Classic and contemporary character studies AQA AS Unit 1 The idea is to use

The idea is to use this scheme in Year 12 in order to develop students’ devising skills before they embark on the assessed work in Year 13

The activities in this article are structured in an accelerated learning format

Ortensio and Florindo for the male characters and Isabella

Music and sound can be used to create atmosphere

Classic and contemporary character studies AQA AS Unit 1 The idea is to useThe aim of this scheme of work is to focus closely on the creation of character and to encourage students to think carefully about how to create convincing characters. The work is mainly based on short extracts of text, used first of all for students to examine closely a character in order physically and mentally to recreate them. Secondly, students will work off text to devise their own pieces of work based around the characters to whom they have