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Drama / Year 9 and 10

Curriculum content descriptions

Perform devised and scripted drama making deliberate artistic choices and shaping design elements to unify dramatic meaning for an audience (ACADRM051)

Elaborations
  • collaborating as a member of a drama team by directing the blocking and staging of dramatic action to communicate intended meaning(s) for an audience
  • Considering viewpoints – elements, materials, skills and processes: For example – How have the elements of drama been used in your work to convey your ideas? How are materials manipulated in this drama? How have the director and performers shaped skills and processes to make and communicate meaning? How have design elements been used?
  • collaborating to undertake responsibilities in interpreting, rehearsing and performing drama such as stage manager, designer, etc.
  • exploring the impact of design elements and technology on dramatic meaning by using costumes, props, sound, multimedia and lighting, and considering impact of drama they view and evaluating options for their own work
  • taking part in a range of roles in sustained production work
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Symbolism (Art movements),  Devised drama

Interactive

Let's act out

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Text

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