Subject: Drama Subject Teacher: Miss E Southall

Head of Department: Mrs H Bennett

Qualification: GCSE

Examination Board: WJEC

Course Content:

GCSE Drama is all about understanding what it is like to put yourself in someone else’s shoes. You will learn many different drama techniques. You will have the opportunity to create your own work as well as look at plays written by other people. The course is in three parts:

• use drama to express feelings and ideas about a range of issues;

• look at a play to see how playwrights express their ideas about a theme or topic, and explore ways of making the play work on stage;

• performance - you will have the choice of being involved in the performance of a play from a script or one you create yourself.

How will you learn:

• work creatively and supportively with groups of varying sizes showing imagination and understanding;

• adopt, sustain and develop a variety of roles with imagination and depth;

• demonstrate a creative use of language, movement and space;

• use drama form to explore issues;

• discuss and evaluate the work, its meaning and form;

• pupils will participate in teacher led workshops exploring the three units. Pupils will create a detailed portfolio of work to support their teacher assessed marks.

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