Year 8 – Drama

Head of Subject: Mrs H Lloyd

Intended Outcomes

Whole Word Issues – Students will develop their devising skills with a stimulus of real world issues, introducing the practitioner Brecht, Epic Theatre and relevant techniques whilst developing GEMS, analysis and evaluation skills. 
Noughts and Crosses – Students will develop their understanding of scripted drama through the play Noughts and Crosses and how to apply their understanding of Brecht, Epic Theatre and relevant techniques whilst developing GEMS, analysis and evaluation skills. 


Drama of the Past – Students will explore three different styles of theatre from the past including Greek Theatre, Melodrama and Commedia Dell’Arte, considering elements of these styles while developing GEMS, analysis and evaluation skills leading to devising their own performance. 


Live theatre – Students will watch a recorded live theatre performance of Shrek the Musical, analysing and evaluating the performance against the acronym CLASS (Costume, Lighting, Acting skills, Set/staging/props and Sound) gaining a wider understanding of all elements of theatre. 

  • Course Implementation

    Whole World Issues 

    Students will work as a class and in small groups to take part in practical and written activities to explore Brechtian techniques and understand the intention behind Epic Theatre, leading to devising their own piece exploring an important world issue and completing an extended piece of writing analysing and evaluating their work. Assessed through a practical performance to the teacher and the class and a written evaluation of their work. 

    Noughts and Crosses 

    Students will work as a class and in pairs to take part in practical and written activities to develop understanding of Brechtian techniques and the intention behind Epic Theatre, leading to exploring and staging a scene from the play Noughts and Crosses and completing an extended piece of writing, analysing and evaluating their work. Assessed through a practical performance to the teacher and the class and a written evaluation of their work. 

    Drama of the Past 

    Students will work as a class and in small groups to take part in practical and written activities to develop understanding of Greek Theatre, Commedia Dell’Arte and Melodrama, working to devise a piece in one of these styles and completing an extended piece of writing analysing and evaluating their work. Assessed through a practical performance to the teacher and the class and a written evaluation of their work. 

    Live Theatre – Shrek the Musical  

    Students will watch the pre-recorded live theatre production of Shrek the musical and work to explore the varying elements of CLASS (Costume, Acting skills, Set/staging/props and Sound), completing written and practical activities leading to an extended piece of writing. Assessed through work in books and a written evaluation of the performance watched. 

Learning Impact

Knowledge and skills will be assessed through monitoring of books and marking of written and practical work against the department marking grid and the schools’ marking policy. This will be reported to parents on parent’s evenings and through whole school reports. 

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