Written for students taking the AQA GCSE drama specification, this text aims to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding students need to succeed in the course. The book takes a "hands-on" approach with activities and practice in both the written and practical elements of the exam.

Written by a highly experienced and respected Drama teacher and Author, Annie Fox, this comprehensive resource offers detailed guidance on how to approach performing duologues for the GCSE Drama course. It aims to help students have the most positive possible experience of performing duologues, from choosing ones that suits their skills, supporting their rehearsals and trouble-shooting common problems. - Provides guidance on how to select a duologue, including the choice of character, content and genre. - Includes a large selection of exemplar duologues for performance practice, each with a summary of the setting and characters, as well as notes to aid in understanding and breaking down the scene. - Offers advice and tips on how to rehearse and troubleshoot common issues such as forgetting lines and ensuring students demonstrate a range of skills. - Covers a wide range of genres and styles, including the horror thriller Let the Right One In, the friendship drama Out of Love and the hilarious fantasy comedy, Alice. - Supports all GCSE Drama specifications including AQA, OCR, Edexcel and WJEC/Eduqas, and offers high-quality support you can trust.

Success in GSCE Drama is accompanied by its own DVD, which showcases practical demonstrations by students themselves of teaching and learning points from each of the four schemes of work.

This guide explores the roles, skills and knowledge needed to become an effective drama teacher. It combines practical advice on planning, teaching and assessing with the best teaching practices. It also offers lesson plans for years 7-9 students to use intheir teaching.

This book offers a wealth of resources, critical overviews and detailed analysis of Ivo van Hove's internationally acclaimed work as the foremost director of theatre, opera and musicals in our time. Stunning production photos capture the power of van Hove's directorial vision, his innovative use of theatrical spaces, and the arresting stage images that have made his productions so popular among audiences worldwide over the last 30 years. Van Hove's own contribution to the book, which includes a foreword, interview and his director's notes for some of his most popular shows, makes this book a unique resource for students, scholars and for his fans across the different art forms in which he works. An informative introduction provides an overview of van Hove's unique approach to directing, while five sections, individually curated by experts in the respective fields of Shakespeare, classical theatre, modern theatre, opera, musicals, film, and international festival curatorship, offer readers a combination of critical insight and short excerpts by van Hove's collaborators, the actors in the ensemble companies van Hove works with in Amsterdam and New York, and by arts critics and reviewers.

Approved by AQA. The AQA GCSE Media Studies Student Book has been revised and updated to reflect the latest amendments to the specification. This accessible and engaging resource will support students through their GCSE Media Studies course. What's new in the Revised Edition? - Coverage of the new close study products for assessment from 2023 onwards, including: Black Widow (film - media industries) How You Like That by Blackpink (music video - media industries and media audiences) KISS Breakfast (radio - media industries and audiences) His Dark Materials: The City of Magpies (television programme - all four areas of the theoretical framework) The social media and online output of Marcus Rashford (online, social and participatory media - all four areas of the theoretical framework) - New examples of contemporary media products across a range of forms. - Updated sections on media contexts to reflect recent developments in culture and society. - Up-to-date statistics and information about media industries and audiences - New activities to reinforce students' knowledge and understanding. What have we retained? - Highly visual and engaging design. - Detailed coverage of all areas of the specification, supported by highly illustrated examples. - Exploration of the theoretical framework of Media Studies, applied to a range of media forms and products. - Dedicated chapter on the Non-Exam Assessment element of the specification provides clear guidance on how students will be assessed. - Additional online exam guidance chapter introduces students to practice questions and the assessment objectives. - A variety of activities and extension tasks to help students broaden their knowledge and understanding and encourage independent learning.

Inspired Drama Teaching is packed full of practical ideas to inspire your students and colleagues. This book offers tips and ideas on everything a teacher of secondary drama needs to cover, including: • Explorative strategies, such as role play and forum-theatre • Activities for making use of stimuli, such as scripts and music • Ideas for incorporating the elements of drama, such as rhythm and characterisation • Approaching drama as a medium, through the use of mime and make-up. This book includes a chapter on getting the students to work collaboratively, and one on making use of ICT within drama on the companion website. There is also a chapter dedicated to embodying drama and dramatic techniques across the curriculum, so you can get your colleagues excited about drama as well. There's a handy exam specification matrix online too. Inspired Drama Teaching isn't only for teachers just beginning their careers on the school stage; even experienced drama and English teachers will find plenty of new ideas and activities.

This is a complete guide to how to become a successful teacher of English in secondary school. The book enables readers to design a tailor-made program to suit their individual needs as a student teacher.

A collection of extracts from plays, designed for use in the short performance assessment in the GCSE Drama specifications. The plays have been selected to last approximately 20 minutes and aim to develop the performance skills of students from a wide ability range.

The GCSE Drama Coursebook is firmly based on practical explorations of how to make, perform and respond to drama. The resources used to stimulate drama are exciting and varied, ranging from photo-love stories and poems to fine art and contemporary plays.