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Year 7 

Curriculum Map

Lesson No:

Work

Key Assessments

1

The Drama Toolkit 1:

Introductory lesson; freeze frame focus. Exploring status within performance.

 

2

The Drama Toolkit 2:

Continuation of developing freeze frame core skill. Transitions and mime embedded.

Freeze frame success criteria introduced.
3

The Drama Toolkit 3:

Introduction to stimulus and thoughts aloud technique. Lowry painting stimulus.

Thoughts aloud success criteria introduced.
4

The Drama Toolkit 4:

Pupils consolidate skills of freeze frames and thoughts aloud in a performance piece.

Early Assessment Lesson:

Pupils to demonstrate their ability to combine the use of freeze frames (with transitions and mime) and thoughts aloud in a showcase performance.

Success criteria provided.

5

The Drama Toolkit 5:

Introduction to conscience alley technique; linked to previous work on thoughts aloud.

Conscience alley success criteria introduced.
6

The Drama Toolkit 6:

Continuation of conscience alley skills focus. Development to include a 4th actor to embed the technique in a roleplay scene.

Conscience alley success criteria.
7

The Drama Toolkit 7:

Pupils consolidate skills of roleplay, conscience alley and thoughts aloud.

Assessment Lesson:

Pupils to demonstrate their ability to combine the use of roleplay, thoughts aloud and conscience alley in a showcase performance.

8

The Identification Lesson 1:

Poem - using Drama skills and techniques to explore stimulus material.

Stimulus introduced - pupils explore backstory using freeze frames and thoughts aloud.

Thoughts aloud success criteria.
9

The Identification Lesson 2:

Crimewtach reconstruction which embeds the pupils use of freeze frames, transitions and thoughts aloud.

Success criteria for the combination of skills specific to this lesson task.
10

The Identification Lesson 3 :

Police interviews developing the technique of thoughts aloud and conscience alley.

Conscience alley success criteria.
11

The Identification Lesson 4 - Final Assessment Performance:

Exploring character guilt using thoughts aloud and conscience alley technique.

End of Year 7 Assessment Lesson:

Pupils demonstrate their ability to combine the use of roleplay, thoughts aloud and conscience alley in a showcase performance.

12 Lesson 12 is a "cushion" lesson which allows for lessons potentially missed due to PHSE / INSET days etc. This allows ensures that all pupils complete the final assessment of rotation.