Year 7 – Drama

Head of Subject: Mrs H Lloyd

Intended Outcomes

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Students will gain an understanding of how to devise theatre in a naturalistic style, being introduced to the drama acronym GEMS (Gesture, Expression, Movement, Speech) and how to analyse and evaluate their own work and the work of others. 
 
Our Day Out – Students will gain an understanding of staging scripted performance using GEMS in a naturalistic style, learning and applying the techniques of Stanislavski and beginning to analyse and evaluate their own work and the work of others. 
 
Harry Potter – Students will take part in devising as a whole class, exploring using GEMS in the style of physical theatre and developing their ability to analyse and evaluate their own work and the work of others. 
 
Weird Sisters – Students will explore staging scripted work, with a focus on a Shakespearean text, further developing their GEMS skills in the style of physical theatre and independent ability to analyse and evaluate their own work and the work of others. 
 
Live Theatre – Students will continue to explore acting skills but as part of the acronym CLASS (Costume, Lighting, Acting skills, Set/staging/props, Sound), learning to understand, analyse and evaluate all elements of theatre. 

  • Course Implementation

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    Students will work in small groups to develop several scenes from the Roald Dahl story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, focusing on using their gestures, expressions, movement and speech in a way that reflects real life. Students will perform for the teacher and the class receiving a mark against the schools assessment policy, they will also be assessed on a piece of supported extended writing. 

    Our Day Out 

    Students will work as a class to explore the techniques of Stanislavski and then work in small groups to apply these to a small section of the play Our Day out by Willy Russell, focusing on developing GEMS skills in a naturalistic style. Students will perform for the teacher and the class receiving a mark against the schools’ assessment policy, they will also be assessed on a piece of supported extended writing. 

    Harry Potter 

    Students will work in small groups and as a whole class to improvise and devise performance based on Harry Potter’s Wizarding World, exploring GEMS skills in the style of physical theatre. Students will perform for the teacher and the class receiving a mark against the schools’ assessment policy, they will also be assessed on a piece of supported extended writing. 

    Weird Sisters 

    Students will explore a small section of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, working in small groups to use GEMS skills in the style of physical theatre to create the ‘witches’ from the play. Students will perform for the teacher and the class receiving a mark against the school’s assessment policy, they will also be assessed on a piece of supported extended writing. 

    Live Theatre – Peter Pan 

    Students will watch the recorded live production of Peter Pan exploring how to understand, analyse and evaluate costume, lighting, acting skills, set/staging/props and sound through a range of practical and written activities. This will be assessed through students work in their exercise books and a piece of extended writing analysing and evaluating the performance. 

     

Learning Impact

Student’s knowledge and skills will be assessed through observation of the process of creating, performing and responding. This will be assessed against the school assessment policy in a marking grid in student’s books. This will be fed back to parents through the school wide reports. 

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