Level 7
Developing Practical Knowledge in Drama (PK)
Students will select and integrate elements, techniques, conventions, and technologies in specific dramatic forms.
Developing Ideas in Drama (DI)
Students will initiate, develop, and refine ideas individually and collectively in a range of dramatic forms.
Communicating and Interpreting in Drama (CI)
Students will rehearse and perform works in a range of dramatic forms.
Students will respond to and make critical judgments about rehearsal processes and performances.
Understanding Drama in Context (UC)
Students will research the production, performance, and purpose of drama in a range of contexts.
Learning Examples
- Adapt and rehearse a children's story, and present it to an audience
of young children. (PK, DI, CI)
- Research an aspect of theatre production or performance from a specific
context. Prepare, learn, rehearse, and perform a monologue that presents
the research findings. (UC, PK, DI, CI)
- Make a written critical judgment of selected aspects of a live performance
(e.g., a touring play, excerpts from a cultural festival). (CI)
- Identify and compare the stereotypical attributes of characters
in commedia dell'arte with those in a television sitcom. Use the identified
features to develop and present dramatic pieces in one or both styles.
(UC, PK, DI, CI)
- Adapt and present a New Zealand short story as a piece of drama,
retaining the story's integrity. (PK, DI, CI)
- Research what is involved in adapting a stage play for film. Then
choose an episode from a scripted drama that has also been filmed
and compare and contrast the drama script with the film-maker's interpretation.
(UC, CI)
- Use a range of research techniques (e.g., conducting interviews,
using libraries, using the Internet) to investigate a selected aspect
of drama and its association with the other arts in New Zealand. (UC)
- Workshop crowd scenes to develop an understanding of their purposes
and characteristics. Explore and refine the skills of bringing focus,
energy, and credibility to character identification, group positioning,
and group interaction in crowd scenes. (PK, DI)
- Research conventions of stage make-up in a range of theatre styles
(e.g., melodrama, clowning, street theatre). Explore one or more make-up
applications in practice, with a view towards using them in performance.
(UC, PK)
- Workshop stage combat skills. Apply these skills in a scene from a Shakespearian play or in a devised dramatic piece. Video and evaluate the results. (PK, DI, CI)
