Level 3 Drama (3DRA)
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs L. Simpson.
Level 3 is a full NCEA course and University Entrance approved subject. In this course, students will extend their performance skills and improve their knowledge of theatre through studying the work of leading playwrights and practitioners from Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas. This course builds experience and skills for those with a passion for acting and developing performance work. It continues to have a strong practical focus. Students examine how theatre is used to provoke an audience and reflect human experience. Work is increasingly sophisticated, and students develop independence as performers. Students engage with challenging texts to develop their acting skills, devise drama based influenced by an international theatre practitioner and perform in a class production for an invited audience. Students taking this course will also have the opportunity to see live professional theatre. Learning in Level 3 Drama compliments learning in English, Social studies and History, Classics, Health and Media studies as well as the other visual and performing arts. This course is creative, challenging and satisfying. Students will be expected to rehearse and perform out of school time for some assessments. The NZ Scholarship Drama examination is available to ambitious students.
Preferred Prior Learning
2DRA or with HOD discussion
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Drama 3.1 - Interpret scripted text to integrate drama techniques in performance
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Drama 3.2 - Devise and perform a drama to realise a concept
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Drama 3.3 - Interpret a text from a prescribed playwright to demonstrate knowledge of a theatre form or period
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Drama 3.6 - Perform a substantial acting role in a significant production
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SCHL - Drama
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.