Introduction to Drama Scheme of Work

Year 7 Drama Full-Year Scheme of Work | 6 Units | 42 Lessons | KS3 / Lower Secondary

Year 7 Drama Full-Year Scheme of Work | 6 Units | 42 Lessons | KS3 / Lower Secondary This full-year curriculum for Year 7 provides 42 ready-to-teach lessons (6 schemes, each 7 one-hour lessons) designed to build performance skills, creativity, confidence, and ensemble work across the academic year. Each scheme combines practical drama techniques, storytelling, and character development, ensuring progressive learning and student engagement. Included Schemes: Intro to Drama – Introduces students to the fundamentals of drama, including voice, movement, improvisation, characterisation, and storytelling. Focus on confidence, ensemble work, and creative expression. Pantomime – Students explore exaggerated performance, stock characters (Hero, Villain, Dame, Comic Sidekick), breaking the fourth wall, and audience interaction. Includes scripted scenes, improvisation, and mash-up performances. Page to Stage – Focus on taking a written story, script, or poem and transforming it into a dramatic performance. Students develop skills in interpretation, characterisation, movement, and staging. Greek Myths/Legends – Explore myths like Perseus and Medusa, Theseus and the Minotaur, Pandora’s Box, and Jason and the Golden Fleece. Techniques include tableaux, thought-tracking, narration, choral speech, and physical theatre. Students devise and perform their own myth-inspired scenes. The Lion King – Engage with the musical through stylised animal movement, vocalisation, ensemble work, and symbolic design. Students create thematic tableaux, rehearsed scenes, and a final devised performance using headbands and music. Room 13 – Build suspense and mystery using hot-seating, mime, tableaux, scripted and devised work. Focus on characterisation, physicality, and dramatic tension, culminating in a final devised performance resolving the Room 13 mystery. Key Features: 42 ready-to-teach lessons with clear objectives, lesson structures, and practical activities All worksheets and scripts included for every lesson, ready to print or use digitally Assessment booklet included for tracking student progress and final performance evaluation Progressive skill development: movement, voice, ensemble, characterisation, narrative, and improvisation Assessment opportunities: peer and teacher feedback, self-reflection, devised performances Differentiation strategies to support all learners and encourage challenge Cross-curricular links: English, History, and Music Why Teachers Love This Curriculum: Complete full-year coverage for Year 7, saving planning time Flexible and adaptable for mixed-ability groups and class sizes Builds confidence, creativity, and practical performance skills Fully aligned with KS3 Drama objectives and National Curriculum expectations All resources ready for immediate use: lessons, worksheets, scripts, and assessment booklet With this scheme, Year 7 students will develop a wide range of drama techniques, styles, and performance challenges, progressing from fundamental skills in Autumn to creative devised work by Summer.