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Drama develops confident and reflective practitioners poised to be the creative scholars and leaders of tomorrow.
OVERVIEW OF COURSE
Drama develops confident and reflective practitioners poised to be the creative scholars and leaders of tomorrow.
Drama is divided into four components.
Skills focuses on building vocal and physical skills. These transferable skills are used to build confidence, communications and gain the foundations of drama.
Genre investigations look at traditional and current forms of drama techniques and conventions.
Devising, enables students to use what they have learnt to create theatre that is well structured.
In year nine the component of Social context is added. Here, students look at present day topics among scripted work. Aiming to raise their critical awareness of the world around them whilst developing analytical skills.
PROGRAMME OF STUDY
SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE / UNDERSTANDING
Creating and Developing Theatre
Know and understand how to create their own piece of theatre.
Understanding which techniques to use in a performance to show style/theatre practitioner.
Understanding how to develop and rehearse a performance.
Understand how to work collaboratively with others.
Contribute ideas as an individual to the final performance.
Theatrical Skills
Know how to sustain a character for a piece of theatre.
Planned use of vocal skills such as tone, pitch and volume to show artistic intentions.
Use of movement, body and gesture to show artistic intentions.
Contribute as an individual to the live performance.
Interpretation and Engagement
Identify characteristics of a text (character, language and stage directions)
Explore the social, cultural and historical context of the play.
Rehearsing and performing play scripts to show an understanding of the characters and themes.
Contribution
Understand how to interact with other actors on stage.
Understand how best to sustain audience interest in a performance.
Using Drama Vocabulary
Recall and understand the key bank of words in Drama.
Gain and deploy an understanding of abstract terms such as ‘metatheatre’, ‘surrealism’, ‘physical theatre’, and ‘didactic’.
Use a range of vocabulary and language when speaking. Develop their social and linguistical spoken language.
Analysing and Evaluating Theatre o Analyse and evaluate performance/design skills in a piece of theatre.
Analyse and evaluate interpretation of character/role.
Analyse and explaining the reasons for using certain theatre conventions to convey meaning to a live audience.
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
Students are assessed regularly in Drama through a combination of formative and summative assessments.
Students will receive timely feedback after each assessment. During performances, students will conduct a self-assessments reflecting on actions needed for the next topic.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: All lessons at KS3 will focus on practical work. Every lesson will offer students a chance to reflect on the work of others through regular feedback. Every lesson there will be an assessment where students will get to share work and provide and receive feedback.
SUMMATIVE ASSEMENT: There are three summative assessments at the end of each half term. These will be practical based.
HOW PARENTS / CARERS CAN HELP
Please encourage students to learn their lines and practice in front of you. Where possible encourage pupils to join extracurricular activities.
Opportunities to see live performances would be very welcomed.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR
Clubs:
Drama Club
Workshops with outside companies
Trips:
Termly visits to performances (Musical Theatre/Theatre performance)
Performance Opportunities:
Ramyana Performance – October
Summer Showcase – July
School Production
Series of lunchtime performances
Monologue Slam
Open Evenings
KS4 Showcases
RECOMMENDED READING / OTHER RESOURCES
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/english/speaking_listening/drama/revision/1/
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