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AC9ADR4D01

use the elements of drama to explore and develop ideas for dramatic action in improvisations and/or devised drama

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The same idea, year by year

Where AC9ADR4D01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 3 and 4.

  1. Years 1 and 2AC9ADR2D01use the elements of drama and imagination in dramatic play and/or process drama
  2. Years 5 and 6AC9ADR6D01explore ways to combine the elements of drama to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in improvisations, devised drama and/or scripted drama

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