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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SubscribeAn introduction to the GCSE Drama devising log: supporting students in creating their written coursework log
KS 4
This scheme of work suggests a simple structure and plan for the devising written unit, directly related to the creation of the piece itself, and focuses on an entirely written devising log. The...
Hospital Food by Eugene O’Hare: Devising and exploring a text to produce original performance outcomes
KS 5
This scheme explores Eugene O’Hare's NT Connections play Hospital Food as a stimulus. It is relevant for many new A level Drama & Theatre Studies exam specifications, where both explorations of texts...
Making the most of drama devices
KS 3 KS 4
‘Devices’ is the catch-all term used to describe any and every drama technique employed to create drama, interpret text, explore ideas, develop performance skills and create drama in original and...
From page to stage: A rehearsal toolkit
A2 KS 5
All the specifications at GCSE and A level demand that students practically study a script for examination. With a large group it is often difficult for the teacher to help all students move their...
Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) by Carl Grose
KS 5
The changes in exam specifications, requiring students to perform extracts from texts, mean that they are given a very wide choice of texts for performance. This scheme offers a range of teaching...
Practically exploring characters in play texts: Liz from Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker
KS 5
This scheme explores the play text Our Country's Good as a stimulus and specifically traces the character of Liz in key scenes. Many exam specifications at GCSE and A level now allow for the...
Woyzeck by Georg Büchner
KS 5 A2
This scheme of work is going to tackle the Section C, Component 3 part of the examination using the script of Woyzeck. The new A level examination for Theatre Studies asks the students to do a lot....
Teacher-in-Role as a drama device
KS 3 KS 4
Teacher-in-Role (TiR) is a drama device that we either love or approach with trepidation. The fact is that it can be an amazingly powerful tool for the drama teacher to build students’ confidence,...
Musical theatre performance
KS 5 BTEC
This scheme is designed to meet the demands of the unit, to fulfil the potential of the learners and to allow a small number of staff, even just one, to put on a show that includes several numbers...
A model for watching live theatre
KS 4
The skill of watching and evaluating Live Theatre is a now a key element in all GCSE exam specifications. It can often prove a challenge to teachers to make this anything more than a pen and paper...