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
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
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
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
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
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
KS 2
Miming is a skill that will stand them in good stead up the tiers of education to A level and beyond.
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
KS 4
This scheme offers a range of teaching ideas exploring the characters within the script and using on and off text activities, monologues, duologues, group and ensemble work that will give students a...
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Exploring page to stage
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
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
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...