Weekly outline

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  • 1 February - 7 February

  • 8 February - 14 February

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify everyone in class
    • Understand Ms Shields expectations for participation and effort
    • Participated in a range of ice breakers/drama games. 

    Activities:

    1. Ice breaker games - you/me, threes, wink murder, space jump, bang, bus stop



  • 15 February - 21 February

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify everyone in class
    • Understand Ms Shields expectations for participation and effort
    • Participated in a range of ice breakers/drama games. 

    Activities:

    1. Ice breaker games - you/me, threes, wink murder, space jump, bang, bus stop
    2. Begin Learning rules for Werewolves and play a practice round




  • 22 February - 28 February

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Participated in Werewolves 
    • Understand what my first assessment/task will be - Drama Techniques

    Activities:

    1. Play full proper round of Werewolves
    2. Start discussing what our first assessment will be and look at drama techniques






  • 1 March - 7 March

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have... 

    • Complete the lockdown document
    • Identify Basic Techniques used by actors on screen

    Activities:

    1. Watch a T.V. show or film, select two diferent character
    2. Analyse the techniques they use
    3. Fill in the table to show the techniques
    • Voice - Pitch, Pace, Projection, Tone, Breath
    • Body - Gestures, Posture, Facial Expression
    • Space - Levels, Direction, Energy, Movement






  • 8 March - 14 March

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify a range of drama techniques
    • Participate in a range of activities/games to practice techniques

    Activities:

    1. Eye contact, laser beam game
    2. Charades - gesture game
    3. Body movement games - Alphabet + Machines
    4. Space Jump





  • 15 March - 21 March

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify a range of drama techniques
    • Participate in a range of activities/games to practice techniques

    Activities:

    1. Voice examinations - explore pitch, pace, pause, tone, projection, volume, breath, accent, articulation
    2. Warm up activities 
    3. Creating a skit with a focus on voice






  • 22 March - 28 March

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify a range of drama techniques
    • Participate in a range of activities/games to practice techniques

    Activities:

    1. Voice examinations - explore pitch, pace, pause, tone, projection, volume, breath, accent, articulation
    2. Warm up activities 
    3. Creating a skit with a focus on voice







  • 29 March - 4 April

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify a range of drama techniques
    • Participate in a range of activities/games to practice techniques

    Activities:

    1. Exploring Body - Gestures, Facial Expressions and Posture, Space and Levels
    2. Warm up activities 
    3. Creating a skit with a focus on body







  • 5 April - 11 April

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify a range of drama techniques
    • Participate in a range of activities/games to practice techniques

    Activities:

    1. Exploring Body - Gestures, Facial Expressions and Posture, Space and Levels
    2. Warm up activities 
    3. Creating a skit with a focus on body








  • 12 April - 18 April

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Break down assessment to be started next term and understand that techniques need to be applied
    • Selected my script

    Activities:

    1. Go over assessment
    2. Decide on Monologue or Duologue
    3. Listen to a range of scripts
    4. Choose a partner - if in a duologue - and choose your script and decide on character

    Homework:

    Learning lines








  • 19 April - 25 April

    Holidays

  • 26 April - 2 May

    Holidays

  • 3 May - 9 May

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Memorised some lines
    • begun rehearsal with my partner

    Activities:

    1. Rehearsing every session
    2. focus on learning a bit more of your script each session

    Homework:

    Learning lines









  • 10 May - 16 May

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Memorised at least 1/2 my lines
    • Rehearsal with my partner

    Activities:

    1. Rehearsing every session
    2. focus on learning a bit more of your script each session
    3. Begun blocking my scene - putting it on to stage with set and props
    4. Thinking about costumes and what I need to bring

    Homework:

    Learning lines and organising props and costumes










  • 17 May - 23 May

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Memorised at least 3/4 of my lines
    • Rehearsal with my partner

    Activities:

    1. Rehearsing every session
    2. focus on learning a bit more of your script each session
    3. Blocking my scene - putting it on to stage with set and props
    4. Thinking about costumes and what I need to bring

    Homework:

    Learning lines and organising props and costumes











  • 24 May - 30 May

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Run full run throughs

    Activities:

    1. Working with partner or on your own and learn lines
    2. Should be learning the last bits of your scripts

    Homework:
    Line learning



  • 31 May - 6 June

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Start running full run throughs

    Activities:

    1. Make decisions around any costume or props required
    2. Run throughs, applying drama techniques




  • 7 June - 13 June

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Run full run throughs

    Activities:

    1. Getting into costume
    2. organise all props and set
    3. Run throughs from start to end with no stops - evaluate mistakes at the end of the rehearsal

    Homework:
    Organising all costumes and props



  • 14 June - 20 June

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Run full run throughs

    Activities:

    1. Getting into costume
    2. organise all props and set
    3. Run throughs from start to end with no stops - evaluate mistakes at the end of the rehearsal

    Homework:
    Organising all costumes and props


  • 21 June - 27 June

    Performance Week!!!!

  • 28 June - 4 July

    Performance Week!!!!

  • 5 July - 11 July

    Werewolves and Drama Games

  • 12 July - 18 July

    Holidays

  • 19 July - 25 July

    Holidays

  • 26 July - 1 August

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Understand what a convention is and why it is used
    • Identify different conventions

    Activities:

    1. Begin Exploring Drama Conventions - Freeze Frame, Split Scene, Telephone Convo, Aside
    2. Short skits and practices




  • 2 August - 8 August

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Understand what a convention is and why they are used
    • Identify different conventions

    Activities:

    1. Begin Exploring Drama Conventions - Conscience, Spoken Thought, Overheard convo, Invisibility/Ghosting, Narrator
    2. Short skits and practices





  • 9 August - 15 August

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Understand what a convention is and why they are used
    • Identify different conventions

    Activities:

    1. remind what conventions are - Transitions, Flash Back/forward, Dream Sequence, Scream, Ritual Ceremony
    2. Short skits and practices







  • 16 August - 22 August

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Understand what a convention is and why they are used
    • Identify different conventions

    Activities:

    1. Werewolves 
    2. remind what conventions are - Music, Poem, song, dance, sound effects, costume, lighting 
    3. Short skits and practices
    4. Introduce new assessment - Myths and Conventions.






  • 23 August - 29 August

    Lockdown work:

    Please view your google classroom for instructions.

    Research online different myths - find their moral - is it based on religion, culture, kids stories etc...

    record your three favourite that you would like to make a skit or dance routine about.  

  • 30 August - 5 September

    Lockdown work:

    Please view your google classroom for instructions.

    Fill out survey.

    Complete doc on conventions while watching assigned movie.


  • 6 September - 12 September

    Lockdown work:

    Please view your google classroom for instructions.

    You have been put into groups - please start sharing your fav myths you have researched on your google doc and attend the google meet at 2pm on Thursday.

  • 13 September - 19 September

    Lockdown work:

    Please view your google classroom for instructions.

    In your groups continue sharing ideas and start narrowing your selections.

    Try to have one chosen by the end of this week.

  • 20 September - 25 September

    Lockdown work:

    Please view your google classroom for instructions.

    Start working on characters and thinking about conventions.

    Story boarding starts this week.

    Dance group - start thinking about music selection.

  • 27 September - 3 October

    Lockdown work:

    Please view your google classroom for instructions.

    Story boarding is your priority - thinking about a beginning, middle and end.

    And where conventions will fit.

    Dance group - start thinking about music selection.


  • 4 October - 10 October

    Holidays

  • 11 October - 17 October

    Holidays

  • 18 October - 24 October

    Lockdown work:

    Please view your google classroom for instructions.

    Story board revision - first time back - take some time to familiarise yourself with your groups story.  Make any adjustments.

    Start thinking about lines/basic script.

    Dance group - Finalise Music, Start choreographing at home, come up with ideas for each song.  And think about how it will start/end.  Formations


  • 25 October - 31 October

    Lockdown work:

    Please view your google classroom for instructions.

    Story board revision - Make any adjustments.

    Creating basic script.

    Dance group - Finalise Music, Start choreographing at home, come up with ideas for each song.  And think about how it will start/end.  Formations



  • 1 November - 7 November

    We have had to rethink work as we did not return at the start of term 4.  

    New Assessment is in two parts:

    1.  Conventions - You will have one week to recap them and one week to sit a short 1/2 hour test.

    2. Technologies - you will have one week to learn about technologies - like staging or costumes and one week to dram and submit an image that represents those technologies.

    Google meets each week on a Thursday .  Please keep an eye on the options window each week for when that time will be.

  • 8 November - 14 November

    We have had to rethink work as we did not return at the start of term 4.  

    New Assessment is in two parts:

    1.  Conventions - You will have one week to recap them and one week to sit a short 1/2 hour test.

    2. Technologies - you will have one week to learn about technologies - like staging or costumes and one week to dram and submit an image that represents those technologies.

    Google meets each week on a Thursday .  Please keep an eye on the options window each week for when that time will be.


  • 15 November - 21 November

    We have had to rethink work as we did not return at the start of term 4.  

    New Assessment is in two parts:

    1.  Conventions - You will have one week to recap them and one week to sit a short 1/2 hour test.

    2. Technologies - you will have one week to learn about technologies - like staging or costumes and one week to dram and submit an image that represents those technologies.

    Google meets each week on a Thursday .  Please keep an eye on the options window each week for when that time will be.


  • 22 November - 28 November

    We have had to rethink work as we did not return at the start of term 4.  

    New Assessment is in two parts:

    1.  Conventions - You will have one week to recap them and one week to sit a short 1/2 hour test.

    2. Technologies - you will have one week to learn about technologies - like staging or costumes and one week to dram and submit an image that represents those technologies.

    Google meets each week on a Thursday .  Please keep an eye on the options window each week for when that time will be.


  • 29 November - 5 December

  • 6 December - 12 December

  • 13 December - 19 December