DRAMA GCSE

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DRAMA GCSE
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KEY FEATURES

• Teacher designed programme of activities
• Options in devised performance, performance
  support or scripted performance
• Contains an appropriate balance of practical and
  written work
• 60 teacher assessed coursework, 40 externally
  assessed practical examination
• Centre-choice of plays and stimulus material to
  be explored through practical work

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AIMS TO DEVELOP

• Creative and imaginative powers, confidence and
  the practical skills for communicating and
  expressing ideas, feelings and meanings in drama
• Investigative, analytical, experimental and
  critical skills
• Group skills
• Knowledge and understanding of drama within a
  social, cultural and historical context
• Understanding of drama forms

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SKILLSacting and/or design skills
inter-personal and group working skills
creative skills improvisation skills
communication skills evaluative skills
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Diversity of topic areas
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• Year 10
• Term 1
• First half Symbolism, audition and interview
  techniques, expressionism, non-naturalistic
  theatre all explored using a variety of stimuli
  including fairytales and Shakespeare
• Second half Comedy, Naturalistic theatre,
  scripted performance of the monologues of Alan
  Ayckbourne A talk in the Park and Talking
  Heads.
• Term 2
• First half Improvisation and exploration of
  texts including, music, photography, poetry.
  Exploring themes using a performance of Waiting
  for Godot. Absurdist theatre, introduction to
  the technical equipment and considering design.
• Second half Agit-prop theatre, comedy
  caricatures, political theatre, music hall,
  variety show, sketch shows, exploration of Oh
  What a Lovely War, group production of their own
  politically motivated piece of Agit-prop.
• Term 3
• Coursework this term will be spent getting to
  know their coursework text, completing their
  practical exam workshops and completing their
  written coursework

• Year 11
• Term 1
• First Half Trestle Mask Work, developing comedy
  characterisation and physicality
• Second half - Coursework this term will be
  spent focusing upon the theme of state of mind,
  they will complete practical exam workshops and
  complete their written coursework.
• Term 2
• Preparation for practical exam.
• March May Practical examination

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Paper 1

• UNIT 1
• 30 of the GCSE
• Internally assessed
• 6 hour workshop exploring a theme e.g. state of
  mind using different texts (e.g. photos,
  newspaper articles, scripts, poetry).
  Experimenting with different drama explorative
  strategies and skills
• Written portfolio to accompany the workshop.
• 3 essays 12 sides of A4
• Essay 1 The response phase
• Essay 2 The development phase
• Essay 3 The evaluative stage

• UNIT 2
• 30 of the GCSE
• Internally assessed
• 6 hour workshop exploring a substantial play text
  e.g. Oh What a Lovely War, The Tempest.
  Experimenting with different drama explorative
  strategies and skills
• Written portfolio to accompany the workshop.
• 3 essays 12 sides of A4
• Essay 1 The response phase
• Essay 2 The development phase
• Essay 3 The evaluative stage

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Paper 2

• 40 of the GCSE
• Externally assessed practical examination
• a) Devised performance
• b) Scripted performance
• c) Third way (devising around a script)
• D) performance support

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