The document outlines the process and criteria for creating a devising portfolio in drama, emphasizing the importance of reflection and evaluation of personal contributions and group work. It provides guidance on analyzing performance, genre, structure, and individual roles while encouraging detailed written responses through specific prompts. Success criteria are stated, including effective use of drama vocabulary and personal assessment based on specified questions.

1. Think →Pair → Share
Has my
understanding of
the themes linked
to ‘Saw it in the
Papers’
increased?
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2. Be a collector of good ideas, but
don't trust your memory, write it
down
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3. C1 Devising
Learning Intention
A04 Analyse and evaluate their own work and the work of others.
Success Criteria By the end of the lesson I will be able to:
• Understand my areas of success and my areas for personal development
• Identify how you need to improve next time
• Complete a written portfolio response to the practical work.
SBS: How will you use these skills to help you achieve the success criteria?
SBS: Resourceful (Questioning, Making Links, Imagining)
SBS: Reciprocal (Collaboration, Empathy & Listening, Imitation)
SBS: Reflective (Planning, Revising, Distilling)
SBS: Resilient (Absorption, Managing Distractions, Noticing, Perseverance)C1 Devising Portfolio

4. Starter
• Re-cap on practical work
explored over the last few
weeks:
• Sequence of Still Images
based on the poem
• Response to Berkoff’s Acting
Style exploring the poem
• Conscience Corridor
• Role-Play (Hot-Seating)
• Mark the Moment
(Headlines)
• Role-Play (Cross-Cutting)
• Devising
• Performing
Success Criteria
• Understand my areas of success
and my areas for personal
development
• Identify how you need to
improve next time
• Complete a written response to
the practical work.
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5. Circle Share
• What was your performance about? What was the intention of
the performance?
• At least ONE idea that you contributed towards the performance
in rehearsal?
• A significant moment during the development process and when
rehearsing that really made a difference to the performance.
• What genre was the piece?
• At least ONE strategy you used to form the structure of the
piece?
• How effective was your contribution to the final performance?
• Were you successful in what you set out to achieve? What went
well?
• What could you do even better next time?C1 Devising Portfolio

6. SUCCESS CRITERA
WRITTEN RESPONSE
I use drama vocabulary
when evaluating and
analysing my work using
WWW (What went well)
and EBI (Even Better If)
ANALYSIS & EVALUATION
Performance and Intentions
ANALYSIS &
EVALUATION
Development of
Content, Style,
Structure,
Characterisation
Key words from top level of assessment criteria
• Assured, fully-balanced and considered analysis
and evaluation of personal contribution to the
creation, development and refinement process.
• Assured, fully-balanced and considered analysis
and evaluation of decisions made regarding
content, genre, structure, character, form, style,
and language.
• Comprehensive, fully-balanced and considered
analysis and evaluation of individual
performance/design skills demonstrated in the
performance.
• Demonstrates accomplished comprehensive
ability to analyse and evaluate the realisation of
creative intentions within the performance, with
fully-balanced analysis and evaluation.
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7. Written Response
TITLE: Devising Portfolio
Write today’s date in the top right hand corner
of the page and answer the four sections using
detailed examples and in as much detail as
possible.
Remember to use the P.E.E. model in your
answers
• Point (What?)
• Evidence (How?)
• Explain (Why?)
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8. GCSE - Each student must include a
response to the following questions.
1. What was your initial response to the stimuli and what were the
intentions of the piece?
2. What work did your group do in order to explore the stimuli and
start to create ideas for performance?
3. What were some of the significant moments during the
development process and when rehearsing and refining your
work?
4. How did you consider genre, structure, character, form, style, and
language throughout the process?
5. How effective was your contribution to the final performance?
6. Were you successful in what you set out to achieve?
Word Count: 1500-2000
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9. Keywords for Written Response
Rehearsal
Strategies
Devising Strategies Medium of Drama Elements of Drama
Hot-Seating Role-Play Props Plot/Content
Role-on-the-Wall Narration Set Protagonist
Forum Theatre Mark the Moment Sound Form
Spontaneous
Improvisation
Still Image Music Climax/Anti-climax
Conscience Corridor Monologue Costume Characterisation
Cross-Cutting Masks Symbolism
Thought-Tracking Spoken Language Contrast
Soliloquy Movement
Sound Scaping Mime
Abstract Drama Gesture
Cliff Hanger Physical Theatre
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10. Written Response
TITLE: Devising Portfolio
STRETCH & CHALLENGE – Give
clear examples of HOW your
used the skills practically using
connectives -
• Whoever, whatever, if,
meanwhile, moreover,
nonetheless, for, while,
when, as, therefore,
however, so and with,
although, besides, but, since,
consequently, furthermore,
henceforward, until,
notwithstanding, whereas,
then, because, whenever,
after, nevertheless, yet,
alternatively
I use drama
vocabulary when
evaluating and
analysing my work
using WWW (What
went well) and EBI
(Even Better If)
ANALYSIS & EVALUATION
Performance and Intentions
ANALYSIS &
EVALUATION
Development of
Content, Style,
Structure,
Characterisation
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11. 1. What was your initial response to the stimuli and
what were the intentions of the piece?
2. What work did your group do in order to explore
the stimuli and start to create ideas for performance?
• Focus on the practical application of your
research and stimulus material. How did
the stimulus material influence your
piece in terms of plot outline, style of
presentation, images or themes?
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12. 3. What were some of the significant moments during the
development process and when rehearsing and refining your work?
• When looking at ‘significant moments’ look at
your logbooks. What rehearsals stood out
where significant progress was made or a
break through occurred? Write about ideas
that were both accepted and rejected as a
result of exploration, giving full reasons to
justify the choices that you made. Be specific.
• Identify significant moments in rehearsal when
practical advances were made in the
development of your material and your piece.
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13. Example 1
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14. 4. How did you consider genre, structure, character,
form, style, and language throughout the process?
• GENRE/STYLE – The style should define the piece and be
evident to your audience from the opening scene. Did
you use a range of styles and approaches?
• FORM/STRUCTURE – This refers to the whole range of
drama strategies that you used, from monologue to still
images. You must give the audience the opportunity to go
on a journey with the characters. Which forms of theatre
were most appropriate for the impact that you intended
to make and remember to continually justify why
decisions were made throughout the process.
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15. Example 1 - Style
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16. Example 2 - Structure
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17. 4. How did you consider genre, structure, character,
form, style, and language throughout the process?
This is a personal response about you and your role(s) and, as
with all the written evidence, it needs to be written in the first
person.
There are three stages to this question.
i. To identify early research into your character
ii. How your piece practically developed for you through
individual research and through 1/2 breakthrough moments
in the rehearsal process
iii. To recognise your role as part of the whole piece and not to
see it in isolation. Consider how your role(s) complemented
those of others and why it might have been necessary to
contrast with other characters for the purpose of emphasis
for the audience.
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18. Example 1
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19. Example 2
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20. 5. How effective was your contribution to the final
performance?
6. Were you successful in what you set out to achieve?
• You need to self-analyse as this evaluation requires you to be balanced
and honest in your view of ‘success’.
• The first thing you need to so is BE CLEAR about what your AIMS and
INTENTIONS for your piece actually were.
• Avoid generalisations that mean little. Instead root your answer in the
actual performance. Select two/three central scenes to your piece.
• As a performer you know instinctively how the audience received a certain
scene. It may be nothing like what you expected or intended. Remember
that their reactions are vital.
• It might be worth noting your beginning and ending. How did you grab
your audience from the word go and how did you leave them feeling when
they left?
• What more might you have done in terms of scene order, editing, adding
new scenes, the way the story was told, changing the staging or the
music? Was your central message clear? If not, how would you clarify for
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21. Example 1
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22. Devising Portfolio
• Look closely at the wording of the questions
• Be open and honest in your appraisal of your
work
• Distinct and specific practical examples linked
to research material
• Focus on the key words from the assessment
criteria – research, explore, develop and
evaluate
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23. Marking for Improvement
DIRT
• Dedicated
• Improvement
&
• Reflection
• Time
FAR
• Feedback
• Action
• Response
How can I improve in Drama?
In GREEN pen complete
your ACTIONS with your
RESPONSE to improve your
written work.
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