Text-Based Performance Activity Pack for GCSE Edexcel Drama
To support Component 2: Performance from Text
From selecting texts to the final performance, address all aspects of creating a text-based performance with this exciting pack!
24 practical and non-practical activities for use with any text will enthuse and engage students and ensure they get the most from every line and stage direction.
- Stimulating exercises fuel creativity and energise students’
performances:
- Bring out characters’ inner beasts with transformative tasks
- Experience the sights and sounds of the play through installations and soundscapes
- Banish pre-performance nerves using ‘what if…?;’ techniques
- Use as whole lessons, or to provide focus in a student-led rehearsal session
- Fully matched to all requirements of Component 2: Performance from Text
- Handy overview grid with key activity information – for quick and easy planning!
- Ready-to-use student worksheets – minimal preparation needed!
Practical and well-structured worksheets allow for more detailed exploration of ideas
Activities include: Top 10 ✪ Group Collage ✪
Stereotype Opinions ✪ Timeline ✪ Emotional
Graphs ✪ Exaggerated Emotions ✪ Inside Out
✪ Lead with Your Body ✪ Animal
Characteristics ✪ How to Get What You Want ✪
Lights, Camera, Action! ✪ Dressing the Part ✪
Lighting the Frame ✪ Soundscapes ✪ What If
✪ Focus In ✪ Speeding Through ✪
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What do teachers say about this resource? (7471)
High quality and appropriate for GCSE Drama students who are studying towards Edexcel Component 2: Performance from Text. I would be happy to use this resource as an introduction to text in performance