Year 7 Drama

YEAR 7 DRAMA

At Year 7 all pupils have one Drama lesson a week. This lesson will be a predominantly practical lesson and take place either in the Theatre, Drama Studio or possibly the Dance Studio.

In Year 7 we aim to provide pupils with a range of communication, teamwork and performance skills that they can use and build upon throughout their time at the Friary.

Here is an overview of our Year 7 curriculum:

	TITLE	AREAS COVERED	DATES TAUGHT
UNIT 1	Introduction To Drama	Body Language, Mime, Improvisation, Tableau, Role-play, Narration, Flash-Back, Slow-Motion	SEPT – OCT
UNIT 2	Introduction To Drama		OCT – DEC
UNIT 3	Building A Character	Hot-seating, Though-Tracking, Team-Work, Structuring Drama, Working from a stimulus	JAN – FEB
UNIT 4	Introduction To Scripts	Script annotation, Paired direction, Blocking, Rehearsal technique, Performance evaluation	FEB – APRIL
UNIT 5	The Ramayana	Multi-Cultural Performance, Historical research, Creating drama from a story	APRIL – MAY
UNIT 6	Theatre History	Greek Theatre, Victorian Melodrama, Morality Plays	MAY – JULY

Assessment:

After each unit of work is completed, pupils will complete a written self-evaluation which encourages them to reflect on the skills and knowledge they have acquired and to think of targets they should work towards.

A teacher assessment also takes place at the end of each unit and each pupil is given a level (1-8) based on the National Arts Council level descriptions, as well as targets for improvement. The levels and targets are readily shared and discussed with each pupil.