6 lessons exploring Berkoff , his history and tasks revevant to his practice. This work is designed to be delivered to Year 12 but could be shown to a high ability year 11
It is ready for action, starters, lesson objectives and plenaries
I also have a range of other practitioners too…
A good Starter bundle focusing on Drama Practitioners.
Contains Powerpoints and starter activities on various the Drama Practitioners.
It includes:
John Godber
Augusto Boal
Bertolt Brecht
Frantic Assembly
Jerzy Grotowski
Mike Leigh
Constantin Stanislavski
Antonin Artaud
6 lessons exploring Artaud, his history and tasks revevant to his practice. This work is designed to be delivered to Year 12 but could be shown to a high ability year 11
It is ready for action, starters, lesson objectives and plenaries
A power point outlining the key concepts, historical information and practical activities of 5 practitioners.
Stanislavsky, Brecht, Lecoq, Berkoff, Artaud.
The information has been collated from various my experiences, books and information online.
It was created with the year 13 unit 4 preparation in mind. Specifically for section A on Lysistrata.
It can be adapted to suit any group.
A workshop on the history, artistic policy and techniques of DV8. The workshop was designed to be used over three lessons although could be adapted to suit more or less. It consists of information about DV8, warm ups, short tasks based on their techniques that include music and links to DV8 videos. It looks into 4 different DV8 projects and includes links to short clips.
The workshop culminates in students creating their own piece in the style of DV8.
This pack provides an overview of 7 influential and innovative Drama
Practitioners who would be useful for A-Level and GCSE Drama students to explore.
Practitioners included are Stanislavski, Brecht, Artaud, Boal, Berkoff, Pina Bausch and Katie Mitchell.
Each knowledge organiser/poster provides the following:
Facts About Me (Key dates and job roles)
What I’m Known For (Summary of their style, techniques and processes)
Quote Me On This (Range of useful quotations from the practitioner themselves related to theatre and their work)
Some of My Best Known Work (Two images of their work)
These highly visual resources are ideal for printing and displaying in the classroom, studio as well as distributing to students for revision, handouts, supporting workshops or blended/home learning.
You will receive a high quality pdf document as well as a JPEG of each.
SOW introducing the students to the theatre practitioners Stanislavski, Brecht, Berkoff and Artaud. Students will spend two lessons on each practitioner rehearsing their influences on theatre to enable them to reach the higher levels should they continue with Drama at GCSE level. Students are assessed on Devising, Performance and Writing in this half term.
Texts and resources needed:
Self-Assessment sheets, SOW Assessment grids,
Assessment outcomes and criteria:
• Written Assessment: Students in 9Ldr1 – 9Ldr3 will be expected to keep a log book of everything they have completed in lessons before completing comparison questions on the practitioners. Students in 9Ldr4 – 9Ldr6 will just be completing a written self assessment this half term.
• Practical Assessment: Students to be assessed on their performing ability in front of the class and their ability to perform in the style of a theatre practitioner. Assessment is practical and as part of mixed ability group.
• Devising Assessment: Students to be assessed on their ability to devise a performance.
• Variety of peer and self-assessment opportunities when practicing and performing during lessons.
This 12 slide PowerPoint explores the essential elements of The Paper Birds Theatre style.
With practical tasks as well as in-depth information, these lessons (which can spand over 4 hours) will help ensure students fully understand his style.
The lessons are structured to help students not only understand the style, aims and techniques but also how to devise their own work within the style.
Essential for any GCSE/ BTEC/ A Level/ IB Drama and Theatre student.
6 lessons exploring Stanislavski, his history and tasks revevant to his practice. This work is designed to be delivered to Year 12 but could be shown to a high ability year 11
It is ready for action, starters, lesson objectives and plenaries
I also have a range of other practitioners too…
Design elements inspired from other work
A pack of 7 poster designs which contain quotes from leading British and American Theatre Practitioners / Actors / Playwrights.
These are a diverse selection of influential people in the world of theatre, perfect for any Drama Classroom or Performing Arts Corridor.
Designed to be high quality and printed on A2 Size paper.
This scheme of work explores three key practitioners; Bertolt Brecht, Konstanin Stanislavski and Antonin Artaud.
The lessons explore each practitioners style, aims and allows students to compare them to one another.
There is a predominant focus of Brecht to help students develop deeper understanding in preparation for GCSE.
An excellent KS3 resource for drama on Applying theatre practitioners with a complete and ready to go six lesson SOW which includes all additional worksheets.
If you purchase this scheme of work you get access to six lesson powerpoints with around 80 to 100 slides over the complete SOW that help students to access and succeed at the six core outcomes which are designed for this module.
In this six lesson SOW students will learn about:
Lesson one: In this lesson students learn to use Brecht’s teachings on gestus to multirole effectively as contrasting characters from a set play text.
Lesson two: In this lesson students learn to develop their application, knowledge and understanding of naturalistic acting techniques such as the given circumstances and the magic if to articulate a true performance to an extract of a script from Stanislavski’s ‘System Theatre’.
Lesson three: In this lesson students learn to apply and understand the way in which Brecht’s ‘Epic Theatre’ techniques such as foreshadowing and narration can be used in a performance to break the fourth wall in front of the audience.
Lesson four: In this lesson students learn to apply and understand the way in which Grotowski’s ‘Poor Theatre’ techniques such as physicality, soundscapes and choral speech can be used in a performance to build the relationship between the actor and the audience.
Lesson five: In this lesson students learn to recap the theories of Stanislavski, Brecht and Grotowski through rehearsing a performance called “The Greedy Monster”.
Lesson six: In this lesson students complete a summative assessment on the theories of Stanislavski, Brecht and Grotowski through a performance called “The Greedy Monster”.
This pack provides a deeper look at the techniques and methodologies of Konstantin Stanislavski (1863-1938). This pack is perfect for independent student learning or can be used as a valuable resource whilst teaching.
Areas covered: The First Acquaintance, Three Core Elements, Given Circumstances, Actioning, Subtext, Tempo Rhythm, Circles of Attention, Units & Objectives, Method of Physical Actions, Emotion Memory, Imagination, Circles of Attention, Before-time, Public Solitude, Endowment, Magic If, Active Analysis, Relaxation, Influences, The Fourth Wall, Key Quotes, The Moscow Art Theatre, The American Tour, The Method (overview), The Young Stanislavski, Principle Terms Glossary.
This 11 slide PowerPoint explores the essential elements of Steven Berkoff’s style of theatre.
With practical tasks as well as in-depth information, these lessons (which can spand over 4 hours) will help ensure students fully understand his style.
The lessons are structured to help students not only understand the style, aims and techniques but also how to devise their own work within the style.
Essential for any GCSE/ BTEC/ A Level/ IB Drama and Theatre student.
This is a 7-lesson SoW complete with a full scheme outline as well as all resources, links, PPTs etc. that you will need to take students through an introduction to Brecht, the ‘V’ effect and a full range of his techniques. It’s been designed for Year 9 as they move towards GCSE level, but could just as easily be used at the beginning of Year 10 for the same purpose.
Please do leave a positive review if you purchase and enjoy it! :)
These 24 Practitioners task cards are perfect for your Drama (or English) lesson plans and topic. They are suitable for secondary students. They feature different activities including knowledge retrieval practice, multiple choice and spot the mistakes amongst other Drama related activities.
Contents of Drama Knowledge Retrieval Topic Task Card bundle
1 x Set of 24 Different topic Task Cards with a range of activities and styles in PDF
1 x Teacher answer sheet - All answers covered
2 x Student fill in activity sheets that can be used with the cards (optional)
How to use Knowledge Retrieval Topic Task Cards?
These cards are perfect as an extension task, starter or plenary and as a means of testing knowledge upon completion of a unit. For a short task (extension/starter/plenary), you can simply give them one or two cards and differentiate which cards are given according to the students level or their areas needing improvement. For an end of unit, you could hand the cards out to different groups and have them switch the cards after a certain period of time (e.g. one group gets multiple choice, one group gets spot the mistakes, one group gets photocards, etc.).
Benefits of using this new style of T&L activity
Set of retrieval activities
Motivating for students
Bitesize English tasks
Fun way to revise a topic
Allow for differentiation
Copy, cut and laminate – use over and over again
Versatile and can be used in many different ways
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This is a unit of work that looks at three contemporary theatre companies, it includes all the resources necessary and an assessment. The six week SOW is adapted from workshops designed by the Curious Theatre Company. The lessons are designed for two hour sessions and would be suitable for high ability KS3 or even KS4.
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