Scheme of work – Term 2

Year 9

Week Lesson Aims and Objectives

Week 1: 6th-10th January Lesson 1 Audition Technique - be able to Audition for School concert.
understand the rules and Students are to make use of
methods of what is expected Audition pack given to them
during an audition before Christmas holidays

Week 2: 13th-17th January Lesson 2 Begin to understand and work Using the script “Charlie and
with a script the chocolate factory”, start
to get a hands on
experience of how to work
with a script. Including
terminology of entrances
and exists and cues.

Week 3: 20th-24th January Lesson 3 Develop vocal control by Using the characters in the
understanding pitch, pace, script, work on various vocal
volume, tone and emphasis improvisations that go hand
in hand with the story-line

Week 4: 27th-31st January Lesson 4 Develop physical control Learn how to link physical

Week 5: 3rd-7th February
Week 6: 10th-14th February (half
days exams)
Week 7: 17th-21st February
(mid-term holidays friday 21st)
Week 8: 24th-28th February
( mid term holidays Monday and
Tuesday)
Week 9: 2nd-6th March
Lesson 5 Recognise the importance of and
put into practice, gesture,
movement and expression in
communicating meaning to an
audience
Lesson 6 Recognise the need for context
to emotion in order to portray
believable characters
Lesson 7 Understand the importance and
use of silence/pause
Lesson 8 Holiday no lesson
Lesson 9 Recognise the need for context
to emotion in order to portray
characteristics and body
quirks and movements to
particular characters. ( Use
characters from script)
Add on from last lesson.
Make sure that students are
understanding the use of
non-verbal communication
and that they can
understand others work had
they been the audience
Work on character arc.
How a character develops
and changes throughout the
story and how this can be
shown as we are blocking
the play
Work on tableaux and
freeze games to understand
the importance of silence
Work on a characters
specific emotion and
 believable characters character. Work on who,
what, where, when and
how.

Week 10: 9th-13th March Lesson 10 Begin to explore ideas and Continue working on last
feelings sensitively weeks lesson in more detail

Week 11: 16th-20th March Lesson 11 Work confidently and Group work- taking on a
(Thursday and Friday holidays) constructively on own or as part lead role and knowing when
of a group to take a stand back

Week 12: 23rd-27th March Lesson 12 Begin to explore ideas and Reach out from the script
feelings sensitively and make the character
yours by improvising
speech, ideas and feelings

Week 13: 30th March-3rd April Lesson 13 Respond to the work of others “Feeding” off each others
( Tuesday holiday) energy as actors and use it
to form their own character