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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SubscribeChaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
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KS 3
Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales offers many opportunities for exploration through Drama. This scheme uses Chaucer’s story as the stimulus to explore character, improvisation, devising and ensemble...
The DNA Test: Building your own soap opera
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KS 3 KS 4
The DNA test has brought blessings and heartache to millions. Long lost families have been reunited, relatives discovered. There is a growing interest in family history – where do I come from? Who am...
Metamorphosis by Steven Berkoff
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KS 5
This scheme of work is designed to explore the play Metamorphosis by Steven Berkoff and can be used alongside the AQA course. The scheme of work explores the play practically and makes links to the...
Of Mice and Men: A springboard for study of the classic novella
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KS 3 KS 4
This scheme of work combines Drama and English to provide students with an understanding of the context, plot, and characters of the novel, as well as equipping them to make theatre based on the text,...
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
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KS 2
This Drama unit is based on a narrative poem, The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. It is often read in upper primary classes and is also appropriate for KS3 students.
Mime as if you mean it
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KS 2
Miming is a skill that will stand them in good stead up the tiers of education to A level and beyond.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Exploring page to stage
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KS 3
In this script-based scheme of work students are introduced to the conventions of a script through a familiar story; how to read out loud with expression; and an introduction to skills such as...
Naturalistic approaches to text at KS5
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KS 5
This scheme aims to create work with A level learners that is truthful and believable, by exploring and applying naturalistic approaches to Jim Cartwright’s Two and Sera Moore Williams’ Burning...
Looking at childhood
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KS 3 KS 4
The theme of childhood has always proved a popular one with students. They enjoy remembering when they were younger and recreating some of their memories of these times in performance. Students also...
Down Our Street
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KS 3
This scheme of six sessions lasting two hours (which may be shortened or divided into two) sets up a background of homes, shops, businesses during a given time period. It may be as uniform or as...