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OCR Drama for GCSE

Authors: David Cross and Christopher Reynolds

Hodder Education is OCR’s official publishing partner for Drama, and OCR Drama for GCSE is endorsed by OCR for use with the OCR GCSE Drama specification.

This brand-new textbook is written by a team of experienced authors and examiners. It guides students through the requirements of the specification and helps them to prepare thoroughly for the examination, including their Working Record. The accompanying Teacher Resource Disc gives teachers, especially non-specialists, tools to deliver in-depth, fascinating drama lessons.

OCR- Hodder Education partnership logoTo find out more about the OCR Drama GCSE (for first teaching in 2009) go to the Drama area of the OCR website.

OCR Drama for GCSE

Sample pages

  The Student’s Book provides:
  • A clear introduction to the key drama concepts and an explanation of how performance work reinforces theoretical understanding
  • Numerous theory and performance-based tasks that allow students to put what they have learned into practice
  • Performance tasks that encourage group work and follow the specification convention of preparation, exploration, rehearsal, presentation and review
  • Examiner commentary to prepare students for their exam



The Teacher Resource Disc contains:

  • Extracts, short whole scripts, exemplar student material and video examples of GCSE workshop presentations
  • Teaching notes linked to the specification
  • Reinforcement material for the less able and extension material for the most able
  • Links to relevant websites