Year 9 Drama
9DRA Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Ms V. Gowdy.
Students build confidence, teamwork and leadership skills within the framework of creative play.
Learning and assessment activities are based around the four strands of the Arts Curriculum.
Students explore the following while developing their knowledge of dramatic conventions, elements and techniques, in the context of storytelling using Māori Creation Kōrero and 19th Century NZ Settler society:
- Developing practical knowledge – using drama elements and conventions to create drama.
- Developing ideas – improvisation, drama creation.
- Communicating and interpreting – performing in role.
- Understand drama in context – theatre styles.
Course Overview
Semester A
Term 1: Within the framework of creative play, students will learn how to use Drama Conventions and Elements to shape an existing story into a dramatic performance.
The end goal is to perform a devised drama based on Māori Creation Kōrero.
Term 2: Within the framework of creative play, will learn how to use Drama Techniques to shape characters (i.e. using their voice, body, movement and use of space to become someone else). They will also learn how people used their voice, body, movement and space in 19th Century NZ Settler society.
The end goal is to devise and perform a drama that conveys how status was used in that historical context.
Semester B
Term 1: Within the framework of creative play, students will learn how to use Drama Conventions and Elements to shape an existing story into a dramatic performance.
The end goal is to perform a devised drama based on Māori Creation Kōrero.
Term 2: Within the framework of creative play, will learn how to use Drama Techniques to shape characters (i.e. using their voice, body, movement and use of space to become someone else). They will also learn how people used their voice, body, movement and space in 19th Century NZ Settler society.
The end goal is to devise and perform a drama that conveys how status was used in that historical context.
Assessment Policy & Procedures Pathway
DRAMA adds TRANSFERABLE SKILLS to ALL CAREER PATHWAYS.
Among many other things, students will learn to perform under pressure, work work in a group to achieve practical goals and support others in the group to achieve at the same time.
Students learn to OBSERVE and ANALYZE people and the world around them in order to learn from their stories.
Drama creation operates in the HIGHER THINKING ORDER SKILL LEVELS (Blooms Taxonomy) and students are required to learn CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING and TIME MANAGEMENT skills in every lesson.
Sales Representative, Actor, Office Administrator, Receptionist, Advertising Specialist, Copywriter, Sales and Marketing Manager, Registered Nurse, Air Force Officer, Paramedic, Animal Care Attendant, Police Officer, Army Officer, Historian, Artistic Director, Film and Video Editor, Auctioneer, Sound Technician, Author, Bank Worker, Hotel/Motel Manager, Cafe Worker, Building and Construction Manager, Outdoor Recreation Guide/Instructor, Flight Attendant, Waiter/Waitress, Film/Television Camera Operator, Counsellor, Carpet Cleaner, Midwife, Farm Assistant, Retail Sales Assistant, Ship's Officer, Elected Government Representative, Psychologist, Trainer, Coachbuilder/Trimmer, Journalist, Communications Professional, Community Karitāne, Community Development Worker, Information Technology Helpdesk/Support Technician, Hotel Porter, Event Manager, Conservator, Dairy Farmer, Storeperson, Editor, Solicitor, Judge, Crop Farmer/Manager, Curator, Customs Officer, Foreign Policy Officer, Director (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Radio Presenter, Workplace Relations Adviser, Sports Coach/Official, General Practitioner, Psychiatrist, Dog Trainer, Personal Assistant, Human Resources Adviser, Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Media Producer, Production Assistant (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Florist, Service Station Attendant, Forest Manager, Funeral Director/Embalmer, Lighting Technician, Health and Safety Inspector, Agricultural/Horticultural Field Representative, Hairdresser/Barber, Health Services Manager, Health Care Assistant, Immigration Officer, Kaiwhakaako Māori, Librarian, Translator, Market Research Analyst, Ship's Master, Mortgage Broker, Navy Officer, Office Manager, Photographer, Policy Analyst, Private Teacher/Tutor, Production Manager, Recreation Co-ordinator, Project Manager, Real Estate Agent, Recruitment Consultant, Secondary School Teacher, Social Worker, Teacher Aide, Telemarketer, Television Presenter, Tour Guide, Travel Agent/Adviser, Valuer, Intelligence Officer, Management Consultant, Network Administrator, Court Registry Officer, Marketing Specialist, Psychotherapist, Case Manager, Career Consultant, Orchard Farmer/Manager, Support Worker, Dairy Farm Manager, Facilities Manager
Contributions and Equipment/StationeryStudents will need to bring a scrapbook or 1B5 exercise book to keep track of learning. Additionally, there is a schoolwide expectation that all learners bring their laptop on a daily basis.