Weekly outline

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  • Assessments

  • 5 February - 11 February

    Kia ora!

    Welcome to term 1 2024!

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Understand expectations in drama for the year
    • Name everyone in my class
    • Worked with everyone through a range of games
    • Developed skills that help me work with others

    Activities:

    1. Discuss class expectations:  Attendance, Effort, Working with others, open mindedness
    2. Playing a range of theatre games that help us build relationships and get to know everyone
    3. Developing trust and skills that will help with performance


    Games:  Bang, Blind Bang, Zombie, Whiz, Three's




  • 12 February - 18 February

    Kia ora!

    Welcome to term 1 2024!

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Name everyone in my class
    • Worked with everyone through a range of games
    • Participate in all activities
    • Developed skills that help me work with others

    Activities:

    1. Playing a range of theatre games that help us build relationships and get to know everyone
    2. Developing trust and skills that will help with performance


    Games:  Whiz, Wink murder, pass the clap, find the squeeze, space jump, Blind keys, bus stop, evolution 




  • 19 February - 25 February

    Kia ora!

    Welcome to term 1 2024!

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Understood the roles and responsibilities of my character in roleplay murder mystery game: Werewolves
    • Participated in practice game, then real game.

    Activities:

    1. Going through all roles and what they do
    2. Play practice round getting used to how the characters work
    3. Play real game, trying to win either as a good guy, or a bad guy


    Games:  Werewolves

  • 26 February - 3 March

  • 4 March - 10 March

  • 11 March - 17 March

  • 18 March - 24 March

  • 25 March - 31 March

  • 1 April - 7 April

  • 8 April - 14 April

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Understand assessment
    • Begin looking at monologues and duologues

    Activities:

    1. Reading through various scripts
    2. and choosing ones that interest you and your partner
    Homework:
    - Learning your lines







  • 15 April - 21 April

    Holidays

  • 22 April - 28 April

    Holidays!

  • 29 April - 5 May

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Listening to and reading through a range of different monologues and duologues
    • Selecting your partner and your script

    Activities:

    1. Sorting through scritps
    2. Deciding on script and group members





  • 6 May - 12 May

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Learnt a section of your lines

    Activities:

    1. Rule of three - repetition learning activity
    2. Walking, moving, bouncing a ball while learning lines - not just sitting still
    Homework:
    - Learning your lines






  • 13 May - 19 May

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Learning lines
    • Blocking and planning set/props/costume

    Activities:

    1. Rehearsal
    2. Selecting techniques
    3. Drawing a birds eye floor plan of scene and 
    Homework:
    - Learning your lines

  • 20 May - 26 May

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Finalising last part of lines
    • Finished blocking and planning set/props/costume

    Activities:

    1. Rehearsal
    2. Selecting techniques



  • 27 May - 2 June

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Scripts down, lines learnt 

    Activities:

    1. Rehearsal
    2. Refining and selecting techniques



  • 3 June - 9 June

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Scripts down, lines learnt 

    Activities:

    1. Rehearsal
    2. Refining and selecting techniques


  • 10 June - 16 June

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Scripts down, lines learnt 

    Activities:

    1. Dress Rehearsal
    2. Refining and selecting techniques
    3. Watch and and offer feedback to another group
    4. Perform to another group and receive feedback

    Homework:
    Bringing in any set/props/costume required for your scene.



  • 17 June - 23 June

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Scripts down, lines learnt 

    Activities:

    1. Dress Rehearsal
    2. Refining and selecting techniques
    3. Watch and and offer feedback to another group
    4. Perform to another group and receive feedback

    Homework:
    Bringing in any set/props/costume required for your scene.


  • 24 June - 30 June

    Final Dress Rehearsal

    Performance Week!!!

  • 1 July - 7 July

    Performance Week!!!!

    And finishing with a game of werewolves.

  • 8 July - 14 July

    holidays

  • 15 July - 21 July

    holidays


  • 22 July - 28 July

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify what a convention is and what its purpose is
    • Identify some conventions

    Activities:

    1. Class discussion - around what conventions are
      Help make it more interesting, help tell the story, help the audience understand the story
    2. Identify some conventions we have scene in TV, Movies or Plays - Slow motion, Freeze Frame, Split Scene, Flashback/forward, Conscience, Spoken Thought, Overheard, Telephone, Ghosting, Invisibility, Symbol, Stage Fight, Ritual Ceremony, Music, Dance, Poetry, Song, Lights, Costume/Make-up, Sound Effects



  • 29 July - 4 August

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify what a convention is and what its purpose is
    • Identify some conventions
    • Devise short skits using 2-3 conventions 
    • Critic other performances and identify what conventions were used, and if they were effective

    Activities:

    1. Rehearse a skit, select a range on conventions, make decisions around if they are effective or not.  
    2. Perform to class - accepting criticism, and feedback for improvements
    3. offering other groups feedback to help them improve
    4. Identify some conventions we have scene in TV, Movies or Plays - Slow motion, Freeze Frame, Split Scene, Flashback/forward, Conscience, Spoken Thought, Overheard, Telephone, Ghosting, Invisibility, Symbol, Stage Fight, Ritual Ceremony, Music, Dance, Poetry, Song, Lights, Costume/Make-up, Sound Effects



  • 5 August - 11 August

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify what a convention is and what its purpose is
    • Identify some conventions
    • Devise short skits using 2-3 conventions 
    • Critic other performances and identify what conventions were used, and if they were effective

    Activities:

    1. Rehearse a skit, select a range on conventions, make decisions around if they are effective or not.  
    2. Perform to class - accepting criticism, and feedback for improvements
    3. offering other groups feedback to help them improve
    4. Identify some conventions we have scene in TV, Movies or Plays - Slow motion, Freeze Frame, Split Scene, Flashback/forward, Conscience, Spoken Thought, Overheard, Telephone, Ghosting, Invisibility, Symbol, Stage Fight, Ritual Ceremony, Music, Dance, Poetry, Song, Lights, Costume/Make-up, Sound Effects



  • 12 August - 18 August

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify what a convention is and what its purpose is
    • Identify some conventions
    • Devise short skits using 2-3 conventions 
    • Critic other performances and identify what conventions were used, and if they were effective

    Activities:

    1. Rehearse a skit, select a range on conventions, make decisions around if they are effective or not.  
    2. Perform to class - accepting criticism, and feedback for improvements
    3. offering other groups feedback to help them improve
    4. Identify some conventions we have scene in TV, Movies or Plays - Slow motion, Freeze Frame, Split Scene, Flashback/forward, Conscience, Spoken Thought, Overheard, Telephone, Ghosting, Invisibility, Symbol, Stage Fight, Ritual Ceremony, Music, Dance, Poetry, Song, Lights, Costume/Make-up, Sound Effects



  • 19 August - 25 August

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • decide on assessment task - myth/fairytale or genre
    • discuss which conventions you would use for different stories.
    • Receive groups start discussing story lines and conventions

    Activities:

    1. Go over assessment
    2. Class vote on topic
    3. Identify some conventions you could use in your story - Slow motion, Freeze Frame, Split Scene, Flashback/forward, Conscience, Spoken Thought, Overheard, Telephone, Ghosting, Invisibility, Symbol, Stage Fight, Ritual Ceremony, Music, Dance, Poetry, Song, Lights, Costume/Make-up, Sound Effects
    4. Begin devising



  • 26 August - 1 September

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • finished brainstorming story and assigning characters
    • make a story board, plot out conventions
    • begun rehearsals

    Activities:

    1. Identify some conventions you could use in your story - Slow motion, Freeze Frame, Split Scene, Flashback/forward, Conscience, Spoken Thought, Overheard, Telephone, Ghosting, Invisibility, Symbol, Stage Fight, Ritual Ceremony, Music, Dance, Poetry, Song, Lights, Costume/Make-up, Sound Effects
    2. Begin devising and rehearsing




  • 2 September - 8 September

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • finished brainstorming story and assigning characters
    • make a story board, plot out conventions
    • continue rehearsals

    Activities:

    1. rehearsing and refining skit
    2. focus on conventions you use in your story - Slow motion, Freeze Frame, Split Scene, Flashback/forward, Conscience, Spoken Thought, Overheard, Telephone, Ghosting, Invisibility, Symbol, Stage Fight, Ritual Ceremony, Music, Dance, Poetry, Song, Lights, Costume/Make-up, Sound Effects





  • 9 September - 15 September

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • continue rehearsals
    • finished our entire story and able to rehearse from start to end

    Activities:

    1. rehearsing and refining skit
    2. focus on conventions you use in your story - Slow motion, Freeze Frame, Split Scene, Flashback/forward, Conscience, Spoken Thought, Overheard, Telephone, Ghosting, Invisibility, Symbol, Stage Fight, Ritual Ceremony, Music, Dance, Poetry, Song, Lights, Costume/Make-up, Sound Effects
    3. planning costumes/set/props






  • 16 September - 22 September

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • dress rehearsals

    Activities:

    1. final rehearsals







  • 23 September - 28 September

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • PERFORMANCE WEEK!!!

    Activities:

    1. Last rehearsal, bring in all costumes, props, make up etc...
    2. final rehearsals
    3. Perform!!!







  • 30 September - 6 October

    holidays

  • 7 October - 13 October

    holidays

  • 14 October - 20 October

  • 21 October - 27 October

  • 28 October - 3 November

  • 4 November - 10 November

  • 11 November - 17 November

  • 18 November - 24 November

  • 25 November - 1 December

  • 2 December - 8 December

  • 9 December - 15 December