9 Drama 1

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  General

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  Kia ora, welcome to year 9 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, or individually to perform a monologue or duologue.
    

  • 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. Learn the rules for werewolves
• Select week Term 1: Week 4

  Term 1: Week 4

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Play werewolves
• Select week Term 1: Week 5

  Term 1: Week 5

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Lockdown Activity: Complete the drama techniques worksheet on Google Classroom
• Select week Term 1: Week 6

  Term 1: Week 6

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Body techniques
• Select week Term 1: Week 7

  Term 1: Week 7

  
  

  Activities:

  1. ...
• 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. Begin your formative assessment. Listen to the script summaries and choose your script and your group.
  2. Read through the script as a group and decide on roles
  3. Begin learning your lines
  4. Rehearse!
• Select week Term 1: Week 10

  Term 1: Week 10

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Rehearse your plays for your formative assessment
  2. Learn your lines!
• Select week Term 1: Week 11

  Term 1: Week 11

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Perform to the class
  2. Provide feedback and feedforward
  3. Werewolves
• Select week Holidays!

  Holidays!
• Select week Holidays!

  Holidays!
• Select week Term 2: Week 1

  Term 2: Week 1

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Read the assessment instructions
  2. Listen to the script summaries for the monologues and duologues.
  3.  Choose your script and partner (if you have one)
  4. Read through the script and decide on roles
  5. Begin learning your lines
  6. Rehearse!
• Select week Term 2: Week 2

  Term 2: Week 2

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Memorise your lines
  2. Character development workshop with Matua Tane
  3. Apply VBSM techniques
  4. Rehearse your monologue and duologue
• Select week Term 2: Week 3

  Term 2: Week 3

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Memorise your lines - Scripts down end of the week!
  2. Apply VBSM techniques
  3. Rehearse your monologue and duologue
• Select week Term 2: Week 4

  Term 2: Week 4

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Scripts down! 
  2. Apply VBSM techniques
  3. Rehearse your monologue and duologue
• Select week Term 2: Week 5

  Term 2: Week 5

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Scripts down! 
  2. Apply VBSM techniques
  3. Rehearse your monologue and duologue
• Select week Term 2: Week 6

  Term 2: Week 6

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Apply VBSM techniques
  2. Rehearse your monologue and duologue
• Select week Term 2: Week 7

  Term 2: Week 7

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Apply VBSM techniques
  2. Rehearse your monologue and duologue
• Select week Term 2: Week 8

  Term 2: Week 8

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Perform to the class
  2. Hand in your script
• Select week Term 2: Week 9

  Term 2: Week 9

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Assessment grades feedback & reflection
  2. Werewolves!
• Select week Term 2: Week 10

  Term 2: Week 10

  
  

  Activities:

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

  Holidays!
• Select week Holidays!

  Holidays!
• Select week Term 3: Week 1

  Term 3: Week 1

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Slow motion activity - base of support, core balance. Walking, running, falling, putting on a jumper
  2. Spoken Thoughts
  3. Dream sequence
  4. Narration
  5. Transitions
  6. Aside
  7. Create a skit using at least 3 conventions. Party skit
• Select week Term 3: Week 2

  Term 3: Week 2

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Wednesday - Freeze-frame challenge
  2. Thursday - Introduce conscience, invisibility/ghosting, overheard conversations. Add more conventions to your party skit
• Select week Term 3: Week 3

  Term 3: Week 3

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Stage fighting
  2. Create your own stage fighting skit
• Select week Term 3: Week 4

  Term 3: Week 4

  
  

  Activities:

  1. No class this week - Lockdown
• Select week Term 3: Week 5

  Term 3: Week 5

  
  

  Activities:

  1. LOCKDOWN
  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. Continue 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. Come to the 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 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