Drama / Year 9 and 10 / Presenting and performing

Curriculum content descriptions

perform improvised, devised and/or scripted drama to audiences, using performance skills and conventions to shape the drama. (AC9ADR10P01)

Elaborations
  • conveying, through voice/vocalisation and movement and use of symbol, the tensions in stories, ideas, characters, relationships, actions and dialogue in order to engage audiences and elicit responses
  • presenting and performing devised or scripted drama created in a shared process with community members, taking care to adhere to protocols such as recognising ownership of material by a collective or cultural group rather than by an individual
  • performing on stage or in class in a sustained presentation
  • reflecting on and evaluating how successfully their intentions/purposes, clear action and meaning, and effects were achieved in context, through use of the elements, conventions, performance skills and design, and what can be learnt from this for future dramatic practice
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
ScOT terms

Symbolism (Art movements),  Devised drama,  Improvisation (Acting)

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Adapting a Musical

How can stories transform into a musical theatre adaptation? In this teaching activity, students will develop a musical from a book, play, or short story. They will bring the story to the stage through movements and song by analysing elements of a story and adopting creative team roles.

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Be on the Safe Side Year 9-10 The Arts (Drama)

This webpage includes a unit of work that uses the rail network to explore the characters, situations, viewpoints and actions that occur in this setting; there is a focus on how to behave safely on and around the rail network. Learning opportunities include scripting, performing and revising a drama performance as well ...

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Lights, camera, action!

Students explore screenwriting for video drama.

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I like to move it, move it!

Engage the body to tell stories and entertain audiences. Explore the techniques of expressive physical movement to communicate ideas and create dramatic meaning. Students devise a story using mime, movement and gesture.

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Characterisation – status and movement

Explore characterisation through observation, status and movement to communicate meaning. Students will create a character through performance.

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Melodrama characterisation

Discover the dramatic form and acting styles of melodrama through the exploration of stock characters and how to act in a melodrama style with large emotions and gestures. Perform various characters through a scripted performance.

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Monologues

Develop skills in characterisation through personal storytelling through monologues.

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Beats and rhymes

This class develops your vocal skills for performance. Write a Slam Poem or a Rap and then perform them for an audience.

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Make ‘em laugh

See how effective comedy is in communicating ideas and engaging an audience. Good performances will have moments of humour and seriousness in order to provide variety and interest in the stories being told.

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Characterisation stereotypes

Develop and build engaging characters through stereotypes and using through role play and improvisation using voice, body and dialogue. Perform a devised character scenario to engage an audience.

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Let's act out

Develop skills in preparing and performing a character monologue.

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Indigenous Australian collection

This federated search from the QAGOMA database features a selection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks from the collection. The searchable database provides artwork images, background information about the artist and the artwork, a map of major Indigenous regions in Australia, classroom activities, a glossary ...

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Australian collection

This database features a selection of Australian artworks from QAGOMA. The searchable database provides artwork images, background information about the artist and the artwork, classroom activities, a glossary of key terms and curriculum alignment information for teachers. Search results can be refined by theme, period, ...