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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SubscribeThe pitfalls to avoid in devising drama
KS 3 KS 4
As they progress through the Key Stages, students learn how to devise or improvise their stories and make up the characters to people the worlds they create.
Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker
KS 5
Our Country’s Good is a popular choice of text for Component 1, Section A of the AQA Drama and Theatre A level exam.
After Juliet by Sharman Macdonald
KS 4
This scheme invludes a variety of techniques to help create a good understanding of the play and main characters. It will also be helpful for students in the creation of well-rounded characterisations...
Scripted work: The Railway Children by E. Nesbit, adapted for stage by Mike Kenny
KS 3
This scheme of work uses the script of The Railway Children that was performed at Waterloo Station, and has been created to build on the script-based skills learnt either earlier in KS2 or in the...
The Tempest
KS 4
This scheme of work uses Shakespeare’s The Tempest as a springboard for KS4 devising work. It focuses on different areas of the text examining the characters and themes and suggesting ways in which...
Developing character: Backstories and subplots
KS 3 KS 4
You may take the Stanislavski view that actors should live in the world of their characters to present realism on stage. Or the Brechtian approach that an actor demonstrates a character without...
Immersive Theatre Needs a Lifejacket
KS 3 KS 4
Immersive theatre is all the rage nowadays. Exam students present their versions of set texts as ‘immersive’. Younger students are encouraged to draw the audience in, involving them more.
Medea
KS 5
This scheme of work is based on Euripides’ Medea and focuses on ways to use this text at A Level. The scheme offers ideas for on and off text work looking at Medea, Jason and the Messenger and using...
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, adapted for the stage by Liz Lochhead
KS 4
Liz Lochhead’s adaptation of Dracula has recently appeared as the pre-release material for IGCSE Drama in summer exams 2023. It makes some changes from Stoker’s original novel in that Mina and Lucy...
Theatre Through the Ages
KS 3
This scheme of work is designed to explore a range of different theatre styles through the ages. It includes lessons on Greek Theatre, Morality plays, Commedia dell’arte, Naturalism and Theatre in...