This document outlines the weekly lessons and activities for a Year 11 performance unit over 14 weeks. It includes details of workshops with an outside theatre company, developing roles, scripts, songs, and rehearsals. The goal is to perform a musical production, with auditions occurring in Week 10 and performances planned for the first week back from half term holidays in Week 15. Various production roles are also listed.

1. Year 11 C&M: Performance Unit 2011-12
Week Lesson Teacher Lesson Content HWK/DEADLINES
Weds 5th Oct P3 - SSA Create Production Schedule and research into successful
musicals
Thurs 6th Oct P4 - SSA Research Target Audience – quantitative/qualitative
Fri 7th Oct P4 - SSA Analysis of results and Read some musicals (3)
P5 - DBH Read some musicals (3)
6 Tues 11th Oct P2 - MWQ Finish reading and feedback to rest of team what we
like/don’t like/ What we want to use
P3 - MWQ Research Roles/ Create a CV/ Group Decision on role
Weds 12th Oct P3 - SSA Devising Workshop with YMT 1
Thurs 13th Oct P4 - SSA Brainstorming Storylines
Fri 14th Oct P4 - SSA Character developing - profiles
P5 - DBH Practical Improvisations – based on characters and storyline
7 Tues 18th Oct P2 - MWQ ANIMATION UNIT
P3 - MWQ ANIMATION UNIT
Weds 19th Oct P3 - SSA Evaluate ‘Britain’s Got Bhangra’ – Write a review
Thurs 20th Oct ALL DAY Devising Workshop with YMT 2
Fri 21st Oct ALL DAY Devising Workshop with YMT 3
Sat 22nd/ Sun 9-6pm Devising/Performing Workshop with YMT 4
23rd Oct
HALF TERM WEEK
st
Tues 1 Nov P2 - MWQ Evaluate YMT Performance and workshops/ Write a Scene by
scene breakdown
8 P3 - MWQ Write a scene for the Script
Weds 2nd Nov P3 - SSA Write a scene for the Script Complete for HOMEWORK
Thurs 3rd Nov P4 - SSA INDIVIDUAL ROLES BEGIN – Editing of overall script
Fri 4th Nov P4 - SSA INDIVIDUAL ROLES BEGIN – Editing of overall script
P5 - DBH INDIVIDUAL ROLES BEGIN – Editing of overall script Complete Editing Script
th
Tues 8 Nov P2 - MWQ SCRIPT SHOULD BE COMPLETE – Production team to read

2. P3 - MWQ Make any editing decisions as a team
th
9 Weds 9 Nov Targeted Intervention Day
Thurs 10th Nov P4 - SSA Individual roles
Fri 11th Nov P4 - SSA Individual roles
P5 - DBH Individual roles
Monday 14th SSA 3.15 Eng functional skills and read through whole script
Tues 15th Nov P2 - MWQ Compose songs/ edit lyrics/organize auditions/ individual roles
P3 - MWQ Compose songs/ edit lyrics/organize auditions/ individual roles
10 Weds 16th Nov P3 - SSA Rehearse for Auditions and send out school audition promotional Auditions – FOR Creative MEDIA
material
Thurs 17th Nov P4 - SSA Prepare for audition Auditions for Whole School
Fri 18th Nov P4 - SSA Make casting decisions
P5 - DBH Rehearsal - Performance
Mon 21st Whole school auditions
Tues 22nd Nov P2 - MWQ Rehearsal - Singing
P3 - MWQ Rehearsal - Singing
11 Weds 23rd Nov P3 - SSA Individual roles
Thurs 24th Nov P4 - SSA Individual roles
Fri 25th Nov P4 - SSA Rehearsal - Performance
P5 - DBH Rehearsal - Performance
Tues 29th Nov P2 - MWQ Rehearsal - Singing
P3 - MWQ Rehearsal - Singing
12 Weds 30th Nov P3 - SSA Individual roles
Thurs 1st Dec P4 - SSA Individual roles
Fri 2nd Dec P4 - SSA Rehearsal - Performance
P5 - DBH Rehearsal - Performance
Tues 6th Dec P2 - MWQ Rehearsal - Singing
P3 - MWQ Rehearsal - Singing
13 Weds 7th Dec P3 - SSA Individual roles
Thurs 8th Dec P4 - SSA Individual roles
Fri 9th Dec P4 - SSA Rehearsal - Performance

3. P5 - DBH Rehearsal - Performance
th
Tues 13 Dec P2 - MWQ Rehearsal - Singing
P3 - MWQ Rehearsal - Singing
14 Weds 14th Dec P3 - SSA Individual roles
Thurs 15th Dec P4 - SSA Individual roles
Fri 16th Dec P4 - SSA Rehearsal - Performance
P5 - DBH Rehearsal - Performance
CHRISTMAS BREAK
5 weeks of rehearsal after Christmas
Performance Dates –W/B 20th February (First week back after half term)
1. Set Designer (assistant props designer)
2. Props Designer (assistant set designer)
3. Costume Designer
4. Music Composer
5. Director/Script Editor
6. Assistant Director/Script Editor
7. Choreographer
8. Assistant Music Composer – to direct a sound technician
9. Marketing Manager
10. Lighting Designer
11. Production Manager – budgets, decisions, meetings, deadlines etc
12. Casting Director