Drama
KS3
Year Group |
Areas of Study |
7 & 8 |
Term 1: Text in Performance – Rehearsing a monologue, duologue or group piece Term 2: Evacuees – Role play and devising skills Term 3: Shakespeare on stage Term 4: Physical Theatre Term 5: Showcase Term 6: Commedia dell'arte NB. Students study Drama for the whole year in either Year 7 or Year 8 |
9 |
Term 1: Study of a play ‘Blood Brothers’ Term 2: Study of a play ‘Blood Brothers’ Term 3: Improvisation and Devising Term 4: Comedy ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ Term 5: Live Theatre – Text in Performance Term 6: Physical Theatre – A Study of Frantic Assembly |
KS4
Board
AQA
Outline of the Course
- Explore drama as a practical art form in which ideas and meaning are communicated to an audience through choices of form, style and convention
- Create, perform and respond to drama informed by their theoretical knowledge of drama and theatre
- Component 1: Understanding drama
- Practically study and explore a Set Play
- Learn how to analyse and evaluate the work of live theatre makers
- Component 2: Devising drama
- Create and develop ideas to communicate meaning in a devised theatrical performance
- Contribute to devised drama in a live theatre context for an audience
- Component 3: Texts in practice
- Interpret texts
- Create and communicate meaning
- Realise artistic intention in text-based drama
Assessment
Type of Assessment |
Duration |
Weighting |
|
1 |
Component 1: Understanding Drama Written Exam
|
1 hour and 45 minutes |
40% |
2 |
Component 2: Devising Drama Practical Assessment
|
This component is marked by teachers and moderated by AQA |
40% |
3 |
Component 3: Texts in Practice Practical Assessment
|
|
20% (40 marks) |