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!
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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
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With a partner, take turns to flip a playing card and place it in the box. Multiply the number on the playing card by the number on the sheet and dependent on the version being played, cover the answer with a counter or write the correct answer and then cover with a counter. The winner could be the first to cover all the answers OR the first to cover an answer 4 times.
(Ace = 1, Jack = 11, Queen = 12, King = own choice)
I have not made this game up, I have adapted and made my own version.
A booklet with 68 transactional role-plays divided under the 10 situational contexts needed for the New GCSE Pearson Edexcel Spanish.
Also I have added a quizlet link and list of key role-play vocabulary in chunks/sentences.
I hope it helps!
This GCSE Spanish Role Play Support Mat is a clear, comprehensive and student‑friendly resource designed to help learners prepare effectively for the Edexcel 2024 GCSE Spanish Speaking Exam. It supports pupils with the essential vocabulary, structures and strategies needed to succeed in the Role Play task (Task 2).
What’s Included
Key Exam Information
Clear overview of what the Role Play task involves.
Explains number of bullet points, the requirement to ask questions, and the difference between Foundation and Higher tiers.
Essential Question Words
A full list of the 20 most common question words used in role‑play scenarios, including ¿Qué?, ¿Dónde?, ¿Cuánto cuesta?, ¿A qué hora…? and more.
Perfect for helping students recognise prompts and form their own questions accurately.
Useful Communication Phrases
How to ask for repetition (¿Puedes repetir la pregunta por favor?)
Gap‑fillers to sound natural (e.g., pues, bueno, a ver).
Phrases for expressing wants, needs, opinions, time and location.
Scenario‑Based Example Questions
Covers all 10 possible set scenarios for the Role Play task, including:
Sports centre
Café/restaurant
Doctor’s surgery
Shops/market
Hotel
Campsite
Tourist information
In town
Train station
Cinema/theatre/concert hall
Each scenario includes realistic example questions learners may need to ask — ideal for practice and revision.
Support for Asking Questions
Clear explanation of when students must ask a question and how the teacher will prompt them (¿Tienes una pregunta?).
Includes model questions for each scenario to build confidence.
Ideal For:
GCSE Spanish students (Foundation & Higher)
Teachers delivering the Edexcel 2024 specification
Pupils who need structured, accessible language support for role‑play tasks
6 Performance pieces for recorder.
These pieces use the notes E (low), G, A, B, C and D and are perfect for concerts/performances.
Resource includes play along/backing tracks and sheet music.
Full Bundle. Worksheets which show the Shakespearean text of key extracts alongside questions to support comprehension. Numbering helps students to know where to look for the answers and demonstrate that they can understand Shakespeare’s language better than they first realise.
Questions highlight memorable quotations and imagery, key themes and links to context & genre.
9 extracts from Act 1, 10 extracts from Act 2&3 and 10 extracts from Act 4&5, plus answer sheets included.
Excellent for introducing scenes and establishing understanding, or GCSE revision cementing understanding, wide knowledge and reviewing key quotations. Works great as a homework or independent study task.
Students can check their answers against the answer sheet provided as revision or independent study.
Try before you buy: Act 1 is available free in my TES shop.
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Act Packs Available Separately
Act 1 FREE! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12876147
Act2&3 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12622972
Act 4&5 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625072
Full Play Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625174
Bring the play to life with a WHOOSH! Drama activity: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198539
Explore key scenes with Drama strategies and elements with my Macbeth 7 lesson scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12198571
This is a full revision booklet for GCSE students preparing them for their exam. This can be used for any exam board but the booklet focuses on Section B for the OCR exam paper. This booklet covers everything they need to revise for their exam. This booklet is the full package!
In this digital product: You will find resources to practise the Role-Play (Part 1) of the GCSE (2026) Speaking Examination (AQA). The topics covered are the 3 topics from Theme 1: People and Lifestyle.
Topic 1: Identity and Relationships with others
Topic 2: Healthy living and Lifestyle
Topic 3: Education and Work
There are 3 practices for each Topic:
Practice 1: Prepare the Role-Play. Fill in the gaps to complete the candidate’s script. (This is an intermediate practice to help students build up their Role-Play skills).
Practice 2: Prepare the Role-Play by responding to the 5 tasks. Students need to give one detail per task and can use the present tense throughout.
Practice 3: Prepare the Role-Play by responding to the 5 tasks. Students need to give two details for 3 of the tasks and may have to use a range of tenses.
You can use this resource in the classroom:
Student’s booklet (with Candidate’s roles)
Teacher’s booklet (with Candidate’s roles, Teacher’s role and model role-plays)
PPT presentation (including an easier mark scheme for self/ peer assessment in the classroom)
Audio files (embedded to the PPT and also available as individual files)
Or for independent use:
Student’s booklet, including QR codes for access to audio files and answer booklet.
Note that:
Practice 2 and Practice 3 follow the AQA Speaking Paper closely: number of details and tenses required, phrasing of the questions.
Practice 2 corresponds to the Foundation Role-Play.
Practice 3 corresponds to the Higher Role-Play. (but can still be useful to Foundation students to review the topics content)
The first 5 files are a preview of what is included in the .zip folder: Role-Play-Theme1.zip. After downloading, save the .zip file in your computer (in “documents” for example), then right-click and select “extract all” to access all the resources.
If you have any questions or if you are interested in more resources like this one, you can check this Facebook page:@Frenchresources, where updates, links and freebies are posted regularly.
New GCSE Role Play – Bundle of up-to-date resources
This bundle of up-to-date and detailed teaching resources has been created to support staff and students in building up skills to tackle the ‘role play’ element in the new EDEXCEL French GCSE (The skills and strategies are relevant for all exam boards).
These are resources which can be used for parts of lessons, whole lessons or be part of a scheme of work focused on Role Plays. All the resources can be adapted to meet the needs of the students in your class. The bundle includes:
• A colour Role Play Learning Mat for GCSE students (when downloaded delete the box from Page 1 which covers some of the questions)
• A comprehensive differentiated 18 page Student Booklet (with a PPT) including:
Strategies for keeping your language simple
How to answer unexpected! questions
How to ask questions in 3 ways (in-depth)
27 core questions to recognise/say/answer
Common role play scenarios practice
Differentiated tasks (Foundation and Higher Level)
• A presentation showing strategies for tackling unexpected questions with 25 modelled examples of possible questions with answer and peer/teacher assessment opportunities using the GCSE mark scheme
• Word copies of all the EDEXCEL SAM specimen Foundation and Higher Role Play papers (much easier to use and modify)
• Blockbuster, Random Generator and ‘Morpion’ interactive tasks to engage and deepen learning
• Some worksheets for practising different role play scenarios
Lesson 2 for the Edexcel Citizenship GCSE Theme D- Power and Influence
It meets the following lesson objectives:
To consider why people vote, join a political party and stand for election.
Please note, the Citizenship Today textbook is needed for this lesson.
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Lesson 1 for the Edexcel Citizenship GCSE Theme D- Power and Influence
It meets the following lesson objectives:
To consider the different ways that people can contribute and engage in a democratic society.
Please note, the Citizenship Today textbook is needed for this lesson.
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A set of 37 role-plays to practice in pairs for new GCSE, most of the instructions are from Edexcel specimen assessments, some are my creations.
Fold paper in half. I advise to print on the cardboard.
The students need to sit in front of each other.
I uploaded pdf version, but if you need word version, please contact me.
2023** Now updated with more activities for Act 2**
This is a full scheme of work for Noughts and Crosses (the play version), ideal for KS3, year 8/year 9 English. Included: PowerPoint with 95 slides and three different assessment options for reading, writing and speaking.
Fonts used (free to download - just go to Google Fonts): [Montserrat] and [Staaliches].
Act 1 is analysed in detail, then students read through Act 2, completing some optional tasks at the end, such as review writing or an empathic monologue.
Context of racism, segregation and the IRA bombing
Narration task for the trailer, where students take the trailer without sound and add on their own narration
Group research and presentation task
Language analysis, including a model answer
Drama activities including hot seating
Newspaper writing task that forces students to pick a biased perspective
Review writing
Empathic response - taking on the voice of one character to write a monologue
Preview video: https://youtu.be/Q1QDDNe2L2c
This is a PowerPoint presentation I made for our students' independent learning away from school. It has foundation and higher questions and is based on Edexcel exams over last 5 years. Questions and Vocabulary for Speaking Role-Play and Revision.
A powerpoint which I used with Year 11 to help them understand what to expect in the role-play element of the speaking exam. There are some slides to help them make sense of what’s being asked of them on the card, some useful sentence starters, the mark scheme (higher) and a worked example at the end on the theme of free time.
A resource for Health and Social Care AS/level 3. This unit examines the importance of play, stages and types of play and play settings. For more materials relating to this resource, please visit the NGfL site, linked below.