DNA by Dennis Kelly: Routes to Revision

by Iona Towler-Evans

This book provides a number of attractive and purposeful tasks and activities which engage students in active revision processes for the play DNA by Dennis Kelly, in order to help them to achieve specified AQA outcomes. It will incorporate creative and reflective tasks and devices, to help them make sense of the play for themselves, offer a personal and original response to the play in order to fulfil the requirements of the highest grades in GCSE English Literature.

The main objectives of the book are as follows:
- To offer attractive ways for the students to examine the text from a range of viewpoints.
- To guide their thinking about the text, and provide the tools for analyses in terms of plot, settings, character, key themes and issues, language, structure, context.
- To help students to relate the outcomes of tasks to the requirements of the most challenging examination questions.

Genres: Plays, Theatre

96 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2017

Reviews

[Tyler · Rating 1 out of 5]

IT IS SHIT

[priya · Rating 4 out of 5]

rip adam 🙏
phil my problematic fave i could fix him

[Mariana · Rating 5 out of 5]

The plot is engaging throughout the play. It is a good kind of confusing, 'a lot to unpack'. Interesting characters with complete personalties. Highlights morals. Individual vs Others sort of conflict.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

the dialogue is cool but I don’t really get the huge monologue chunks especially with all the stage directions about food? Maybe I’m just not smart enough to get it idk. I felt like it had more potential than it lived up to but I did like it

[Avesta · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't enjoy this book much, although it was quite interesting. Be warned though. Some parts are quite sexual or violent! This book is also used in GCSE English Literature.

[Jazzy · Rating 1 out of 5]

read for school

[phia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leah❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[Jess :) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read it for school
Might as-well put it on here
Pretty shit but 2/5 bc of phil

[mills · Rating 4 out of 5]

what the fuck but in a literally amazed stunned way

[Georgie.bookss · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can see why its known to be quite dark, not the best thing ive read but not the worst, was a good easy read.

[saintvitiosisgf · Rating 3 out of 5]

this shit will always be so good.

[Ki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can imagine using some of the scenes as acting exercises- where the actors are focussing on how they’re saying things not what they’re saying. Like Pinter… but not as good

[Hannah ♡ ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing script

[Annabel Tollner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved all the different characters in this play! Idea of crime and its link to bullying was interesting and worked well!

[Emma Wedge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ehhhh… it’s alright. Had to read it in school. If you’re looking for monologues for drama courses DO NOT USE THIS BOOK!! It is so over done and people just switch off. If you’re doing it for drama BTEC good luck!

[Evie Howlett · Rating 2 out of 5]

There was nothing wrong with this book exactly. I just thought it was a bit meh.