This Homework booklet is designed for 6 weeks of homework tasks for a year 10 class studying the new Eduqas Performing Arts award. The idea of the booklet is to get students used to writing about their lesson experiences and also encourage reflection/evaluation. The booklet can be adapted to suit other needs too.

AQA new specification powerpoint. COMPONENT 2. Lessons detail information about section 1 and 2 with quotes from specification. There are ideas for warm-ups as well as activities to stem creativity with devising. If you have been confused about structuring your lessons for component 2 this may be of help. Some slides have been removed with group names on ect but this powerpoint still includes all information needed for teaching.

The resources include: A supporting portfolio structure and tick box checklist. Make-up resources Evaluation of skills for portfolio Unit 1 preparation for presentation skills year 10 Rehearsal Log Risk assessment worksheet Structure of the pitch

This is an introduction to Drama with around 3-4 lessons worth of basic skills to work through at the beginning of term. This includes still images, improvisation and mime. It will need to be edited to suit the knowledge of the teacher.

6 Lessons of Oliver Twist exploration. Normally I would watch the first half of the film on youtube then begin practically exploring it after this. This SOW works on characterisation and musical theatre - it allows students to sing ‘food glorious food’ or ‘consider yourself’. The final assessment can be a final musical theatre performance where students choreograph their own version of the songs explored during lessons. It’s a fun SOW that year 7’s really enjoy. Resources include costume design for Oliver as HW and a worksheet that can be used during the film part of the SOW.

This is a 3 lesson workshop which works through various make-up designs for the technical award. The workshop is very practical based which means there may be gaps of time that would be filled with the students designing. The 3 designs covered: Fantasy Age Street make up You will need supplies to complete the lesson or ask students to bring in their own equipment.

Lessons 1 - 18 Powerpoint resource for a SOW based on Theatre in education and using a brief to create theatre. This SOW uses an AQA brief for the technical award to create their own performance using a brief. This includes TIE - Theatre in education and Reminiscience theatre Lessons follow a structure that provides group rehearsal time with LO’s and Plenary. Skills cover: Narration Multi-roling Using a brief Devising Interaction with audience Choral speaking Flashback

This is a complete SOW Powerpoint (18 lessons) to be used either in year 9 or year 10 when studying a Performing Arts technical award. This is applicable for the new Eduqas course as the students study various practitioners and practise their skills for devising. This uses a brief from AQA Tech award for devising a performance using a discipline of their choice. This is ideal for a 3 year GCSE studying a tech award or a GCSE drama course where you need students to learn about practitioners/styles: Practitioners/ styles include: Stanisflavski Abstract theatre Artaud Dance Musical Theatre

This pack of resources includes worksheets to guide students through Unit 1, these can be used with the presentation that can be bought separately or they can be used on their own. The pack includes: Portfolio checklist in detail for students to see what needs completing Risk Assessment worksheet Make-up design sketch Peer feedback form Rehearsal log sheet Evaluation forms for portfolios Structure of the pitch worksheet

Revision booklet for AQA GCSE Drama. This booklet uses Blood Brothers and Kinky boots to look at the various exam questions. You can adapt the Kinky boots information to suit your choice of live theatre. The multiple choice section is also included with diagrams of stage types and relevant information on theatre makers.

These have been sent home to parents for their children to complete tasks at home. All tasks are easily accessible with paper tasks and computer tasks. These tasks are based around topics such as ‘Oliver twist’ and ‘Red riding hood’. Resource includes 4 pages worth of tasks to keep students busy for around 2 weeks. In the second resource there are also year 9 and 10 tasks relating to GCSE.

Homework booklet for KS4 for Performing Arts AQA technical award. Booklet can also be used as a revision tool.

This homework booklet is designed for students to reflect on what they had learnt in previous lessons but can be adapted for most homework tasks. There are 8 weeks on the booklet with varied tasks for each week including multiple choice questions, evaluations and vocabulary tasks.

A 3 year course plan for using AQA Drama new spec. Blood Brothers set text. Ideas for SOW and lessons. A way of setting out what year 9 and 10 students do to prepare for the exam. This sheet would need adapting for what SOW’s you want to use yourself.

This is a powerpoint with an introduction to Unit 1 in the Technical award course. This includes workshops on Make-up and Stanisflavski as well as preparation for the presentation itself. This is based on the brief ‘reinterpretation’ but can be edited to suit your choice. This Powerpoint lasted around 4 weeks and can be added to towards the end with the more practical based lessons for rehearsing the pitch.

I’ve created this as a workshop type lesson for year 6’s who are visiting the school. It’s nice and easy with common drama games.