atmosphere through horror. Pupils learn that silence, slow motion and what you don’t show are the scariest tools in drama. It’s ready to teach, with no prep beyond a torch and dimmed lights. What happens in the lesson: The Ghost Is Behind You…: a creeping torch-and-freeze warm-up that makes pupils feel tension before they name it The House at Midnight: a whole-class soundscape that builds creaks, wind and whispers… then total silence… then one scream The Five Secrets of Scary Drama: slow it down, silence is scary, don’t show the monster, the false scare, leave them hanging Enter If You Dare: a 3-scene group devised piece with still images, thought-tracks, slow motion, a false scare and a cliffhanger blackout The Scare-O-Meter: pupils rate each performance and must justify their score using drama vocabulary Included: ✔ Fully timed PowerPoint (60 mins), with a timer shown on every activity ✔ Learning objective, key question and key terms (tension, atmosphere, pause, soundscape, slow motion, cliffhanger) ✔ Step-by-step instructions pupils can follow on screen ✔ Peer assessment and plenary ✔ Homework: a 100-word ghost story ending on a cliffhanger Perfect for Years 7–9, cover lessons, or the last lesson before half term. It’s written by a qualified Head of Drama and has been tested with real, very excited KS3 classes.

A booklet focused on the process and tasks of being a lighting designer for GCSE Drama (designed for OCR but can be adapted to fit and spec) includes: design process checklist design needs suggested activities examples how to communicate meaning through lighting lighting vocabulary

An 11 week scheme of work exploring Frantic Assembly and The Curious incident of The Dog in The Nighttime. Pack includes -Teacher pack with full in-depth lesson plans -Powerpoint for each lessons -Homework booklet with a task for each lesson *you will need a basic knowledge of frantic and/or may need to watch YouTube clips to see examples of exercises such as round by through, hymn hands and quad if you are not familiar. It would be much appreciated if you could review once purchased.

Drama (and English) quiz and answers for KS3 or KS4 Students. Versatile editable resource for either an Online virtual lesson or a more traditional classroom based lesson. The topic of the quiz is Everything Drama! This Drama quiz includes a wide variety of different rounds including: matching rounds, photo rounds, linking rounds , number round, multiple choice round , designing round, word search, anagrams and much more… Contents of Drama Quiz ☞ 1 x Professionally Designed PowerPoint Quiz ( Containing 10 Different Rounds and over 50+ Questions) ☞1 x Set of certificates for winning students (Gold, Silver and Bronze) ☞ 1 x Full set of Answers (Animated at the end of the Quiz) ☞ 1 x Student Answer Sheets they can fill in during the quiz ☞ 1 x FULLY DIGITAL STUDENT ANSWER SHEET ☞ Quiz can be done as an individual task or in small teams. ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ You may want to check out some of our highly rated English resources: ENGLISH ESCAPE ROOM Shakespeare 24 Task Cards A Christmas Carol 24 Task Cards English End of Term Bundle Careers in English Quiz Lesson GCSE English Language Escape Room Why is reading Important Assembly

“It is the beating of his hideous heart!” Bring Complicité to life in your drama studio. In this 5-lesson practical workshop, pupils learn Complicité’s playful, physical approach through games and Lecoq-style exercises. They then devise Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling short story The Tell-Tale Heart as a Complicité-style ensemble. It’s perfect for teaching a practitioner for devising, and pupils come away with a finished, performable piece. 10 games and ensemble exercises, including: Balance the Stage: the classic Lecoq exercise The Rhythm Ball: builds rhythm, focus and ensemble Books Into Birds: object transformation inspired by The Street of Crocodiles One Room, Four Chairs: four chairs become five different things The Heartbeat: a whole-class soundscape that builds to a deafening silence Midnight: The Eye Game: a torch-lit tension game with “Who’s there?” Then pupils devise the story using chorus narration, levels of tension, object transformation, light and sound. The devising is built around three key sequences: The Lantern, The Floorboards and The Police. What’s included: 5 × 60-minute lessons: 46 fully timed PowerPoint slides with teacher notes A teacher guide with a full plan for every lesson and background on Complicité An ORIGINAL ensemble script: the narrator split across six voices The story in 8 beats, plus key quotations Lecoq’s seven levels of tension sheet A sequence planner, evaluation frames and a glossary The Tell-Tale Heart is out of copyright, so you can print it freely for your class. There’s nothing extra to buy. Suitable for GCSE and A Level. It works brilliantly as preparation for the devising component.

A powerpoint filled with 15 different drama games - full instructions for each game is included In this powerpoint there are games that are ‘classics’ vs new games that are great to explore and play. Some have been or can be adapted easily to suit social distancing. This is a great resource for end of year drama lessons! Games include: -Graveyard -Penguin Mafia Night at the Museum Evolution Keeper of the Keys Zip, Zap Boing Buzzy Bee’s Fruit Salad Who moved first 11’s Heads or Tails Wink Murder Why are you late? Everyone can act

This resource is for teachers who are introducing a group to Brecht techniques. The resources has many activities, devising stimuli and tasks included as well as explanations  of most commonly seen Drama techniques used in Epic Theatre. The power point is engaging and full of information to develop their subject knowledge and improve specific vocabulary usage in lessons. Groups have responded very well to it over the past few years. Can be used with KS3 or KS4. There is enough content to last half a term dependent on time allocated.

This detailed guide helps students completing Lighting Design to create a successful portfolio alongside their actual design to achieve the highest marks possible in either the devised or scripted units/ components. The guide can be printed off and handed to students who can complete the tasks during lesson time/ homework to ensure all elements are covered and keep them busy. Suitable for a wide range of exam boards!

Designed to support AQA GCSE Drama candidates with a live theatre support document. This gives guidance and a writing frame for students to structure a response to an introduction paragraph and then the first paragraph. It is then designed for students to then continue a response independently and is great to give students their first opportunity to write a live theatre review. This has been created with AQA in mind but may support other exam boards.

This document provides simple and accessible drama-style activities aimed at non-drama teachers, and for use in the non-drama classroom. It offers practical and engaging ideas that put students at the centre of their own learning. It is useful for science, maths, humanities, and other arts subject areas. The document also offers an introduction to the value of drama-style activities across the board. The activities also provide some basic or introductory activities for drama teachers, especially in primary or middle school classrooms in which drama teachers collaborate with home room and other subject teachers.