Year 13 Drama

Drama is an art form that allows us to:

• build our confidence

• communicate and express our ideas more effectively (within and beyond the classroom)

• exercise compassion (think and act from another’s point of view)

• explore culture (the things that make us different, and the things that unite us)

• collaborate (on a shared task, event, process or production)  

By partaking in a drama course, students are engaging in challenging and exciting projects that allow for critical thinking, problem solving, and cooperative learning activities that are transferable to other subjects, and are vital life skills.  

Regardless of whether students are going to engage with tertiary studies, or go directly into the industry, this course prepares students for a multitude of different career options.  Due to the creative and practical nature of the course, Drama students often possess natural leadership skills and are highly effective communicators and collaborators. 

Students will continue to build an understanding of key components of drama, including elements (the key ingredients of drama), conventions (storytelling, structuring and shaping our work), techniques (creating a role), and technologies (lighting, sound, set design, costume etc). 

Students will learn how to review and critique drama performances, both live and recorded.

Māori world values such as manaakitanga (respect, care, and reciprocity between people, living things, and places), kotahitanga (unity and collaboration), and whanaungatanga (relationships and belonging), will be the foundation for our work in drama.

Students will:

• Engage in numerous practical activities, games, and workshops that build our understanding of drama, theatre form, and various texts

• Interpret scripted text to integrate drama techniques in performance

• Devise and perform a drama to realise a concept

• Perform a substantial acting role in a significant production

• Provide brief written statements that give a context for our work 

• Attend and then respond to a live drama performance in preparation for the derived grade and external exam, and to develop our shared vocabulary and literacy

You will be assessed on internal and external standards.

• Standard AS91512 - Interpret scripted text to integrate drama techniques in performance (internal) - UE Lit Reading

• Standard AS91513 - Devise and perform a drama to realise a concept (internal) 

• Standard AS91517 - Perform a substantial acting role in a significant production (internal) - UE Lit Reading

• Standard AS91518 - Demonstrate understanding of live drama performance (external) - UE Lit Writing

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