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Major objectives of drama courses include building confidence, trust, developing acting skills, and encouraging responsible attitudes towards working with others on common goals. Students selecting Drama should have a definite interest in the subject. Performance opportunities will be available, but public performance is not compulsory.
The course includes work on improvisation, speech, mime, movement, role-playing characterization, story development and acting leading to performance. Other related activities may be explored, including stagecraft, lighting, costuming, and directing.
This course is open to Grade 9 and Grade 10 students. Evaluation is based upon work done in class, including individual work, group work, and participation.
Drama 11 builds on and extends learning developed in previous drama curricula. Drama 11 allows students to explore a variety of drama forms and styles and to expand and refine their learning within areas such as: staging and ‘teching’ a story, improvisation, character development, scripted scene work, acting styles through history and one-act plays.
Drama offers students opportunities to develop diverse dramatic skills to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and the world. Students will develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes that enhance their understanding of how drama and other art forms contribute to their personal development.
This course requires students to exhibit leadership, teamwork, and commitment to personal success and to the success of fellow classmates.
Drama 12 acts as an extension of the curriculum and content explored in Drama 11. Students in this course will be expected to provide leadership and mentorship for Drama 11 students. Drama 12 students will participate in further exploration of the areas found in Acting 11 as well as script analysis, directing, and stage acting.
This course encourages creativity, teamwork, enthusiasm, and requires students to be committed to personal success and to the success of their fellow classmates.