Yr 10 Drama
10DRA Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mr D. Bowyer-Warner.
Recommended Prior LearningNone
You will learn to:
Develop team building skills.
Spontaneously Improvise a scene. i.e. (Acting a scene on the spot.)
Perform a Prepared Improvisation i.e. (Rehearse a scene and then perform it.)
Study a full length Play Script .
Experiment with the different ways you can perform a piece of scripted drama.
Use special effects character make-up.
Perform a choreographed stage fight scene.
Build a Stage Set design model.
Course Overview
Term 1
Year 10 Drama is a semester course running over two terms.
In Year 10 Drama you will recap performance skills developed from Year 9 Drama, as well as being introduced to new areas of drama performance.
Term 1 units covered are:
- Spontaneous Improvisation (Acting a scene on the spot.)
- Prepared Improvisation (Rehearsing a scene and then performing it.)
- Playscript study.
You will be assessed on:
- How well you can act out a scene on the spot with no preparation.
- How well you can rehearse and perform a scene from a given story outline.
- How well you can perform a piece of text in different styles.
Term 2
Term 2 units covered are:
- Special Effects Horror make-up design.
- Stage fight choreography.
- Stage Set Design model-making.
You will be assessed on:
- How well you can use Special Effects make-up to design a horror face mask.
- How well you can learn and perform a stage fight scene.
- How well you can construct a stage set design model.
Semester A
Assessment Information
- Spontaneous Improvisation (Acting a scene on the spot.)
- Prepared Improvisation (Rehearsing a scene and then performing it.)
- Playscript study.
- Accents performance.
- Special Effects Horror make-up design.
- Stage fight choreography.
- Stage Set Design model-making.