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KS3/4 Drama - Engaging with a Difficult Text - Dr Faustus

KS3/4 Drama - Engaging with a Difficult Text - Dr Faustus

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This programme features an inspiring example of one teacher's approach to engaging students with the meaning and language of a "difficult" text.

At Haggerston School for Girls, east London, head of drama Rachel Ray Choudhuri's mixed-ability Year 10 GCSE group tackle their first piece of coursework text - the final speech of Marlowe's Tragical History of Dr Faustus, written in the late 16th century.

Exercises featured include:

  • A warm-up linked to paranoia and tension
  • A sequence of short exercises on desire, ambition and selling your soul, which helps encourage pupils to make connections with popular film and television storylines
  • A look at the text itself: despite initial reservations, they develop imaginative work that includes Marlowe's original language
  • Devising ways of involving four or five performers in each piece, despite the text being a soliloquy
  • Evaluation of each others' work
  • Pupils documenting the lesson for themselves and reflecting on the value of this process
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Stages:
KS4 | Secondary
Subjects:
Drama | English | Literature
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Teacher

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The National Remodelling team A document outlining the national agreement on raising standards and tackling workload

English and Media Centre Offers professional development courses, publications for the classroom, an online library of quality teaching resources and consultancy

Ken Taylor: Drama in Education Taylor is principal lecturer in drama at Middlesex University. This site was originally created to develop links with colleagues involved in research into drama in education but now offers many more resources

London Drama The professional subject association of teachers, lecturers, teachers-in-training, theatre practitioners and others concerned with any aspect of drama or theatre education in London

National Drama Courses, discussions and publications

The National Theatre Aims to bridge the gap between theatre talent and young people, their families, teachers and researchers in the local, national and international communities

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