THE ARTS - Drama

Year 7

Duration Full Year

Year 7 Drama introduces and develops the skills associated with drama: improvisation, movement, mime, role-play and vocal skills. Students also explore dramatic elements such as the use of space, tension and timing. Emphasis is placed on the development of students’ self-confidence, self-discipline and sensitivity towards others. Particular study will be made of the use of drama in different cultures, the basics of script writing and the mechanics of presentation to an audience.

Goal

• To develop students’ social skills and their ability to build constructive relationships with others

• To develop students’ communication skills in a range of contexts both within and outside the school

• To develop students’ understanding of the elements of drama and the way they may be employed to communicate meaning

• To enable students to use the expressive power of drama to shape their own message, stories and meaning

• To establish a cohesive and co-operative learning environment that enables students to show self-confidence, self-discipline and tolerance of others

• To encourage students to value each other’s drama experience showing respect for others and using appropriate audience behaviour

• To encourage students to use appropriate language to describe the ways drama is organised to express ideas and feelings

Assessment Tasks

• Role-play performance

• Workbook and journal

• End of year major performance task

Contact teacher: Mr Aben Alexander