Outcome 4.1.1: A student identifies and explores the elements of drama to develop belief and clarity in character, role, situation and action.

Students learn to:

• develop a range of created and imagined situations which explore the familiar and unfamiliar
• develop fundamental vocal and physicalisation techniques appropriate to conveying role/character
• explore basic movement techniques in relation to roles/characters.

Students learn about:

• the processes of developing and sustaining a role/character through voice, stance, gesture and status
• ways in which movements assist character development
• the role of the individual in the collaborative process of drama.

Outcome 4.1.2: A student improvises and playbuilds in a variety of group-devised exercises and activities.

Students learn to:

• link playbuilding scenes

Students learn about:

• the processes of improvisation and contributing ideas in spontaneous and rehearsed improvisations
• creating a cohesive performance by using transitions such as music, punchlines, exits, blackouts, freezes, movements, repeated dialogue, images, poetry etc.
• the role of the individual in the collaborative process of drama.

Outcome 4.1.3: A student devises and enacts drama using scripted and unscripted material.

Students learn to:

• analyse and interpret scripts and texts
• use improvisation techniques to explore the dramatic structures of scripts and texts
• experiment with voice and movement activities that develop their understanding of the script or text in action.

Students learn about:

• the processes of improvisation and contributing ideas in spontaneous and rehearsed improvisations
• creating a cohesive performance by using transitions such as music, punchlines, exits, blackouts, freezes, movements, repeated dialogue, images, poetry etc.
• the role of the individual in the collaborative process of drama.

Outcome 4.2.1: A student uses performance skills to communicate dramatic meaning.

Students learn to:

• use vocal skills to communicate meaning
• use body language and physicalisation to help an audience read performance
• use techniques to create a character/role.

Outcome 4.2.3: A student explores and uses aspects of dramatic forms, performance styles and technologies to create dramatic meaning.

Students learn to:

• use improvisation skills, where appropriate, to explore dramatic concepts
• use dramatic forms and performance styles in playbuilding performances
• develop acting, performance and physical skills to enhance specific performance styles.

Students learn about:

• ways to adopt or adapt features of dramatic forms in playbuilding
• using acting or performance techniques in areas such as voice, movement, mask, mime, characterisation, role play, script or on-camera production
• the ways in which levels, physical proximity and groupings can affect dramatic meaning.

Outcome 4.3.1: A student describes the contribution of individuals and groups in drama, using appropriate drama terminology.

Students learn to:

• respond appropriately to their work and the dramatic work of others.

Students learn about:

• recording their ideas in a drama workbook or in other forms such as oral/aural, visual representation, discursive, written or word-processed forms.

Outcome 4.3.3: A student identifies and describes elements of drama, dramatic forms, performance styles, techniques and conventions in drama.

Students learn to:

• reflect on their own work and the work of others.

Students learn about:

• acknowledging the attitudes and views of others through working collaboratively in the development of dramatic meaning.