Level 2 Drama
12DRA Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Ms D. Moran.
Recommended Prior Learning12 Level 1 Drama credits but this is not an essential requirement.
This course extends students in vocal communication, characterization, teamwork, confidence and self-management skills. There are a number of performance opportunities, where students will work collaboratively in small groups and a major class production. Literacy credits for reading and writing can be gained through level two achievement standards including script writing, substantial role, theatre form and the external exam. All standards are achievement standards. Students will develop skills in collaboration, creativity, building of confidence, empathy and communication. Studying Drama will benefit careers in law, medicine, project management, event organizing, production management and the creative industries. Skills of analysis, report writing, leadership, collaboration and cultural awareness are crucial elements of drama teaching and learning.
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Course Overview
Term 1
Apply drama techniques in a scripted context. Students will develop techniques of voice, body, movement an use of space to create a credible character from a well known piece of theatre. Students will work collaboratively in small groups to apply the techniques and create a realistic ensemble performance.
Term 2
Perform a substantial acting role in a scripted production. Students will work collaboratively with the class to develop an acting role and perform a production to an audience. Students will learn to work as a team, receiving feedback and feed forward to develop their production under direction. Self management are a vital part of this learning process.
Term 3
Devise and perform drama to realize an intention. Students will create a script collaboratively to form an intention around a current societal issue. Students will work collaboratively in small groups to relate their ideas in a meaningful way. Alternatively, students may write a script which will be read in class- readers theatre which will have stage directions designed into the brief.
Term 4
Discuss drama elements, techniques, conventions and technologies within live performance. Students will view a live and recorded performance to learn the process of analysis of aspects of drama. They will record the production aspects that have formed the directors intentions in realising a purpose for the production.
Drama, Performing Arts, Year 12 Literacy
Detailed Course Outline Assessment Information
Students will work in collaborative small groups but be assessed individually when they perform. Video evidence will be used to collect information for assessment. Students will receive regular feedback and feed forward to develop their roles and meaning within each standard.
Level Two Drama leads on to Drama at Level three and benefits all of the performing arts. At level two Drama is analytical and most standards have literacy credits attached for reading and writing. Drama requires critical thinking, examination of society and our place in it. You will work collaboratively to examine a theme, study a genre of theatre form from Elizabethan, Commedia dell'arte, or Physical Theatre. Drama is beneficial to career pathways in law, medicine, project management, event planning, production management and the creative industries. Drama is a literacy-based subject. Literacy credits are gained through drama for level one writing and reading credits, and it is a university approved subject at NCEA level.