Curriculum Support article archive: drama

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2005

Introducing Creative movement in drama (pdf - 252 kb)
Drama teacher Sonya Mason has developed and collated practical exercises to introduce movement as an element of drama in her classes at Orange High School. Her workshop, Creative movement in drama, is being offered as part of the Phase 2 support for the implementation of the new 7–10 Drama syllabus.

2004

Preparing for HSC Drama The Individual Project: Performance (pdf - 104kb)
Choosing to perform for the Individual Project (IP) in HSC Drama is still the most popular choice for our drama students. Perhaps it is a direct result of the students’ positive experiences of performance in their Stage 5 Drama program. Perhaps they feel they have developed their skills in performance and are comfortable in choosing something they ‘know’. Perhaps they just love performing, taking a risk! Whatever the impetus, few students fully realise the challenges performance in the IP will demand.

Drama: Playbuilding (pdf - 76kb)
In the last Curriculum Support article the initial planning steps were outlined for playbuilding for the essential content in Stage 5 for the first five weeks of the unit. In this issue the last five weeks are planned.

2003

Making meaning onscreen (pdf - 194kb)
The use of video as a medium in dance, drama, music and visual arts continues to gain in popularity at HSC level. Advances in technologies associated with digital cameras and editing programs now make video much more accessible to students and teachers in secondary schools. This article is a summary of workshop activities conducted by Colin Schumacher for the District Creative Arts Consultants in February.

2002

Scriptwriting in drama (pdf - 31 KB)
One of the most popular individual projects at HSC level is scriptwriting. However, there are several important skills that students must develop if they are to write for the stage in a clear and theatrical way. Students will need some assistance in Years 7-11 if they are to develop their skills adequately to meet the challenge of the scriptwriting course in Year 12. The following guide outlines one approach to assist students in the process.

2001

Drama and literacy (pdf - 57 KB)
This article was first published by Drama Australia in the 2000 edition of the Australian Drama Education Magazine. It was reprinted in Curriculum Support with permission from Christine Comans, Director of Publications for Drama Australia.

2000

The elements of drama (pdf - 29 KB)
The elements of drama provide a useful checklist for students and teachers working on student performance. As the elements are the building blocks of a performance, teachers will find it invaluable to focus on each of them when diagnosing problems with a performance. When students become skilled and confident with the use of the elements of drama, the facilitator has a ready reference point to work from. As students continue working with the elements, they will begin to refer to them in their reflection and the development of their own performance work.

The drama essay (pdf - 37 KB)
In the HSC students are called upon to make links in their written responses between practice and reflection. In this article we suggest an approach to essay writing which supports all areas of the HSC that rely on written reflection. In drama you can also assist students by providing a bridge from experiential activities to written responses.

Programming the HSC Drama Syllabus (pdf - 26 KB)
In order to teach the HSC Drama course effectively, teachers must take time to plan their teaching and assessment programs to meet the needs of their school, their students and their own areas of interest and expertise. This article will make some suggestions that may assist in the development of a program for the HSC drama course.

Designing an assessment program (pdf - 24 KB)
Teachers should be familiar with the relationship between outcomes and content in their subject area. The table provided in this article illustrates a sample format for an HSC drama assessment program.

Sample Stage 6 assessment task for drama (pdf - 29 KB)
In this task students explore and present a selected theatrical form or performance style, using a workshop that will include performance examples.

1999

Working on the human voice (pdf - 32 KB)
Teaching voice skills is central to drama syllabuses in Years K-12. Working with the voice in the early secondary years will assist development in vocal skills for performance in later years.

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