Year 09 Drama
Curriculum:
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Different Types of Script
Key Concepts
- How to use drama techniques to stage a scene
- What different techniques are called and what they aim to achieve
- How to use the techniques in a piece of theatre
- The variety of skills that are used to enable and better a performance
Key Vocabulary
Script, Staging, Facial Expressions, Body Language, Gestures, Pitch, Staging, Emphasis, Intonation And Volume
The Play Teechers
Key Concepts
- The ways in which Brecht created work and what he wanted the audience to take from it
- The dramatic devices employed by Brecht
- The physical demands placed on an actor when they are achieving this type of theatre
Key Vocabulary
Bertolt Brecht, Creation, Epic Theatre, Non-naturalism
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Play: Too Much Punch for Judy
Key Concepts
- How to use drama techniques to stage a scene
- What the different techniques are called and what they aim to achieve
- How to use the techniques in a piece of theatre
- The variety of skills that are used to enable and better a performance
Key Vocabulary
Script, Staging, Facial Expressions, Body Language, Gestures, Pitch, Staging, Emphasis, Intonation, Volume, Characters, Devising, Analysis, Reflection And Team Work, Verbatim Theatre
Additional Information
Students will begin to look at the process of the Component 3 exam, this contributes to 20% of their exam and will be completed in Year 11.
Students will also use the play to prepare for the Year 9 mock of the Component 1 exam.
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Students go through the process of creating and devising work as they would in their real exam in Year 10
Key Concepts
- How to use a number of stimuli to create your own work, and the key methods of how to reflect and analyse the work to ensure it is achieving the criteria.
- The methods that practitioners have used to create work
- The ability to work together as a team and be reflective in order to achieve the success criteria
- To create a variety of characters that will display their skills to their best
- To analyse and write about each session to identify how to improve their performance
Key Vocabulary
Script, Staging, Facial Expressions, Body Language, Gestures, Pitch, Staging, Emphasis, Intonation, Volume, Characters, Devising, Analysis, Reflection And Team Work
Subject Overview:
Students in Year 9 have 3 Drama lessons each week.
Students receive 1 piece of Drama homework each week.
Assessments:
Students are assessed based on a performance every half term. Students then reflect upon their performance, with assistance and support from staff.
In the Spring Term, students have a mock assessment for Component 3.
In the Summer Term, students have a mock assessment for Component 1.
