Years 7 and 8 · The Arts · Developing practices and skills

AC9ADR8D01

develop performance skills relevant to selected drama styles and/or forms

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The rest of Developing practices and skills in Years 7 and 8.

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9ADR8D01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 7 and 8.

1. 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
2. Years 9 and 10AC9ADR10D01develop performance skills and/or techniques to manipulate elements of drama and/or use conventions to communicate the physical and psychological aspects of roles and characters consistent with intentions
3. Years 9 and 10AC9ADR10D02reflect on their own and others’ drama or practices to refine and inform their use of elements of drama, conventions and/or approaches to shape and sustain dramatic action