10 Drama 1

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• Select week General

  General

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  Kia ora, welcome to year 10 drama!

  Ko Miss Steel toku ingoa - I will be your drama teacher this year. I'm excited that you have chosen drama as one of your option subjects.

  You can email me esteel@mhjc.school.nz or visit me in my class f5. 

  Google Classroom code:  

  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. 

  • Select activity Assessment One: Applying Drama Techniques

    

    Assessment One: Applying Drama Techniques Assignment

    You will be selecting and refining your use of drama techniques and working collaboratively with your group to perform a scene/s from Niu Sila.
    

  • Select activity Assessment Two: Conventions and Theatre Technologies

    

    Assessment Two: Conventions and Theatre Technologies Assignment

    In this assessment you are required to show your understanding of drama conventions and technologies (staging OR costume). Attendance and participation in drama distance learning will also be taken into account so those who have been participating and showing effort will receive a grade boost.
    

• Select week Term 1: Week 1

  Term 1: Week 1

  
  

  Activities:

  No class this week
• Select week Term 1: Week 2

  Term 1: Week 2

  
  

  Activities:

  1. You, me
  2. Walk name game
  3. Throw challenge
  4. biddy biddy bop
  5. captains coming
  6. "honey if you love me"
  7. ninja warrior
• Select week Term 1: Week 3

  Term 1: Week 3

  
  

  Activities:

  1. LOCKDOWN - no class
• Select week Term 1: Week 4

  Term 1: Week 4

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Learn werewolves rules
  2. Play werewolves

  
  
• Select week Term 1: Week 5

  Term 1: Week 5

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Lockdown - Complete the drama techniques worksheet on google classroom

  
  
• Select week Term 1: Week 6

  Term 1: Week 6

  
  

  Activities:

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

  Term 1: Week 7

  
  

  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
• Select week Term 1: Week 8

  Term 1: Week 8

  
  

  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
• Select week Term 1: Week 9

  Term 1: Week 9

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Read through Nui Sila Script
  2. Discussion around the characters and themes in the play
• Select week Term 1: Week 10

  Term 1: Week 10

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Niu Sila Role on the Wall Activity
  2. Niu Sila Discussion Questions
• Select week Term 1: Week 11

  Term 1: Week 11

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Assign groups and scenes for your first performance
  2. Get your scripts
  3. Begin learning your lines
• Select week Holidays!

  Holidays!
• Select week Holidays!

  Holidays!
• Select week Term 2: Week 1

  Term 2: Week 1

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Rehearsal for Niu Sila
  2. Begin annotating scripts
  3. Focus on voice and body techniques
• Select week Term 2: Week 2

  Term 2: Week 2

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Rehearsal for Niu Sila
  2. LAST WEEK WITH SCRIPTS!
• Select week Term 2: Week 3

  Term 2: Week 3

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Rehearsal for Niu Sila
  2. Begin annotating scripts
  3. Focus on voice and body techniques
  4. SCRIPTS DOWN!
• Select week Term 2: Week 4

  Term 2: Week 4

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Rehearsal for Niu Sila
  2. Begin annotating scripts
  3. Focus on voice and body techniques
• Select week Term 2: Week 5

  Term 2: Week 5

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Rehearsal for Niu Sila
  2. Begin annotating scripts
  3. Focus on voice and body techniques
• Select week Term 2: Week 6

  Term 2: Week 6

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Perform scenes from Niu Sila
  2. Hand in scripts
• Select week Term 2: Week 7

  Term 2: Week 7

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Performance reflection
  2. Upload to MHO
  3. Werewolves
• Select week Term 2: Week 8

  Term 2: Week 8

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Play Werewolves!
• Select week Term 2: Week 9

  Term 2: Week 9

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Learn about drama conventions: Freeze frame, split scene, telephone conversation, aside, thoughts aloud
  2. Freeze frame challenge
• Select week Term 2: Week 10

  Term 2: Week 10

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Learn about drama conventions: Conscience, overheard conversation, invisibility/ghosting, narration
  2. Create a skit - guess which conventions they are using?
• Select week Holidays!

  Holidays!
• Select week Holidays!

  Holidays!
• Select week Term 3: Week 1

  Term 3: Week 1

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Recap of conventions from last term
  2. Learn about new conventions: sound effects, music, song, dance, poem
  3. Create skits to music and add in other conventions
• Select week Term 3: Week 2

  Term 3: Week 2

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Bowl game to recap conventions: 1st round describe, 2nd round charades, 3rd round one word
  2. Stage fighting - learn the moves
• Select week Term 3: Week 3

  Term 3: Week 3

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Stage fighting - practise the move
  2. Stage fighting - create a short, believable fight sequence
• Select week Term 3: Week 4

  Term 3: Week 4

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Biographies research. Use the template on Google Classroom to find out about a famous/infamous New Zealander.
• Select week Term 3: Week 5

  Term 3: Week 5

  
  

  Activities:

  1. LOCKDOWN - continue with your biographies research
  2. Learn about new conventions: sound effects, music, song, dance, poem
  3. Create skits to music and add in other conventions
• Select week Term 3: Week 6

  Term 3: Week 6

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Complete the conventions activity on Google Classroom - watch a tv show and record the conventions you see as you watch
• Select week Term 3: Week 7

  Term 3: Week 7

  
  

  Activities:

  1. GoogleMEET with your groups on Thursday to plan our your performance for your 2nd drama assessment. 
• Select week Term 3: Week 8

  Term 3: Week 8

  
  

  Activities:

  1. GoogleMEET with your group on Thursday to plan out your performance for your 2nd assessment
  2. Start storyboarding your performance on the shared doc and brainstorming where and how to use conventions.
• Select week Term 3: Week 9

  Term 3: Week 9

  
  

  Activities:

  1. GoogleMEET with your group on Thursday to plan out your performance for your 2nd assessment
  2. Continue storyboarding your performance on the shared doc and brainstorming where and how to use conventions.
• Select week Term 3: Week 10

  Term 3: Week 10

  
  

  Activities:

  1. GoogleMEET with your group on Thursday to plan out your performance for your 2nd assessment
  2. Finish storyboarding your performance on the shared doc and brainstorming where and how to use conventions.
• Select week Holidays!

  Holidays!
• Select week Holidays!

  Holidays!
• Select week Term 4: Week 1

  Term 4: Week 1

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Come to the GoogleMEET on Thursday to hear about the new drama assessment
• Select week Term 4: Week 2

  Term 4: Week 2

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Come to the GoogleMEET on Thursday to learn more about drama conventions with Miss Shields
  2. Conventions recap - participate in the kahoot to recap what you already know about conventions
• Select week Term 4: Week 3

  Term 4: Week 3

  
  

  Activities:

  1. GoogleMEET on Thursday for your conventions test
• Select week Term 4: Week 4

  Term 4: Week 4

  
  

  Activities:

  1. GoogleMEET on Thursday to learn about theatre technologies with Miss Steel. We will look at costume and set design.
• Select week Term 4: Week 5

  Term 4: Week 5

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Continue working on your costume or set design for your drama assessment. 
  2. Optional GoogleMEET on Thursday to answer any questions. 
• Select week Term 4: Week 6

  Term 4: Week 6

  
  

  Activities:

  1. No work this week due to Year 10 CAT's
• Select week Term 4: Week 7

  Term 4: Week 7

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Drama games at home
• Select week Term 4: Week 8

  Term 4: Week 8

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Drama games at home
• Select week Term 4: Week 9

  Term 4: Week 9