Drama / Year 7 and 8

Curriculum content descriptions

Perform devised and scripted drama maintaining commitment to role (ACADRM044)

Elaborations
  • performing roles using conventions relevant to the performance style
  • using audience feedback to enhance future performance, for example, adjusting performance based on audience responses to characters’ portrayal of emotions and empathy
  • Considering viewpoints – evaluations: For example – How successful was the director in expressing the intent clearly to the audience? How well did the performers create role or character and use expressive skills?
  • performing the role within the underlying dramatic structure
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Devised drama,  Characters (Acting)

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