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There are two key stages for Drama: Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.

Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Year 7 - Introduction to Shakespeare.

Romeo and Juliet made simple!

Script Reading
Partner Work
Group Work
Student In Role
Communication Skills

Sensitivity
Creativity
Enjoyment!

Key issues arising from story -
War.
Prejudice.
Bullying.
Teenage Life.
Arrange Marriages.
Weddings from other cultures.
Look at the "Theatres".

Year 8 PSHE - Look at Bullying. Victim/Bully/Why?

Passive/Aggresive/Assertive behaviour.

Year 9 PSHE - Look at drug abuse, signs, symtoms, control.

Year 9 Preparation for SATS - MACBETH - When shall we three meet again?
(Possibly in the drama studio of Breeze Hill School !!!)

Atmosphere, modd, tension, character studies, script reading, understanding language, stage layout, direction.

Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations (OCR) syllabus - 100% practical assessment with written evidence in the form of a diary and project. Full GCSE 2/3 lessons.

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.
(Extract from 'As you like it' Shakespeare)

Role playing -Techniques

Freeze frames
Spotlighting
Focus in
Re-enactment
Dramatic pause
Symbolism
Mime voice patterns
Soliloquy's
Hot seating
Interviewing
Thought tunnel
Thought tracking
Addressing the audience
Slow motion
Sound collage

Benefits of studying drama
Commitment, Professional, Personal development, Social values, Cultural awareness, Planning and research techniques, Language skills, Team work,
Appreciation of drama as an art form and its place in society.



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