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Years 3 and 4 Drama

In Years 3 and 4, learning in The Arts builds on the experience of the previous band. It involves students making and responding to artworks independently and collaboratively with their classmates and teachers. As they experience The Arts, students draw …

Years 3 and 4 | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Example of knowledge and skills Drama

In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through drama. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through drama practices focusing on: Elements of drama Role, character and relationships Role …

Example of knowledge and skills | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

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taking photos or videoing drama they devise to view and extend their drama ideas

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manipulating objects, puppets, 2D images and available technologies to create stories

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enhancing ideas and stories in their drama by using available software and technologies, for example, using a mobile device to add sound effects to a performance

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recognising that drama can show that people have different feelings about the world based on their experiences of the environment and other people

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experimenting with tension, and creating dramatic meaning to sustain improvisations and process dramas

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developing sensory and spatial awareness when creating dramatic action

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sharing with others dramatic action that is structured through dramatic tension, in real or virtual spaces

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examining drama in their community and comparing it to other drama of different people, times and cultures

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comparing different ways improvisation and scripted drama create characters and action, and evaluating drama from other cultures and considering how they can use specific techniques in their own work

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adjusting the weight (heaviness or lightness of movement), speed, use of stillness, levels and movement through space to focus on character and situation and create dramatic action

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focusing communication with the audience by, for example, remembering lines, moves and cues in rehearsal and performance

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Considering viewpoints – societies and cultures: For example – What are the traditions, customs and conventions of this drama? How does this drama draw from other cultures, times and places? How have you used drama of other times, places and cultures …

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Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – What were the actor/director’s intentions in this drama? What are your intentions in the drama you are making? What ideas did you think the drama expressed? How did you engage with the …

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analysing and evaluating the structural choices made in their devised drama by documenting their process in records such as journals, blogs, and video or audio recording (with consent of participants)

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adapting facial expression, posture, gesture, movement and voice (including accent) to portray age, power and disposition in a specific performance style, such as contemporary Australian styles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dramatists

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performing the role within the underlying dramatic structure

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