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Years 7 and 8 · The Arts · Creating and making

AC9ADR8C02

evaluate and refine use of elements of drama and/or conventions to shape and sustain dramatic action and/or communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Creating and making in Years 7 and 8.

AC9ADR8C01

improvise and devise drama and/or interpret scripted drama, manipulating elements of drama and applying conventions relevant to the style/form

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9ADR8C02 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 7 and 8.

  1. Years 5 and 6AC9ADR6C01develop characters and situations, and shape and sustain dramatic action to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in improvised, devised and/or scripted forms
  2. Years 9 and 10AC9ADR10C01improvise and devise drama, and interpret scripted drama, using elements of drama and conventions to shape and manipulate dramatic action and convey intended ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
  3. Years 9 and 10AC9ADR10C02rehearse and refine drama making deliberate aesthetic choices to unify dramatic meaning

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