Drama

Drama

What your child will be taught in years 7, 8 and 9.
Drama is part of the performing arts department.
Students are given the opportunity to explore rehearsal and performance skills in lessons and in extra-curricular productions.
Students will cover the following areas of drama.

KS3 Programme of Study

Year 7

Term 1
1. Introduction to Drama
2. Mime
3. Trust themed improvisation
4. Skills based scenarios : voice-overs/solos

Term 2
1. The Alison Longman Story
2. Courtroom Drama : Dangerous Dogs
3. James and the Giant Peach—Dramatisation
4. Drama Skills : Hot-seating, step-outs

Term 3
1. Newspaper Newsroom
2. Genre
3. The Street
4. Drama Skills : Narration and Commentary

Year 8

Term 1
1. Conflict/Tension
2. Social Realism/Peer Pressure : Bullying
3. Drama Conventions : Elements of Drama

Term 2
1. The Attack : Muktar’s Story
2. Miss Sarajevo

Term 3
1. Social Realism & Peer Pressure : Stabbing at the Disco
2. Documentary Drama
3. The Street—One Year On

Year 9

Term 1
1. Spontaneous Improvisation (Line, Location, Skill)
2. The Old Lock Factory / Jane Monaghan Story
3. Evacuees

Term 2
1. Script into improvisation/improvisation into script:
· Waiting for the Party
· The Pressure Cooker

Term 3
1. Beginner’s Guide to Castleford High School
2. Genre Pastiche : “Ready, Steady, Yuk!”

Lower School Drama Club starts in September 3.00—4.00 p.m.
More details in first weeks of term.