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 Ash Girl by Timberlake Wertenbaker, for AQA Drama and Theatre, Component 3
KS 5
This scheme of work is designed as a series of workshops. It introduces a practical exploration of The Ash Girl by Timberlake Wertenbaker for a scripted performance and prepares students to write on...
Blood Brothers by Willy Russell for AQA GCSE
KS 4
This scheme of work provides a series of introductory exercises on Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers. While it is designed for the AQA specification, it could easily be adapted to suit OCR. The AQA exam...
Promoting equality and tackling discrimination through Drama and History: building an inclusive curriculum that celebrates diversity
KS 3
A key objective of this scheme is to create authentic learning experiences through cross-curricular work. In the community where we teach, many students will hear the misconception that Britain was...
Who are you calling disabled?
KS 3 KS 4
Watching paralympian athletes, it’s often hard to remember that they are ‘disabled’. But the fact is that people dealing with enormous bodily challenges achieve the most amazing physical and mental...
Arabian Nights by Dominic Cooke: Exploration of script work
KS 3
This scheme of work uses the script Arabian Nights, adapted and directed by Dominic Cooke with the RSC, and is aimed at KS3 students.
It Takes a Team
KS 3 KS 4
Working through this scheme should broaden students’ thinking, encourage experimentation and prepare them for several aspects of the GCSE exam specifications they may engage in later.
Working from a variety of texts
KS 4
The activities throughout this scheme of work, which concentrates on devising as a collaborative process using a variety of texts as a stimulus, have been designed with the intention of making the...
Practitioners in Practice: Exploring practitioners using a text
KS 5
This scheme of work provides a starting point for the Practitioners in Practice component of OCR A level Drama and Theatre.
Verbatim
KS 4
In this scheme of work students will develop an understanding of the style of verbatim theatre while exploring professional practitioners’ work, and examining the processes used to develop the...
Silent Drama
KS 3
This scheme of work will look at many dramatic techniques that are associated with silent performance and consider ways to enhance not just silent performance, but all drama work going forward. Each...