Schemes of Work
Twice each term, Drama & Theatre publishes five online schemes of work written by experienced teachers and examiners, which are available exclusively to our Full Membership, Digital Membership and Schemes of Work subscribers. They cover Key Stages 2-5 across a variety of exam boards and specifications, providing indispensable content for your classroom teaching.
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SubscribeBlodin the Beast!
KS 3
This scheme of work takes students on a learning journey that aims to challenge, support and reinforce their writing and creativity at KS3. It explores the story of Blodin the Beast by Michael...
Developing approaches to the set text extract – Yerma
KS 5
This scheme explains how to prepare students for all three questions on the extract from the list B set text in Twentieth and Twenty-first-century Drama. Section B of the AQA written exam involves an...
Practitioners in practice
KS 5
This scheme introduces the performing and the design components of OCR’s A level Drama and Theatre. It is a suggested way into, and route through, the teaching of the components and brings together a...
The Beauty Manifesto by Nell Leyshon
KS 3 KS 4
The Beauty Manifesto by Nell Leyshon was originally commissioned for National Theatre Connections. The play is set in a dystopian future of extreme physical conformity, where teenagers celebrate their...
pool (no water) by Mark Ravenhill
KS 5
pool (no water) by Mark Ravenhill was first performed by Frantic Assembly in 2006. This scheme of work explores the text using both on and off text work, devising, improvisation and practitioner...
Imaginary Friends
KS 3 KS 4
The following scheme of work explores the themes of friendship, isolation, and what the function is of an imaginary friend. The play used here, Invisible Friends by Alan Ayckbourn, acts as a perfect...
The reflective report: How to plan and structure the written work
KS 5
The aim of this scheme of work is to provide teachers with a guide to how to: ▸ Create a plan over two years to deal with the written coursework demands of Component 3▸ Structure the reflective...
Stig of the Dump: Using the book as a resource to teach the Stone Age to the Iron Age through Drama
KS 2
Clive King's Stig of the Dump is now more than 50 years old, and yet it remains a children's classic. Following the adventures of Barney and Stig, a Stone Age man who lives in a quarry, the book is...
Life is diverse, or is it?
KS 3 KS 4
One of our contemporary buzzwords is ‘diversity’ and we are indeed an increasingly diverse nation in terms of gender, ethnicity, faith, politics, ability/disabilities all sharing the same spaces. This...
Melodrama and commedia dell'arte
KS 3 KS 4
The aim of this scheme of work is to allow the students to explore melodrama and commedia dell’arte; they can use a lot of what they learn in their work in a physical way in the future and it helps a...