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WHY STUDY DRAMA?
WHY STUDY DRAMA?
National 4/5 Drama helps you develop essential skills for the modern world and supports your personal growth.
It is also a recommended subject for pupils looking to venture into Law, and a desired subject for Medicine.
🎭 Course outline for National 4/5 Drama 🎭
🎭 Course outline for National 4/5 Drama 🎭
Drama Skills
In groups, you will respond to a variety of stimulus, creating your own unique drama, developing skills in teamwork and creativity.
Production Skills
You will learn in depth about all of the production areas, respond to a scripted stimulus, creating a design concept and working in a production role with a group of actors and designers.
Added-Value Unit (National 4)
Working as an actor or in a production role in groups, you will create your own performance using a published script.
Performance
(National 5)
Working as an actor or in a production role in groups, you will be examined on how you prepare and present scenes from a published text.
🎭 Assessment Information (National 5) 🎭
🎭 Assessment Information (National 5) 🎭
Written Exam
Written Exam
This is worth 40% of your final grade. The written paper has two sections. Section 1 is an evaluation of a previous performance, Section 2 is a response to stimulus.
Performance Exam
Performance Exam
This is worth 50% of your final grade. This takes place towards the end of the course. A visiting assessor comes to examine your performances, both actors and designers.
Preparation for Performance
Preparation for Performance
This is worth 10% of your grade. This is a 400 word essay which describes how you prepared for your final performance.
🎭 Assessment Information (National 4) 🎭
🎭 Assessment Information (National 4) 🎭
Drama Skills
Drama Skills
You will explore and develop your drama skills by creating and performing your own work, with opportunities to reflect and evaluate. You will be assessed throughout the process, complete a booklet and present your work to an audience.
Production Skills
Production Skills
You will be assessed working in one production area, where you will use your ideas to enhance a performance. You will complete a booklet, reflect throughout the process, and present your work to an audience.
Added-Value Unit
Added-Value Unit
Towards the end of the course you will create a performance working from a published script, and will be assessed by your teacher in an acting or production role.
🎭 META-SKILLS YOU DEVELOP IN DRAMA🎭
🎭 META-SKILLS YOU DEVELOP IN DRAMA🎭
Choosing National 4/5 Drama will allow you to develop all of the meta-skills, which will help you become a creative and adaptable learner, promoting your success for the future, whilst also making you stand out in the job market, as someone who can creatively collaborate and think outside of the box.
Who should pick Drama?
Who should pick Drama?
- S3 Pupils who have achieved Level 3+ or above.
- Pupils who have an understanding of health and safety expectations in the Drama studio.
- Pupils who are willing to collaborate and learn from others in the process.
- Pupils who are interested in the performing arts industry.
Pupils looking to build skills that in Drama that are helpful in other pathways.
🎭FURTHER PATHWAYS 🎭
S5/6:
Higher Drama
S5/6:
NPA Acting & Performance
NPA Technical Theatre
S5/6:
NPA Musical Theatre
S6:
Advanced Higher Drama
🎭 EXTRA-CURRICULAR AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
🎭 EXTRA-CURRICULAR AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
DRAMA CLUB (PASTA) ARTS COUNCIL
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