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Students are introduced to the foundation skills and concepts required for Middle School Drama. Practical, design and written activities provide opportunity for exploration of themes, self expression and a basic understanding of performance skills. Cooperative group work and evaluative reflection are key concepts of the course.
GRADE 8 DRAMA
The Grade 8 curriculum is made up of the following mandatory units and a number of smaller optional units.
1. Introduction of Script and Alter Ego
- Introducing scripted drama
- Dogg’s Hamlet
- Alter Ego
- Developmental workbook entry
2. Making Movies - Health
- Advertising
- Planning the commercial
- Filming
- Introduction to iMovie
- Editing
- Planning the commercial
3. Monologues and Duologues
- Monologue and Duologue explanation and examples
- Writing for the stage
- Duologue/monologues (extension – optional) performances
- Reflection and evaluation
Additional Units
Where time is available small units, taken from the grade 6 or 7 syllabus (used as revision with different activities) or from the list below, can be introduced.
- Script writing on a given theme.
- Polished improvisation based on a given theme or containing given elements.
- Exploration of a theme, subject or concept through improvisation.
- Theatre/Drama vocabulary quizzes.
- Script comprehension.
- Costume Design.
- Set Design.
- Study of Text
- Other forms of theatre, for example, Commedia
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