Drama

Units of Study

• Text Study
• Exploration of social issues – Racism, Bullying, Peer Group Pressure, Transition and Change
• Thematic and Cross-Curricular work, e.g. Homecoming, the Environment, Local History, Junk Food
• Dilemmas
• Urban Legends
• Mime & Still Image
• Using and devising Scripts
• Aesop’s Fables
• Drama & Theatre production
• Symbol, Metaphor & Ritual
• Using the Drama and Theatre Terms

Methodology:

Individual, pair and group work, developing skills across Creating, Performing and Responding. Conventions of Drama to be employed as appropriate to context/ text:

• Character
• Improvisation
• Using & Defining Space
• Still Image -Tableau – Freeze frame
• Mantle of the expert
• A day in the life
• Narrator
• Protagonist – Antagonist
• Catharsis
• Dramatic Monologue
• Allegory
• Tragedy
• Irony
• Hot seating
• Reportage
• Teacher in role
• Role reversal
• Re-enactment
• Mime
• Cross-cutting
• Chorus – Vox pop
• Thought tracking/ Asides
• Ritualised show – game show, chat show, courtroom, soap

Curriculum for Excellence

Assessment ref. Curriculum for Excellence Experiences & Outcomes:

Literacy Outcomes:

• LIT 202B-302B,
• LIT 204D-304D,
• LIT 207G-307G,
• LIT 210K-310K,
• ENG 217T-317T,
• ENG 219V-319V,
• ENG 226AD-326AD,
• ENG 230AH-330AH