Course overview - Term 5 - Scripted examination
This term will be packed full of finalising rehearsals for the Component 2 exam, checking Artistic Intention forms and then moving onto the preparation for the written exam. Looking at Hard to Swallow in detail, analysing and refining our opinions of Frankenstein the National Theatres performance
Key Concept:
Identity, Status, Morality
Assessment Points:
A formative practical assessment by an external examiner.
A formative and summative assessment of vocabulary and knowledge.
Guidance:
Learners will receive guidance in a variety of ways. These include marked assessments, reports, feedback in books, 1:1 interaction, Google Classroom.
Key Vocabulary:
Narrative
Themes
Status
Body language
Voice
Protagonist
Empathy
Forum Theatre
Marking the moment
Living newspaper
Design
Characterisation
Explain
Describe
Course overview - Term 4 - Component 3 - Preparation for written exam
This period will develop and revisit key concepts of vocabulary, substantive and disciplinary knowledge for all elements of the drama paper exam. There will be a focus on Section A set texts as well as the Section B Live Theatre review.
Key Concept:
Identity, Status, Morality
Assessment Points:
A formative GCSE written paper Component 3
Guidance:
Learners will receive guidance in a variety of ways. These include marked assessments, reports, feedback in books, 1:1 interaction, Google Classroom.
Key Vocabulary:
All types of staging
Analyse
Artistic intention
Audience awareness
Characterisation
Director
Evaluate
Facial expression
Improvisation
Movement
Narrative
Narrator
Original staging
Prop
Proxemics
Script writer
Set
Stage directions
Style
Use of levels
Use of space
Voice