Year 7 students follow an Arts carousel and rotate Art, Music and Drama lessons each term. The students will study one longer unit and two shorter units per year in Drama and this will rotate according to the carousel timetable.
| Term 1A | Term 1B | Term 2A | Term 2B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic Title | Introductory skills 1: | Introductory skills 2: | Writing and Performing Scripts | Storytelling from other cultures | |
| Key Drama Skills and techniques (Skill-building) | Stages and stage craft | ||||
| Key Skills and Content | • Learning the key four skills for successful Drama; cooperation, communication, concentration and imagination. | • Exploring different types of stage configurations and how/why these are used in theatre. | • Developing a range of script-writing techniques including for both theatre and television. | • Adapting stories for performance from Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. | |
| • Exploring spontaneous improvisation and modelling successful use of improvisation. | • Understanding use of stage directions. | • Differences between writing for the screen and writing for the stage. | • Structuring a story for a stage adaptation. | ||
| • Understanding still images and using practical storyboarding in performance. | • Exploring roles available in the arts industry including lighting designer, sound engineer and costume designer. | • Using plot structure to write engaging material that is enjoyable for both performer and audience. | • Comparing and contrasting original stories and modernisations of fairy tales and folktales. | ||
| • Developing the use of facial expressions, body language and gestures in performance. | • Applying practical and functional set design for theatre. | • Undertaking a rehearsed reading to present scripts that have been written throughout the term. | • Observing how culture is preserved through storytelling. | ||
| • Developing characterisation of stock characters in performance. | |||||
| Summative Assessment | BASELINE ASSESSMENT | Presentation of a theatre production proposal for a stage version of a famous book to a London theatre producer considering stage design with written evaluation. | Script-writing task with rehearsed reading inspired by ‘The Five People You Meet in Heaven’ blurb. | Grimm Brothers retell performance for a contemporary audience accompanied by written evaluation. | |
| Image theatre performance depicting a stimulus story with written evaluation. | |||||
