Welcome to the GCSE Drama! Click on the buttons below to access materials to support your revision and study.
If you have any questions, please contact: ajoseph@rodingvalley.net or rwilson@rodingvalley.net
GCSE Drama revision resources
Component 1 - Devised - Current Y11
From July of Year 10 to November of Year 11 you are working on your devised component
Here are the folders which contains all of the lesson presentations and the images, videos, mind-maps etc, which you have created.
Here are the Splendid and Drama Online login instructions, so you can see streaming theatre for free
Here is a video of an A Level group from two years ago, which chose Splendid as their practitioner.
Here is a Year 11 recording from last year, they are using Splendid as their style. And here is a group from the year before, which is more like Epic Theatre.
COMP3 - Section A - Noughts & Crosses
Noughts & Crosses, by Malorie Blackman, adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz, NHB/Pilot Theatre Edition. You all have copies of the play, but if you need one, here is the correct edition. Noughts & Crosses Pilot Theatre text
There is currently no Noughts & Crosses revision book for drama, which you can buy in a shop, but there are lots of resources on the drive, such as this one, which is packed with useful information: Noughts & Crosses Eduqas information pack [There is a revision guide for the AQA syllabus, but this is for a different adaptation of the story, so avoid this one as it will just confuse you.]
Knowledge organisers: Knowledge organiser, Alternative knowledge organiser,
[Digital resource] Use the scene by scene breakdown table to plan your staging for each section of the play.
[Digital resource] A short article about costume, hair and makeup for Noughts and crosses.
[Video resource] Use the videos on the left of the screen to watch clips from the actual original production by Pilot Theatre. There is a dramatisation of the novel on BBC iPlayer, but it is very different from the play, and we do not advise that you use it as a revision tool.
A playlist of videos of Pilot Theatre's original performance: Playlist
COMP3 - Section B - Splendid's Ubu
[Digital resource] Splendid productions information pack:Splendid's Ubu education pack
[Digital resource] We have subscribed to the streaming version of Ubu, available from the Splendid Productions website. Instructions about how to login are here.
[Digital resource] Knowledge organisers from the exam board which focus on the acting skills and Interpretation, audience, style and space.
[Digital resource] The Ubu folder, including Tell Me 5 sheets, how to logon to watch Ubu, lessons slides, Mr Wilson's video commentary, PPE feedback, etc: Ubu folder. Also, here is the shared version of the Tell Me 5 that Y11 created previously.
General revision
Eduqas GCSE Drama Study & Revision Guide
Online resources:
BBC Bitesize revision Eduqas specific
Resources from the exam board:
A link to the full specification
A link to the past papers and mark schemes. You need to use the documents that refer to Component 3, which is our written exam.
COMP3 - Section B - Splendid's The Government Inspector - FOR YEAR 11 ONLY
[Digital resource] Splendid productions information pack: [Splendid's Government Inspector education pack]
[Digital resource] We have subscribed to the streaming version of The Government Inspector, available from the Splendid Productions website. Instructions about how to login are here.
[Digital resource] Knowledge organisers from the exam board which focus on the acting skills and Interpretation, audience, style and space.
[Digital resource] The Splendid folder, including Tell Me 5 sheets, how to login to watch it, lessons slides, Mr Wilson's video commentary, PPE feedback, etc: Ubu folder. Also, here is the shared version of the Tell Me 5 that Y11 created previously.
Get started task: Section B
We have already started a great get-started-task! Here are the tell-me-5 documents we began in lockdown:
Tell me 5 - Dr Faustus LTE - extract 1
Tell me 5 - Dr Faustus LTE - extract 2
Objective - improve your set of examples and evaluation of the extracts.
Task - make your own copies of these documents. Watch Dr Faustus again, including Mr Wilson’s video commentary version [available HERE as soon as he has made it!]
Priority: complete the sections about voice
After that: Create new tell-me-5s for other extracts