Weekly outline

  • General


    Kia ora, welcome to year 10 drama!

    You will be having 2 drama teachers this year. Miss Shields and Miss Steel. We are excited that you have chosen drama as one of your option subjects.

    Our email addresses are: esteel@mhjc.school.nz and ashields@mhjc.school.nz

    This year we will be learning about drama techniques, elements, conventions and technologies. You will also be learning to devise, memorise, rehearse and perform throughout the year - including for your assessments. 

    Please check MHO regularly for activities and planning. Your assessments will be linked here, at the top of the MHO page. 

    • Assignment icon

      Demonstrate a range of Drama Techniques whilst performing scenes from Niu Sila

    • Assignment icon

      You will be working collaboratively with your group to create a skit from a genre of your choice. You will need to consider appropriate elements and conventions of your chosen genre and you must include the assigned music as one of your conventions. You will need to develop your ideas as a group and apply conventions to devise a story packed with drama.

  • Term 1: Week 1

    Explore - Drama

    Activities:

    No class this week

  • Term 1: Week 2

    Explore - Drama

    Activities:

    • Introductions and expectations
    • The Name Game
    • Biddy biddy bop
    • Name and walk game
    • Ball game - team building
    • Spacejump
    • Up Down

  • Term 1: Week 3

    Explore - Drama

    Activities:

    • Werewolves - learn the rules
    • Werewolves game

  • Term 1: Week 4

    Explore - Drama

    Activities:

    1. Discussion on body techniques
    2. Ninja
    3. Follow your nose
    4. Laser game
    5. Role Model
    6. Waiter
    7. Group shape
  • Term 1: Week 5

    Explore - Drama

    Activities:

    1. Discussion on voice techniques
    2. I am a watermelon
    3. Voice warm ups
    4. Create your own skit
    5. Perform to the class
    6. Give feedback and feedforward
  • Term 1: Week 6

    Explore - Drama

    Activities:

    1. Open scripts - pick one, buddy up and apply your VBSM techniques to it
    2. Where is it set? Who are you? What is happening?
    3. Perform to the class
    4. Give feedback and feedforward
  • Term 1: Week 7

    Explore - Drama

    Activities:

    1. Practise script rehearsals

  • Term 1: Week 8

    Explore - Drama

    Activities:

    1. Practise Script rehearsal
    2. Practise Script performances

  • Term 1: Week 9


    Activities:

    1. History of Niu Sila - Oscar Kightley video

  • Term 1: Week 10


    Activities:

    1. History of Niu Sila - The Dawn Raids
    2. Read through Nui Sila Script
    3. Discussion around the characters and themes in the play

  • Term 1: Week 11


    Activities:

    1. Read through Niu Sila script
    2. Werewolves or Charades

  • Holidays!

  • Holidays!

  • Term 2: Week 1


    Activities:

    1. Niu Sila Role on the Wall Activity
    2. Niu Sila Discussion Questions

  • Term 2: Week 2


    Activities:

    1. Assign groups and scenes for your first performance
    2. Get your scripts
    3. Begin learning your lines

  • Term 2: Week 3


    Activities:

    1. Rehearsal for Niu Sila
    2. Begin annotating scripts
    3. Focus on voice and body techniques

  • Term 2: Week 4


    Activities:

    1. Rehearsal for Niu Sila
    2. Annotating scripts

  • Term 2: Week 5


    Activities:

    1. Rehearsal for Niu Sila
    2. Annotating scripts
    3. Focus on voice and body techniques
    4. Staging

  • Term 2: Week 6


    Activities:

    1. Rehearsal for Niu Sila
    2. Annotating scripts
    3. Focus on voice and body techniques
    4. Staging

  • Term 2: Week 7


    Activities:

    1. Rehearsal for Niu Sila
    2. Annotating scripts
    3. Focus on voice and body techniques
    4. Staging

  • Term 2: Week 8


    Activities:

    • Perform your scenes!

  • Term 2: Week 9


    Activities:

    • Final Performances
    • Feedback, grades and reflection

  • Term 2: Week 10


    Activities:

    • Werewolves!
    • The bowl game

  • Holidays!

  • Holidays!

  • Term 3: Week 1

    Learning Intention and Success Criteria:


    Activities:

    • Freezeframe challenge
    • Spoken thoughts, aside, telephone conversation, overheard conversation, Split Scene

  • Term 3: Week 2

    Learning Intention and Success Criteria:


    Activities:

    • Slow motion, breaking the 4th wall, narrator, invisibility, ghosting, conscience
    • Conventions - Flash Back/Forward, Dream sequence, Transitions, Scream

  • Term 3: Week 3

    Learning Intention and Success Criteria:


    Activities:

    • Conventions - Flash Back/Forward, Dream sequence, Transitions, Scream, music, chorus of movement, chorus of voice, soundscape
    • Create skits using music
    • Perform skits to the class

  • Term 3: Week 4

    Learning Intention and Success Criteria:


    Activities:

    • Stage Fighting techniques
    • Stage fighting skits

  • Term 3: Week 5


    Activities:

    • Begin planning and devising fairytales
    • Create your storyline
    • Decide which conventions to use

  • Term 3: Week 6


    Activities:

    • Devising in your groups
    • Rehearsals

  • Term 3: Week 7


    Activities:

    • Devising in your groups
    • Rehearsals
    • Performances start on Thursday!

  • Term 3: Week 8


    Activities:

    • Assessment 2 fairytale performances
    • Feedback and grades
  • Term 3: Week 9


    Activities:

    • Grades and feedback
    • Drama games - your choice

  • Term 3: Week 10


    Activities:

    • Werewolves!

  • Holidays!

  • Holidays!

  • Term 4: Week 1

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING theatre technologies by investigating the purpose of props and costumes.
    • We are EXPLORING theatre technologies by recognising the impact of mask use in Krishnan's Dairy.

    Activities:

    • Class discussion - why do we use masks in theatre?
    • Begin designing your mask
    • Masking tutorial

  • Term 4: Week 2

    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on mask making by developing our own designs for a theatre mask.

    Activities:

    • Preparation for masking - finalising designs and cutting up masking strips.
    • Begin masking process with plaster of paris. 

  • Term 4: Week 3

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    • We are PLANNING on designing and constructing our own masks so that we can apply our understanding of theatre technologies.

    Activities:

    • Continue masking process with plaster of paris
    • Begin painting your mask

  • Term 4: Week 4

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    • We are PLANNING on designing and constructing our own masks so that we can apply our understanding of theatre technologies.

    Activities:

    • Painting and decorating your mask

  • Term 4: Week 5

    CAT WEEK!

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  • Term 4: Week 6

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    • We are PLANNING on designing and constructing our own masks so that we can apply our understanding of theatre technologies.

    Activities:

    • Painting and decorating your mask
    • Games if there is time!

  • Term 4: Week 7

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING theatre technologies by investigating the purpose of props and costumes.
    • We are EXPLORING theatre technologies by recognising the impact of mask use in Krishnan's Dairy.

    Activities:

    • Drama games!

  • Term 4: Week 8

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  • Holidays!