This is a starting place for learning about devising theatre and the different ways you can use Drama to express and communicate ideas to an audience. Based on using the explorative strategies from the legacy Edexcel Drama GCSE Specification, the scheme of work gives the students opportunity to explore a number of different stimuli to create innovative, thought provoking and challenging theatre. It is a great starting point to provide your students with a common vocabulary for the rest of their GCSE Dram course, regardless of what exam board you cover. Ideal for Key Stage 3 or Key Stage 4 as a starting point to learn the main key terminology students need to know so that they can move on to create their own devised performances.

A series of graphic organisers that guide students through the requirements of the exam and help students prepare and revise for the exam. The design of the graphic organisers reflect the structure of the answer needed for the exam. With the right content, the design of these graphic organisers have given my students great success in this element of the unit.

A big generic list of key words for Drama GCSE and A Level for students to refer to when completing writing work, evaluating other peoples work, completing Dedicated Independent Reflection Time or enlarged as a poster for the walls.

This is an excellent FREE Scheme of Work that contains over 6 hours of focused lessons exploring the themes, plot and characters of Romeo and Juliet through Drama. Originally written for As Level students but has been adapted now for the new GCSE content. It could be taught as a Drama Scheme of Work. It could also be taught as an English Scheme of Work to accompany existing study. The creative and active approach to the study provides a welcome break and change for some students.

This is a resource sheet to give to students when studying Verbatim Theatre for the first time. It is an ideal homework task, perhaps linked with a research project to last the length of the scehem of work. It has a list of internet links for students to look through and complete some independent study on.

Drama Ambassador Handbook which details the role for students. The Job Description and Application procedures for students. A template for planning a workshop and an example. A template for a rehearsal schedule and an example.

This is an example answer for the design question from Section B (Live Theatre) of EDUQAS GCSE Drama Component 3 Written Exam. The question paper was the 2018 GCSE Drama paper which has also been included here but is also available on the EDUQAS website.

This is an example answer for the acting question from Section B (Live Theatre) of EDUQAS GCSE Drama Component 3 Written Exam. The question paper was the 2018 GCSE Drama paper which has also been included here but is also available on the EDUQAS website.

This is an example answer for the EDUQAS GCSE Drama Component 3 Written Exam using the set text The Tempest. The question paper was the 2018 GCSE Drama paper which has also been included here but is also available on the EDUQAS website.

This is a resource sheet to give to students when studying Jerzy Grotowski for the first time. It is an ideal homework task, perhaps linked with a research project to last the length of the scheme of work. It has a list of internet links for students to look through and complete some independent study on.

With this resources you will receive a well designed student guide and a high quality presentation for you to present to students and parents at Options Events run at your school. The presentation covers; The key skills that Drama builds and develops in young people and how important those skills are for future employers and university tutors. The basics of the OCR GCSE Drama course and what the students might expect to do on the course. There are opportunities here for you to add to the resource your own pictures, anecdotes and thoughts on the course that you offer. The job opportunities that are available to those who take GCSE Drama and highlights that with the skills offered in GCSE Drama, it can take you anywhere! The student guide gives students and parents the information they need to make an informed choice about GCSE Drama, the content of the course and the key employment skills developed by the subject.

With this resources you will receive a well designed student guide and a high quality presentation for you to present to students and parents at Options Events run at your school. The presentation covers; The key skills that Drama builds and develops in young people and how important those skills are for future employers and university tutors. The basics of the Eduqas GCSE Drama course and what the students might expect to do on the course. There are opportunities here for you to add to the resource your own pictures, anecdotes and thoughts on the course that you offer. The job opportunities that are available to those who take GCSE Drama and highlights that with the skills offered in GCSE Drama, it can take you anywhere! The student guide gives students and parents the information they need to make an informed choice about GCSE Drama, the content of the course and the key employment skills developed by the subject.

These are two lesson with PowerPoints and worksheet to hand out to students as well. Ideally focused towards students taking GCSE, they explore and explain two of Brecht’s more difficult concepts to explain and understand,Distancing and Empathy. Both activities present them using material the students create themselves and allow the students to see the effect of the techniques on the audience for themselves. They are completely open to differentiation or to reframing to be about a particular social commentary or play text you are exploring with your class.

With this resources you will receive a well designed student guide and a high quality presentation for you to present to students and parents at Options Events run at your school. The presentation covers; The key skills that Drama builds and develops in young people and how important those skills are for future employers and university tutors. The basics of the AQA GCSE Drama course and what the students might expect to do on the course. There are opportunities here for you to add to the resource your own pictures, anecdotes and thoughts on the course that you offer. The job opportunities that are available to those who take GCSE Drama and highlights that with the skills offered in GCSE Drama, it can take you anywhere! The student guide gives students and parents the information they need to make an informed choice about GCSE Drama, the content of the course and the key employment skills developed by the subject.

The Ballad of The Gresford Disaster is about a mining accident that occurred in Gresford 22nd September 1934 in which 266 men and boys were killed due to failures in the safety and poor working conditions of the mine by the management. This lesson aims to allow the students to explore the events of that dreadful event, the people involved and their perspectives of what happened that night. This is a perfect resource for Key Stage 3, to help students at this level understand and appreciate the plot and characters of this complex ballad in a creative and accessible way.

With this resources you will receive a well designed student guide and a high quality presentation for you to present to students and parents at Options Events run at your school. The presentation covers; The key skills that Drama builds and develops in young people and how important those skills are for future employers and university tutors. The basics of the Edexcel GCSE Drama course and what the students might expect to do on the course. There are opportunities here for you to add to the resource your own pictures, anecdotes and thoughts on the course that you offer. The job opportunities that are available to those who take GCSE Drama and highlights that with the skills offered in GCSE Drama, it can take you anywhere! The student guide gives students and parents the information they need to make an informed choice about GCSE Drama, the content of the course and the key employment skills developed by the subject.

The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond is about the young girl, a domestic servant aged eighteen, who was murdered on Bodwin Moor. This lesson aims to allow the students to explore the story of the ballad of Charlotte Dymond, the characters involved and their perspectives of what happened the night Charlotte Dymond died. This is a perfect resource for Key Stage 3, to help students at this level understand and appreciate the plot and characters of this complex ballad in a creative and accessible way.

54 Multiple Choice Questions focusing on job roles within the Theatre, such as playwright, performer and director. The questions are in random order and presented in a format similar to Section A of the AQA GCSE Drama Component 1 written exam but can be used for any level of Drama or exam board. Ideal to use as an in class test, set for homework or general revision either as one resource or broken up into a series of smaller tests / tasks over a longer period of time. The resource comes with the answers.

The Ballad of Frankie and Johnny is an excellent tale of love, intrigue and revenge, perfect for Key Stage 3 and creating some innovative and exciting pieces of Drama. This lesson explores the story of the ballad through the uses of Flashbacks / Cross Cutting and Dramatic Irony. This is a perfect resource for Key Stage 3, to help students at this level understand and appreciate the plot and characters of this complex ballad in a creative and accessible way.

Help your Year 6 students make the transition to Secondary School by downloading and running this lesson exploring the role of homework and the importance of meeting deadlines through Drama. At Secondary School, students often find homework an issue. From their time at Primary students will be familiar with homework but they will not be prepared for the amount of homework they will be set or the consequences of not completing their homework. This lesson uses Drama to help Year 6 students learn about the role of homework in Secondary School and how important it is to keep up with deadlines. You can easily differentiate the resource or split it up into different activities to be used alongside your own planning and resources.