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Key Stages: KS3 – KS4
Length: 8 full lessons (can extend to 10)
Includes: 8 PowerPoints, full printable pack, BIGVLF toolkit, Flash-Card deck, teacher planning map
Format: Editable PPTX + DOCX

Unlock Genre, Build Skills, Deliver Outstanding Devised Drama
This complete scheme takes students on a thrilling journey through classic melodrama and murder-mystery storytelling. It blends bold physical characterisation with modern High Performance Learning (HPL) strategies and a core acting toolkit: BIGVLF (Body Language, Interaction, Gesture, Voice, Levels, Facial Expression). Perfect for preparing students for devising units, scripted physical theatre, or ensemble-based performance.

What’s Included?
-8 Editable Lesson PowerPoints: from genre exploration to final performance
-Mystery Flash-Card Deck: 32 printable cards (character, motive, setting, weapon)
-BIGVLF Character Sheet: for tracking physical/vocal development across 3 key rehearsals
-Peer Feedback Spotlight Sheet: structured AFL tool with sentence stems
-Teacher Scheme Map: at-a-glance planner covering all 8 lessons, skills, resources & HPL
-Printable Plot Planner + Rehearsal Tools (embedded or linked in lessons)

All resources are editable and classroom-ready.

-Skills-Based, Story-Rich & Feedback-Driven
-Teaches dramatic structure with the Three Ps (Provocation, Pangs, Penalty)
-Embeds physical and vocal technique with BIGVLF scaffold
-Uses peer-to-peer AFL through Spotlight Sheet (printable or digital)
-Builds High Performance Learning outcomes: linking, collaboration, risk-taking, evaluation
-Great for GCSE/BTEC prep and Year 9 options

Ideal For:
-Drama departments seeking a fresh take on ensemble devising
-Teachers wanting performance clarity AND creative fun
-Covering physical theatre, genre study, or HPL-based curriculum
-Printable tracking tools for drama portfolios or evidence of progress

Curriculum Links
-GCSE Drama: Component 1 devising (performance & log), analysis of technique
-BTEC Tech Award: Development, rehearsal process, performance feedback

Literacy/SEL: Character voice, motive, narrative justice, moral outcomes

Built with HPL In Mind
-Every lesson includes 1–2 HPL Focus Points (e.g. Meta-cognition, Creative Risk, Precision, Mastery). These are clearly flagged and supported with tailored reflection tasks.