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

Looking to boost your students’ understanding and retention of key drama terms? This comprehensive GCSE Drama Vocabulary Poster Pack contains 143 colourful posters covering essential terminology aligned with the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Drama glossary – perfect for classroom displays, revision booklets, or flashcards. Covering a wide range of drama-specific vocabulary, this resource includes clear, student-friendly definitions for terms across multiple categories: Vocal skills (e.g., pitch, pace, tone) Physical skills (e.g., gesture, posture, facial expression) Staging Set design Lighting Sound design Props and stage furniture General performance and rehearsal terminology Whether you’re dressing your drama studio walls, supporting EAL learners, or preparing students for written exams, these posters are versatile and visually engaging. Printed two to a page and laminated, they create a bright, accessible learning environment – or collate into a handy revision booklet or GCSE drama flashcard set for individual study. Perfect for GCSE Drama, KS3 Drama, or as a general performing arts vocabulary reference. This resource supports literacy, boosts confidence, and reinforces key drama terminology.

This set of 259 Character Cards comes with 3 suggested activities (Character Scenes; Monologues; Bus Stop) but can be used in so many more ways. Enhance creativity, storytelling and character development with these versatile cards. NEVER BE STUCK FOR A DRAMA ACTIVITY AGAIN! ************ DRAMA CARD BUNDLE *************** The following 17 DRAMA TRUNK card sets come with at least 2 suggested activities and are available INDIVIDUALLY or as a CLASSIC BUNDLED SET: • Characters • Quirky Characters • Dramatic Deaths • Lines • Mimes • Locations • Genres • Pictures • Silly Superheroes • Titles • Moods • Movement • Mannerisms • Character Switches • Vocal Styles • Time Periods • Characteristics ************ MORE DRAMA CARDS *************** Check out more Drama Cards available at my store (only available individually), including: • Great Escapes • Forbidden Word Scenes • Olympic Events • Drama Shoes • Theatre Styles (FREE) • Famous Characters • Historical Events • World Destinations + MORE DRAMA CARDS ARE A DRAMA TEACHER'S BEST FRIEND! Just print, laminate and cut out a set of versatile drama cards that you can use over and over again. I cannot count how many times and ways I have used these cards – absolutely my most handy drama resource. Use DRAMA TRUNK cards for tons of creative, fun, imaginative, any day activities, including: •Drama games (including last minute activities) •Warm ups •Team building and cooperation activities •Improvisation / quick thinking •Audition / rehearsal activities •Language activities •Guided learning •Listening skills •Inspiration •Storytelling Combine the use of multiple cards for even more activities, challenges and ideas (you will have a HUGE amount of drama activities ready to go when needed). Stay tuned to my store DRAMA TRUNK for more fantastic drama resources (coming soon) – from drama activities and classes for little people; primary school level drama; secondary curriculum and more... Happy Teaching!

Below is a high mark logbook exemplar for the devising drama component of GCSE drama.

Cover lesson task for KS3 drama pupils. The task is scaffolded so that pupils can complete it independently with little to no input from the teacher making it perfect for lessons covered by non-specialists. Pupils work through simple tasks on the sheet to help them to organise ideas for a play before they write their own script (e.g. ‘A genre or topic that interest me is:’; 'My play will be set in the following place: '; etc). This could be completed over more than one lesson to allow pupils to develop their writing and create longer scripts. They could then work practically to create scenes of scripted drama using their own or each other’s work. Pupil ownership / engagement: Top writing tip from David Walliams’ radio talk with Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2 (paraphrased) Scope for pupils to write about whatever genre, topic, characters, setting etc that interests them **Challenges: ** Use stage directions. Use different vocabulary for each character to show their individual personalities. What does a play look like? Format your work like a professional playwright would! **Resources required: ** Pens / pencils, paper or workbooks, the worksheet provided OR Computers / laptops for pupils to type their work & the worksheet provided (alternatively it could be emailed to pupils to save trees… we all <3 trees!)

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 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.

This KS4 booklet was created as a revision pack for the new written exam for AQA GCSE Drama. Section B concentrates on ‘Blood Brothers’. This 10 page booklet covers sections A,B & C. Enjoy!

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 helpful resource (to possibly print and laminate) for new teachers of GCSE Eduqas Drama which breaks down each component and provides key information for each element. Helpful when needing to make a quick reference.

Hello All, Within this resource you will be able to access all of the resources for a drama careers display board. In the past my resources have been published by National Drama the UK’s leading national body for drama teachers. I hope you enjoy this resource and if you need any assistance with it, please feel free to contact me. Regards, Ryan

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.

Scheme of work based upon the work and theories of Antonin Artaud. Detailed is six initial lessons of whole class tasks and activities to explore the abstract nature of the style of theatre. As part of this scheme, the work moves forwards towards a final performance, based upon one of a variety of themes / titles. From here, the teacher uses student input, exploration and experimentation to create a 15 - 20 minute performance piece. In the scheme is also work sheets, written tasks and reflections to enable student thinking, analysis and understanding.

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

Drama - Introduction to Drama PowerPoint. PowerPoint presentation with animations, sounds, and graphics that will engage your student when starting a drama unit. Defines drama, drama terms like playwright, stage directions, set, props, script and much more! Includes staging, dramatization, how plays are produced, the role of the audience and theater etiquette. Also, now includes information on Greek theater, Shakespearian theater, and Modern theater. Enjoy! . - HappyEdugator CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.7 Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.7 Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.7 Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

explanation of drama techniques: particularly useful for non-specialists

An interactive PowerPoint where students pick a number and it links to a game/warm up. A selection of various warm ups from focus games to energetic starters. Enjoy!

Enjoy this collection of Drama Games and Activities suitable for Year 7 onward! Stay tuned to my store as I will be uploading Volume 2 of free drama games and activities for this age group soon! LOOKING FOR MORE DRAMA ACTIVITIES AND A VERSATILE RESOURCE THAT YOU WILL USE IN COUNTLESS WAYS? Use DRAMA TRUNK cards for tons of creative, fun, imaginative, any day activities, including: •Drama games (including last minute activities) •Warm ups •Team building and cooperation activities •Improvisation / quick thinking •Audition / rehearsal activities •Language activities •Guided learning •Listening skills •Inspiration •Storytelling ************DRAMA CARDS*************** The following 15 DRAMA TRUNK card sets come with at least 2 suggested activities and are available individually or as a CLASSIC BUNDLED SET: • Characters • Quirky Characters • Dramatic Deaths • Lines • Mimes • Locations • Genres • Pictures • Silly Superheroes • Titles • Moods • Movement • Mannerisms • Character Switches • Vocal Styles ************EVEN MORE DRAMA CARDS*************** DRAMA CARDS ARE A DRAMA TEACHER'S BEST FRIEND. Check out more Drama Cards available at my store, including: • Great Escapes • Forbidden Word Scenes • Olympic Events • Drama Shoes • Theatre Styles (FREE) + MORE I have compiled my DRAMA TRUNK card sets together with suggested activities for an endless amount of drama fun. Never be stuck for a drama or on the spot English activity again – these versatile cards can be used in so many ways and are a MUST HAVE for any drama teacher or anyone else who wants to bring some drama or character fun into the classroom. Students love picking cards for planned and even on-the-spot improvisation activities or you can use the cards for your own inspiration. Happy Teaching!

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.