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Drama / Year 9 and 10 / Developing practices and skills

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Curriculum content descriptions

develop performance skills and/or techniques to manipulate elements of drama and/or use conventions to communicate the physical and psychological aspects of roles and characters consistent with intentions (AC9ADR10D01)

Elaborations
  • experimenting with, reflecting on and refining the use of styles and conventions that have been explored in class in order to shape action; for example, considering how contemporary performance, non-realistic or innovative conventions can be used to re-shape or make a new meaning for a scene from a classic text; then workshopping the conventions and forms of comedy and shaping them into a short scene or applying them to a short piece of text
  • using analysis of examined text and performances to provide information for exploring and refining the implied or underlying aspects of character and dramatic action in a text or devised action
  • refining their skills of voice/vocalisation through warm-ups or exercises focusing on character and delivery or movement
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Characters (Narratives),  Psychology,  Drama (Literature),  Motivation,  Characters (Acting),  Creating texts,  Text purpose

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