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  • 3 February - 9 February

  • 10 February - 16 February

    Kia ora everyone, 

    Welcome to year 10 Drama, I hope you are ready for a fun year where you are going to step out of your comfort zone.

    This week we are focused on getting to know each other, as we come from all different whanau.  We will play ice breaker, interactive games that will help us learn names and feel more comfortable with each other.

    Activities:

    1. You, Me
    2. Whiz
    3. Space Jump
    4. 3's
    5. Wink murder
    6. Evolution
    7. Up, down

  • 17 February - 23 February

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • learnt to play werewolves

    Activities:

    1. For our first session we will be learning how to play werewolves - a super fun game based on your ability to work out who is telling the truth and who is lying, but you need to work it out before you are killed!
    2. Our second session will involve playing properly, now that we all now how to play - good luck!

  • 24 February - 1 March

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Learnt what drama techniques are
    • Discussed as a class how they can be used in a performance
    • Understood why they are important

    Activities:

    1. Learn what our drama techniques are
      - Voice - pitch, pace, projection, tone, breath, accent, 
      - Body - facial expression, gestures, posture
      - Movement - space, levels
    2. Understand why they are important and what they are used for within a performance

  • 2 March - 8 March

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Continue to develop your understanding of how to use drama techniques
    • Apply techniques in short activity games

    Activities:

    1. Learn what our drama techniques are
      - Voice - pitch, pace, projection, tone, breath, accent, 
      - Body - facial expression, gestures, posture
      - Movement - space, levels
    2. Understand why they are important and what they are used for within a performance
    3.  in pairs or groups start using some techniques
      - eye contact game
      - charades


  • 9 March - 15 March

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Continue to develop your understanding of how to use drama techniques
    • Apply techniques in short activity games

    Activities:

    1. Learn what our drama techniques are
      - Voice - pitch, pace, projection, tone, breath, accent, 
      - Body - facial expression, gestures, posture
      - Movement - space, levels
    2. Understand why they are important and what they are used for within a performance
    3.  in pairs or groups start using some techniques
      - charades
      - Short skit



  • 16 March - 22 March

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Continue to develop your understanding of how to use drama techniques
    • Apply techniques in a short skit

    Activities:

    1. Learn what our drama techniques are
      - Voice - pitch, pace, projection, tone, breath, accent, 
      - Body - facial expression, gestures, posture
      - Movement - space, levels
    2. Understand why they are important and what they are used for within a performance
    3.  Open Script - you will receive a short script that has no context, scenario, genders etc.
      - you task, with your partner will be to interpret your scene and decide what it is you are talking about.  You will have 1.5 sessions to rehearse and brainstorm your idea, and .5 session to perform it to the rest of the class, using your drama techniques to get across your intentions. 




  • 23 March - 29 March

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Continue to develop your understanding of how to use drama techniques
    • Pair up with a new partner
    • Select longer open script and begun rehearsal

    Activities:

    1. Read through script with partner
    2. Decide on scenario, context, character - gender, age, mood, characteristics
    3. apply techniques that help your character come to life - take it seriously and step into that role (be outside your comfort zone)
    4. 1.5 sessions of rehearsal, .5 session - performance

    Homework:

    Line learning for your open script

  • 30 March - 5 April

    Holidays

  • 6 April - 12 April

    Holidays

  • 13 April - 19 April

    Hi Everyone 

    Your only task over the next couple of weeks is to read Niu Sila

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-5kCZYkmp7lfLLpY-0T0SsxozuxyjlVI

    This is a New Zealand play called Niu Sila - Which is Samoan for New Zealand. It is a play set in NZ in the 60's.
    It is about a A man called Peter who runs into an old childhood friend called Ioane - a Samoan boy he grew up with. Throughout the play he reminisces about their childhood and how growing up white versus Pasifka had such different implications on their success and life as an adult.

    Please read through it - understand the humour, the closeness of the to boys and the underlying racial tones that followed Ioane his whole life and how that set him up for his future.

  • 20 April - 26 April

    Hi Everyone 

    Your only task over the next couple of weeks is to read Niu Sila

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-5kCZYkmp7lfLLpY-0T0SsxozuxyjlVI

    I have also added some optional questions for those who have completed the play.

    That doc can be found here:

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Nc3SBmXlxw-dnwGGkuzgNFbnhtRcNYeQzJrL1lCurg/edit

    please make your own copy

  • 27 April - 3 May

    Hi Everyone 

    Please make sure you've read Niu Sila:

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-5kCZYkmp7lfLLpY-0T0SsxozuxyjlVI

    I have also added some optional questions for those who have completed the play.

    That doc can be found here:

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Nc3SBmXlxw-dnwGGkuzgNFbnhtRcNYeQzJrL1lCurg/edit

    please make your own copy


  • 4 May - 10 May

    Hi Everyone 

    please make sure you have read Niu Sila:

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-5kCZYkmp7lfLLpY-0T0SsxozuxyjlVI

    Your next task is to complete Role on Wall Activity - you need to do it for two characters.

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E3Z7CkHP6MoPAGXf8PiI-8--KCMx9_8jYZCxfK2BTIY/edit

  • 11 May - 17 May

    Hi Everyone 

    please make sure you have read Niu Sila:

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-5kCZYkmp7lfLLpY-0T0SsxozuxyjlVI

    Your next task is to complete Role on Wall Activity - you need to do it for two characters.

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E3Z7CkHP6MoPAGXf8PiI-8--KCMx9_8jYZCxfK2BTIY/edit


  • 18 May - 24 May

    Welcome back to school guys.

    This week we are playing catch up on the play - I am assuming you have all read it.

    If you haven't - READ IT!!!!

    We are discussing themes, characters and key ideas

    Relationships, racism, equal opportunity, how those things impact how your grow up and future success

  • 25 May - 31 May

    Welcome back to school guys.

    This week we are playing catch up on the play - I am assuming you have all read it.

    If you haven't - READ IT!!!!

    We are discussing themes, characters and key ideas

    Relationships, racism, equal opportunity, how those things impact how your grow up and future success


  • 1 June - 7 June

    Dividing you into your groups/scenes

    you are working in either pairs, threes or fours.

    You will receive your scenes and start reading through your scene with your group

    Homework:
    Learning your lines


  • 8 June - 14 June

    Still working on learning lines - aim is to be mostly learnt by the end of the week.

    I want to see some different form of learning - don't just sit the whole time - walk around, use the imaginary ball technique, say it in different voices, use the rule of three - repetition!

    Homework:

    Learn your lines

  • 15 June - 21 June

    Blocking - each group works with me for 20mins

    We put your scene on stage and plan staging, set and props

    You also need to start discussing costume and what props you need to bring in

    Homework

    Lines and bringing props and costumes

  • 22 June - 28 June

    Blocking - each group works with me for 20mins

    Rehearsing!!!

    We put your scene on stage and plan staging, set and props

    You also need to start discussing costume and what props you need to bring in

    Homework

    Lines and bringing props and costumes


  • 29 June - 5 July

    PERFORMANCE WEEK!!!!

    please bring any costumes/props you need, keep rehearsing with your partner - maybe organise a lunch time if you need it.

    GOOD LUCK!!!

  • 6 July - 12 July

    Holidays

  • 13 July - 19 July

    Holidays

  • 20 July - 26 July

    First Session - We will be examining your videos of your performance and self grading, before your actual grades are revealed and marks go live.

    Second session is a game of werewolves

    Next week we start learning about conventions and moving on to our second assessment.


  • 27 July - 2 August

    We will be focussing on Drama Conventions:

    These have two major purposes:

    1.  To keep the drama interesting
    2.  To help inform the audience of things they may have missed otherwise

    We will be starting with freeze frame and Split Scene


  • 3 August - 9 August

    We will be focussing on Drama Conventions:

    These have two major purposes:

    1.  To keep the drama interesting
    2.  To help inform the audience of things they may have missed otherwise

    Completed:  freeze frame and Split Scene

    Working on:  Slow Motion and Transitions for flashbacks/flash forwards/dreams


  • 10 August - 16 August

    We will be focussing on Drama Conventions:

    These have two major purposes:

    1.  To keep the drama interesting
    2.  To help inform the audience of things they may have missed otherwise

    Completed:  freeze frame and Split Scene, Slow Motion and Transitions for flashbacks/flash forwards/dreams

    Working on:  Telephone/overheard Conversations and Invisibility/ghosting



  • 17 August - 23 August

    We are unfortunately on lock down.

    I will not be providing any drama work over the lock down.  Please just focus on your core subjects and and whanau based learning you are doing.

    I will see you when we are all back :)

  • 24 August - 30 August

    We are unfortunately on lock down.

    I will not be providing any drama work over the lock down.  Please just focus on your core subjects and and whanau based learning you are doing.

    I will see you when we are all back :)


  • 31 August - 6 September

    Welcome back to term 3 week 7!!!

    We are going to start our brainstorming for our second assessment.

    Bring a list of your favourite melodrama scenarios - bachelor, Kardashians, shortland street, home and away etc...

  • 7 September - 13 September

    Brainstorm a list of reality shows, melodrama soap opera shows

    Discuss similarities - real life events, blown out of proportion

    brainstorm characters - damsel, villain, hero, heroine, sidekick

    Brainstorm scenarios - natural disasters, cheating, romances, stealing, cheating, lying

  • 14 September - 20 September

    Watch a couple of melodramatic clips - Spanish soap opera's, days of our lives etc..

    Brainstorm what conventions work well with these scenarios - overheard conversation, telephone, split scene, freeze, flash back/forward, stage fight, symbol.

    Get divided into 2 groups. Start brainstorming different melodramatic scenarios.

  • 21 September - 26 September

    Start writing a plot and scene overview, what conventions you would use and decide on characters - names. 

    Complete it within 2 session and hand over to the other group.

  • 28 September - 4 October

    Holidays

  • 5 October - 11 October

    Holidays

  • 12 October - 18 October

    In you group, Start reading over your plot and scene overview.  Get a good understanding of your story.  Assign your characters and start brainstorming how to apply your conventions to each scene.

  • 19 October - 25 October

    In your group, read over your plot and scene overview.  Get a good understanding of your story.  Assign your characters and start brainstorming how to apply your conventions to each scene.

    Start rehearsing your first scenes.

    I know it is hard at the moment as half the class and myself are all out at production.  Please just try your hardest.

  • 26 October - 1 November

    In your group, read over your plot and scene overview.  Get a good understanding of your story.  Assign your characters and start brainstorming how to apply your conventions to each scene.

    Start rehearsing your first scenes.

    I know it is hard at the moment as half the class and myself are all out at production.  Please just try your hardest.


  • 2 November - 8 November

    Everyone back in class now, but we have counted up how many classes we have left when we consider CAT exams, work experience, trips, market days, Teacher only days.  And we only have three classes left.  

    We will instead watch Alexander Hamilton and look at the conventions they use to help bring the musical to life - song, dance, flash back, fighting, narration, interrogation, ghosting, etc...

  • 9 November - 15 November

    CATS week

    Alexander Hamilton

  • 16 November - 22 November

    Alexander Hamilton

  • 23 November - 29 November

    Work Experience

  • 30 November - 6 December

    Werewolves

  • 7 December - 13 December

    Holidays