Year 9 Drama (9DRA)

Drama is an exciting hands on performing art that enables students to step into a role as characters in different times and places, developing students’ confidence, co-operation and performance skills. It suits students who like to learn by doing, who enjoy speaking and acting, telling stories and using their imagination.

Learning Content:

By the end of the course students develop skills to:

• Work co-operatively with others in group and whole class situations including games and improvisation;

• Use voice, body and space to create a storm scene from Shakespeare’s The Tempest;

• Create a character using costume and props;

• Explore an ethical issue by creating a character and using drama conventions such as a freeze frame, split stage and mimed action;

• Move and speak as a chorus from a play from ancient Greece that is nearly 2,500 years old!