Curriculum Coverage Autumn 7 8 9 10 11 Storytelling through stage and film Murder In the Red Barn Devising from true stories and historic artefacts and texts : written portfolio Brecht and Mid 20 th century European Drama Introduction to practitioners The Measures Taken and other Lehrstucke Written paper how to use performance, direction and design skills on an extract from a set text Teacher discretionary mark of 20 % Post 1954 Historicised Drama The Woman In Black Devising from text (performance, direction and design) 60 marks 15% of total A1 mark The Stones, Blue Murder or Let Him Have it Theatre In Education project client based theatre for Primary Outreach and in school PSHE Devising and performing unit: 15 marks Accompanying explorative portfolio 1000 words (formative): The Tell Tale Heart Devising from text : written portfolio The Crucible or Blood wedding and Theatre Visit Perform 2 key scenes 24 Marks each 20% of total A1 mark (performance, direction and design) Unseen Component 1: Final performance Submission of final portfolio for devised work 40 % of final mark and of A1 How to write successful Review notes and annotations of texts (perform/direct/design) on unseen Performance of 2 key scenes from selected text Class Examination 20% of total A1 mark Will be used as indicator for examination at end of year
Spring Theme based, Devising Macbeth Audiences and intentions Audiences project topic based and documentary theatre aimed for public performance to an audience : written portfolio 40 % of total A2 mark Theatre Visit and compilation of play review notes Teacher devised work inspired by text : Written portfolio 40 % of total A2 mark Teacher discretionary mark of 20 % The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night Time Post 1954 textual study and theatre visit Exploration of text performance of 2 key scenes (Paper 2) 48 marks (20%) of A2 mark (perform/direct/design). (15%) of A2 mark Performance of monologue and ensemble piece 10 marks The trouble with teenagers devising for a client group Theatre In Education project client based theatre for Primary Outreach and in school PSHE Devising and performing unit: 15 marks Accompanying explorative portfolio 2000 words (formative): 40% of total A2 marks Post 1954 Textual study (Paper 2) 2 scenes in performance 24 Marks per scene: 48 marks 20% of total A2 mark DNA, Mogadishu, Elegy, Bull Developing 2 key scenes from a text into a performance Unseen 40% of total A2 mark Final performance of set text monologues and duologues (External examiner) How to write successful evaluative notes Preparation for play review style questions Exam paper technique for 1984 and An Inspector Calls Directing Designing
Summer Genre studies: Commedia, Mime, Mask, Melodrama, Performance project Twelfth Night Exploration and performance Performance of two key scenes from Twelfth Night 24 Marks per scene, 48 marks 10% of total A3 mark performance, direction and design (30% of total A3 mark) = 40% of total A3 mark Anthropomorphism in Theatre A devised piece of work Writing a successful play review of The Woman In Black Key Text Metamorphosis by Steven Berkoff Written portfolio 15 marks performance 40 % of total A3 mark Play Review of Woman In Black under timed conditions 20% of total A3 mark Romeo and Juliet Set Shakespeare in performance study two key scenes 24 marks per scene: 48 marks 20% of total A3 mark Pre 1954 textual study An inspector Calls or Twelfth Night Written paper how to use performance, direction and design skills on an extract from the set text 30% of total A3 mark Preparation for GCSE devising project The Legends of Stone Portfolio and preview performance 50% of total A3 mark The Curious Incident of the dog In the Night Time or 1984 Post 1954 textual study and theatre visit Exploration of text (Paper 2) 48 marks 20% of A3 mark performance, direction and design 40% of total A3 mark Devising for performance Component 1 for GCSE year 11 Portfolio Performance 15 marks 40% of total A3mark 30% of actual GCSE year 11 mark Written Examination preparation
Subject GCSE Coverage Exam Board Specificati on Code Qualification Number Drama EDEXCEL 601/8491/7 Recommended Websites The elements of Drama explained and illustrated http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zqx3 wmn/revision The Drama Medium explained and illustrated http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zyr7f g8/revision/1 A good collection of illustrated and explained theatre designs http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z39x 34j/revision Step by step examples and a self test of how to write a play review http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zxs9 xnb/revision/2 Theatre De Complicite http://www.complicite.org/ KneeHigh Theatre Co http://www.kneehigh.co.uk/?gclid=cjwkeajw qchlbrcq5uhtpll12fisjad6pgdi9o4nkl9dtg MGKdl93SRuhcEjbc8LnFsdRLElY7B_5hoCNbH w_wcb Register with Battersea Arts Centre https://www.bac.org.uk/bac/checkout/ The National Theatre Recommended Textbooks/Visits Visit the theatre as often as possible not just the West End musicals but the smaller venues such as The Bush Theatre and Battersea Arts centre, The Gate Theatre, The Young Vic Theatre, The National Theatre they have much more exciting and varied programmes of the latest, innovative and up to date touring theatre. Visit a library read plays by different playwrights Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet Euripides: Medea, The Bacchae, The Trojan Women Sophocles: Antigone, Oedipus Rex Tenessee Williams: A streetcar named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie Carol Churchill: Top Girls, Cloud 9 Timberlake Wertenbaker: Our Country s Good Harold Pinter: The Dumb Waiter, The Birthday Party Mike Leigh: Abigail s Party Edward Albee: Who s afraid of Virginia Woolf, Zoo Story, A Delicate Balance Steven Mallatratt: The Woman In Black Steven Berkoff: Metamorphosis, The Fall of the House of Usher Bertholt Brecht: The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Threepenny Opera, The Resistible rise of Arturio ui Arthur Miller: The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, View From a Bridge Dennis Kelly: DNA Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan: 1984 Get a grounding in who the major influences in theatre are Konstantin Stanislavski
https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/whatson?gclid=cjwkcajwqchlbraqeiwaj4ayaksvfri3yfqxnzftcsfasg5snqnqoa8l_ym VUkoz2QjaZQPy88fkBoC2kgQAvD_BwE The Gate Theatre https://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/ The Young Vic Theatre https://www.youngvic.org/ Augusto Boal Bertholt Brecht Steven Berkoff Knee High Theatre Company Theatre de Complicite Read Building a character By Konstantin Stanislavski Brecht on Theatre by Bertholt Brecht Theatre of The Oppressed by Augusto Boal