Success in making depends on the following basis:
- the creation of drama and theatre process
- the participation and awareness of the process
- collaborative and individual exploration of fictional and imaginative worlds.
Drama 7-10
Students gain an understanding of the artistic and creative processes needed to make drama, as well as an appreciation of the nature of performance and the connection between performers and their audience.
Making
Performing
When performing drama students will:
- engage audiences while acting and performing in a variety of dramatic forms, conventions and styles
- experiment with performance spaces, technologies and production elements to create and enhance dramatic meaning
- perform and improvise using scripted and unscripted drama individually and collaboratively.
Appreciating
When appreciating drama as an art form, students should study:
- the historical perspective of drama
- dramatic forms, techniques and conventions
- theatre practitioners
- elements of drama and production
- writing for the theatre and theatre criticism.
Sample scope and sequence
The sample scope and sequence documents provide teachers with overviews for programming and assessment in drama.
- Stage 4 sample scope and sequence (DOCX 73.4 KB)
- Stage 5 sample scope and sequence 200hr (DOCX 78. 9KB)
Student logbook guide
Teachers can use the logbook guide (DOCX 80.4 KB) to establish a learning dialogue with students and gain insight into engagement with making and appreciating outcomes. This student-centred resource provides answers to common questions about the function of the drama logbook and scaffolds experiential learning through meaningful logbook reflection for Years 9 and 10.
Elements of drama
Elements of drama poster and brief animated video are available to print, play and display in your classroom via the links below.
Watch
Watch the elements of drama video (04:54).
The transcript will be available soon.
Resource
Knowledge and skills creative arts (KASCA) drama framework
The KASCA drama framework breaks down the core components of the elements of drama, drama practices and drama context into a series of lesson sequences. All lesson sequences come with ready-to-use differentiated learning and teaching resources and are available in an online format in this section and an e-book version (PDF 5.219 KB) that can be downloaded to your smart device.
Lesson sequences
- Playbuilding with Aboriginal Pedagogies
- Brecht – Political theatre
- Comedy – Satire
- Page to stage – Anatomy of a script
- Writing monologues – Jasper Jones
- Melodrama – Background and structure
- Melodrama – Stock Characters
- Melodrama – Voices and asides
- Greek theatre – Chorus
- Greek theatre – History and context
- Greek theatre – Masks
Writing about performance
A Stage 5 resource to develop students' skills in writing critically, descriptively and reflectively about performance in dance and drama.
To access this resource visit writing about performance.
CApture student filmmaking resource
The CApture student filmmaking interactive resource guides Stage 5 creative arts students through the collaborative processes of filmmaking.
Teacher support guide for programming and assessment
A guide to support drama teachers in delivering CApture - a Stage 5 creative arts filmmaking resource.
CApture teacher support guide for programming and assessment in Stage 5 drama (DOCX 163 KB)
IMAGinE this
To support the teaching and learning of the 7-10 syllabus and literacy needs of students, these units of work will provide guidance and assistance to help teachers meet the literacy demands within the drama classroom. The 'IMAGinE this' units of work, support teachers to integrate picture books, graphic novels and slam poetry to enhance their drama teaching and programming. It provides examples of learning activities in drama with suggested activities for approaching drama in English.
To access this teaching and learning support visit IMAGinE on the literacy in creative arts webpage.
u.b.do
u.b.do is a five week innovative teaching and learning program that responds to the issue of digital citizenship. Through the program, students will become more self-aware of the responsibilities and roles of living in and surviving in both an online and human-centred world, by participating in digital and collaborative learning experiences.
Student guided online learning sequences to support learning from home or in the classroom.
Students are guided in completing a short investigation and submitting a brief report and reflection.
Educational resources for Stage 4 and 5 Drama
Further information and teaching support is available on NSW drama 7–10 Syllabus (2003).