DRAMA
Our big ideas in Drama are:
Click here for details on the Big Ideas.
See below for the Drama Learning Journey from Year 7 to Year 11 and the overviews for each Learning Cycle. They explain our planned curriculum of what students are expected to learn.
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Year 7 Learning Cycle
Drama is Serious Fun
Assessment Focus:
Scripted vocal performance
Theatre Through the Ages
Assessment Focus:
Mask work and characterisation techniques.
Shakespeare
Assessment Focus:
Scripted Ensemble Chorus Piece
Devising Drama – Alice in Wonderland
Assessment Focus:
Devised Performance
Year 8 Learning Cycle
Theatre Practitioners
Assessment Focus:
Devised performance and presentation of the style of chosen practitioner.
Devising Drama – Ishi the Last Tribal American Indian.
Assessment Focus:
Ensemble Group Devised Performance
Physical Theatre – Curious incident of the Dog in the Nigh time
Assessment Focus:
Scripted performance using physical theatre techniques.
Devising Drama – Refugee Boy
Assessment Focus:
Devised Performance
Year 9 Learning Cycle
Women in Theatre
Assessment Focus:
Ensemble devised performance based on a chosen practitioner or design presentation
Blood Brothers - Scripted
Assessment Focus:
Duologue scripted performance
Godber - Scripted
Assessment Focus:
Ensemble physical scripted performance
Devising Theatre – responding to stimuli – Human Rights
Assessment Focus:
Devised performance or design presentations.
Year 10 Learning Cycle
Key Skills and Mock unit 2 - Pinter Sketches
Assessment Focus:
Monologue and Duologue performances and evaluation essay.
Unit 1 Mock – Responding to Stimuli
Assessment focus:
Ensemble devised performance and a 1000 word portfolio.
Mock Unit 3 – Exploration of text
Assessment Focus:
Class performance and written paper.
Real Unit 1 – Exam board brief set Theme
Assessment Focus:
Devised performance and written portfolio (Internally assessed) 40% of final GCSE grade.
Year 11 Learning Cycle
Unit 1 - Performing
Assessment Focus:
Group scripted performance based on brief and portfolio of work 20% of Final grade (internally marked).
Unit 2 - Devising to Brief
Assessment focus:
Ensemble devised performance based on Exam brief and portfolio of work 40% of final grade. (Internally marked).
Unit 3 – Promoting and Pitching
Assessment Focus:
Portfolio of set tasks provided by the board as well as a recorded pitch to be sent to the board. 40% of final grade. (Externally marked).
You can find our Drama KS3 knowledge organisers and support with KS3 home learning here.
The key contact for this subject is Miss H Harding - Head of Drama (hannah.harding@pcsa.theplt.org.uk)
For more information about KS4 revision and study support visit our pages on revision and Prep for Success / Easter School.
Preparing for KS4 study (GCSE and vocational qualifications in years 10 and 11)? Click here for information about the Year 9 Options Process.
To find out more about our careers provision, visit the careers webpage.