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Drama (KS3) – Half Term Update 6 – 2018/19
Year 7 have recently completed their, ‘Gun and Knife Crime’ module, where they have used a broad range of news stories and video material to create performances centred around the fore-mentioned topic. The students have [...]
Drama (KS3) – Half Term Update 5 – 2018/19
Year 7 HT5 Summary Year 7 are currently studying their, ‘Freak Show’ module, where they have explored different elements of staging to develop a range of unique characters. In this module, the students have been [...]
Drama (KS3) – Half Term 3 Update – 2018/19
Year 7 Drama (KS3 Summary) Year 7 are currently studying their ‘Hogwarts’ Drama module where they have been extending their performance skills even further using the works of J.K Rowling as a stimulus. In this [...]
| Half Term | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HT1 | An introduction to Drama | An introduction to Drama | An introduction to Drama |
| HT2 | Crime and Punishment: Creating a character from stimulus images of the London Riots 2011. | Crime and Punishment: Creating a character from stimulus images of the London Riots 2011. | Crime and Punishment: Creating a character from stimulus images of the London Riots 2011. |
| HT3 | An Introduction to script: Teechers By Jon Godber; Multi-role play skills. | An Introduction to script: Teechers By Jon Godber; Multi-role play skills. | Performing from Text: DNA by Dennis Kelly. Exploration of the text will teach the skills needed for the unit ‘presenting and performing texts’ for the OCR GCSE Drama, which is an option for Year 10. |
| HT4 | An introduction to Voice skills: Exploring the range of skills at our disposal to create different voices for our characters. |
An introduction to Voice skills: Exploring the range of skills at our disposal to create different voices for our characters. |
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| HT5 | Theatre in Education: Creating a play for Primary students under a specific theme. |
Theatre in Education: Creating a play for Primary students under a specific theme. |
Devising Drama: Creating a drama from scratch based on exploration of a given stimulus. This will mirror the process for the unit of the same name in the GCSE course. |
| HT6 |
Suggested websites for support:
BBCBitesize have a range of drama related activities to complete online.
Watch as many different genres of film and TV in order to develop your understanding of different directorial approaches.