| Term 1A | Term 1B | Term 2A | Term 2B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic Title | Shakespeare & Stage combat | Gender and Representation | Theatre in Education (T.I.E) | Hamilton | |
| Key Skills and Content | • Introduction to William Shakespeare | • Gender representation in Elizabethan Theatre | • Exploring non-naturalism | • Study of an award-winning musical theatre play | |
| • Study of Shakespearean language/ how this can be translated to modern day English | • Exploring the role of witches in Macbeth | • Looking at Brechtian theatre. | • Spoken word and song | ||
| • Focus Text: Romeo and Juliet | • Interpreting the role of Lady Macbeth in performance. | • Experimenting with audience/actor relationship. | • Musical theatre techniques | ||
| • Learning stage combat techniques | • Exploring mistaken identity in Twelfth Night. | • Choosing appropriate genres to match the target audience. | • Exploring theatrical roles | ||
| • Creating tension for performance | • Feminist Theatre | • Educating young audiences through theatre. | • Analysing design elements including set, lighting and costume | ||
| • Working with scripts and learning lines | • Analysing how Gender and Representation has evolved in the theatrical world. | • Incorporating a message into performance. | • Building rhythm and rap as seen in production. | ||
| • Communicating emotion through vocal and physical skills | • Working with a stimulus. | • Use of direct address | • Researching into the time period Hamilton is set. | ||
| • Devising drama with a challenge on gender stereotypes. | • Using placards in performance | • Working with scripts and musical scores | |||
| • Using song/music in performance. | • Designing costumes and sets inspired by the production | ||||
| • Pantomime style techniques. | |||||
| Summative | BASELINE ASSESSMENT: | ||||
| Assessment | Devising a performance using a stimulus with a written task. | Performance using non-naturalistic techniques with written evaluation. | Musical theatre performance and design submission with written evaluation. | ||
| Performing Shakespeare with written task |
Year 9 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.
