Drama – ATAR Year 11 Unit 1 — Representational, realist drama Week Tasks and activities Unit content Drama course overview 1 Review collaborative and improvisational skills Review elements of drama Effective writing skills workshop short answer and Oral and written communication – extended answer Values, forces and drama practice Workshop on design principles using and – Design and technology describing Workshop on drama responses and live theatre 2–4 Workshop on extended improvisation review of – skills and techniques for representational, realist drama Attending production of and review of key ‘X’ ‘Y’ – impressions Planning written response Voice and movement Task 1: completed in class under test conditions Drama processes and the elements of based on prompt drama Workshop on approach to Stanislavski’s Drama forms and styles representational, realist acting Drama conventions 5–7 Workshop on the text ‘The Shifting Heart’ Workshop on in drama impact of a labour forces – shortage and an increased immigration rate with people from a non-English speaking background in Australia Planning extended improvisation Collaborative processes for the extended Voice and movement improvisation Drama forms and styles Task 2: extended improvisation during Week 8 Spaces of performance Design and acting roles and ‘The Shifting Heart’ Design and technology Effective illustrations and diagrams workshop for Management skills and processes design and acting roles Oral and written communication 8–12 Planning an extended response based on a design role Suggested Australian text and an acting role and the written examination ATAR Drama processes and the elements of Year 12 design brief drama Selecting scripted monologues (60-90 seconds) for following week for examinations Task 3: Short answer completed in class based on unseen extract and prompts Workshop on scripted monologues based on Voice and movement representational, realist drama Drama processes and the elements of Script interpretation using Stella Adler’s adapted drama approaches Drama forms and styles Workshopping scripted monologues for performance Drama conventions 13 under examination conditions Values, forces and drama practice Review of conventions of theatre posters design – Spaces of performance principles in practice Review of the ATAR Year 12 practical examination design brief
Drama – ATAR Year 11 Unit 1 — Representational, realist drama Week Tasks and activities Unit content 1 Drama course overview Review collaborative and improvisational skills Review elements of drama 2–4 Effective writing skills workshop – short answer and extended answer Workshop on design principles – using and describing Workshop on drama responses and live theatre Workshop on extended improvisation – review of skills and techniques for representational, realist drama Attending production of ‘X’ and ‘Y’ – review of key impressions Oral and written communication Values, forces and drama practice Design and technology 5–7 Planning written response Task 1: completed in class under test conditions based on prompt Workshop on Stanislavski’s approach to representational, realist acting Workshop on the text ‘The Shifting Heart’ Workshop on forces in drama – impact of a labour shortage and an increased immigration rate with people from a non-English speaking background in Australia Planning extended improvisation Voice and movement Drama processes and the elements of drama Drama forms and styles Drama conventions 8–12 Collaborative processes for the extended improvisation Task 2: extended improvisation during Week 8 Design and acting roles and ‘The Shifting Heart’ Effective illustrations and diagrams workshop for design and acting roles Planning an extended response based on a design role and an acting role and the written examination ATAR Year 12 design brief Selecting scripted monologues (60-90 seconds) for following week for examinations Task 3: Short answer completed in class based on unseen extract and prompts Voice and movement Drama forms and styles Spaces of performance Design and technology Management skills and processes Oral and written communication Suggested Australian text Drama processes and the elements of drama 13 Workshop on scripted monologues based on representational, realist drama Script interpretation using Stella Adler’s adapted approaches Workshopping scripted monologues for performance under examination conditions Review of conventions of theatre posters – design principles in practice Review of the ATAR Year 12 practical examination design brief Voice and movement Drama processes and the elements of drama Drama forms and styles Drama conventions Values, forces and drama practice Spaces of performance
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