Year 7. Learning to use: Voice, body language, facial expressions, gestures and movement and imagination.

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1 Year 7 Introduction to Drama Aim: Introduce year 7 students to the drama environment and start to build on drama space procedures. To encourage whole group cooperation. To build trust and learn names of students. Skills: Introduction to drama techniques: Neutral, Frozen Images, Spoken Thoughts, Improvisation, Blocking, characterisation, role play, marking the moment, space, levels, props into Silent Movies Aim: To consider 'detail' within all mime and improvisation with emphasis on movement, gesture and body language. To encourage technical observation and constructive criticism of work. To understand the concept of 'Mime' in its own right and within Improvisation. To create a short silent movie demonstrating miming skills. Skills: Mime as dramatic form, rehearsed and spontaneous improvisation, self and group evaluation, group dynamics, individual contributions both orally and physically, cooperation, listening, creativity and imaginative response, gesture and body language awareness, sustaining audience suspension of disbelief and drama terminology Learning to use body language, facial expressions, gestures and movement and imagination. analysis Year 7 Storytelling Aim: Explore different modes of storytelling. To encourage whole and small group cooperation. Develop characters based on known and unknown texts. Develop awareness of a range of stories and how they are performed. Skills: Spoken language, Frozen Images, Spoken Thoughts, Improvisation, characterisation, role-play, marking the moment, space, levels. Sound and Voice Aim: To present a piece of Spoken Language (e.g. poem or monologue) in front of an audience. To develop soundscapes creating a sense of atmosphere. To use a recorded soundscape as stimulus for exploration and performance. Skills: Vocal (projection, pitch, tone, accent), plot, climax and anti climax, contrasts, spoken language, analysis

2 Summer Summer Year 7 Commedia del Arte Aim: To understand the characteristics of Commedia Del Arte, To perform improvisations based on scenarios using the stock characters of Commedia. To understand the seven levels of tension. Skills: mime, movement and gesture with relation to certain character types. Role play, space, levels, plot, climax and anti climax, contrasts into Theme based - Bullying Aim: To use the theme of bullying as a stimulus using drama techniques to explore its effects. To gain understanding of different perspectives of the theme. Skills: Role play, characterisation, thought tunnel, spoken thoughts, frozen image, monologue, forum theatre, hot seating imagination, accuracy of expression, language use, analysis of performance work

3 Year 8 Acting and Directing. Aim: To understand and experience through practical exploration the difference between the role of the director and the actor. Skills: Co-operation, Listening, directing, acting for a director, script work, line learning, audience awareness, space, levels, props, characterisation, role play Physical Theatre Aim: To consider how to safely move and interact with others when creating movement based pieces. To encourage technical observation and constructive criticism of work. Skills: Movement, mime and gesture, co-operation, essence machine, conflict, building tension, creating climax Learning to use Voice, body language, facial expressions, into analysis Year 8 Characters and Stereotypes Aim: Explore different types of characters using stereotyped and created characters as stimulus. Skills: Spoken language, Frozen Images, Spoken Thoughts, Improvisation, characterisation, role-play, marking the moment, space, levels. Greek Theatre and Mask Aim: To understand the development of Western theatre. To understand the characteristics of Greek Theatre, To work as part of a Greek chorus. To understand the use of masks in theatre and the rules of wearing and performing in masks. Skills: Mime, movement and gesture, synchronisation, Contrasts, narrating, choral work, masking, space and levels. analysis

4 Summer Summer Theme based: Shoplifting Aim: To use the theme of shop lifting as a stimulus using drama techniques to explore its effects. Improvisation Aim: To use the theme of bullying as a stimulus using drama techniques to explore its effects. To gain understanding of different perspectives of the theme. Year 8 Skills: Role play, conflict, tension, characterisation, thought tunnel, spoken thoughts, frozen image, monologue, forum theatre, hot seating Skills: Role play, characterisation, thought tunnel, spoken thoughts, frozen image, monologue, forum theatre, hot seating into analysis of performance work imagination, accuracy of expression, language use, analysis of performance work

5 Melodrama into Soap Opera Aim: To understand how Melodrama has influenced Soap Operas through the exploration of character and plot. The News and Advertising Aim: Explore different advertising techniques while creating advertisements. Explore different styles of reporting. To understand how to speak directly to camera. Year 9 Skills: Script work, line learning, blocking, improvisation, plot, climax and anti-climax, characterisation, role play, space, levels, props, Skills: Script writing, line learning, interviewing skills, blocking, improvisation, plot, characterisation, role play, space, props Learning to use body language, facial expressions, gestures and movement and imagination. into analysis Year 9 Character Monologues Aim: Develop monologues using known and created scripts. Develop confidence when speaking in front of an audience. Skills: Spoken language, Frozen Images, Spoken Thoughts, Improvisation, characterisation, role-play, marking the moment, space, levels. Script Work- Aim: To explore a variety of scripts and understand how to devise pieces using a script as stimulus. Skills: script work, vocal (projection, pitch, tone, accent), plot, climax and anti climax, contrasts, improvisation, characterisation, role-play, marking the moment, space, levels. analysis

6 Summer The Elizabethan stage Romeo and Juliet Aim: To understand the characteristics of the Elizabethan stage and to explore the themes Romeo and Juliet using drama techniques. Summer Non-naturalistic theatre- Australian Bush Rangers Aim: To understand the characteristics of Non-naturalistic theatre practitioners and begin to explore how to implement them in performance. Year 9 Skills: Action, plot, content, rhythm, pace, tempo, chorus, mime, movement and gesture, synchronisation, role play, characterisation, contrasts. into Skills: breaking the fourth wall, cross-cutting, placards, essence machines, role play, characterisation, thought tunnel, spoken thoughts, frozen image, forum theatre, hot seating imagination, accuracy of expression, language use, analysis of performance work