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Year 7 Drama Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9
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Year 7 Drama Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9

This Achievement Standard describes what students are expected to know and do in Year 7 The Arts by the end of the year. Teachers can use it to guide assessment design, collect evidence of learning, and ensure planning stays aligned with the Australian Curriculum v9.

What Students Should Know

By the end of Year 8, students analyse how elements of drama and/or conventions are manipulated in drama they create and/or experience. They evaluate the ways drama created and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicates ideas, perspectives and/or meaning. They describe respectful approaches to creating, performing and/or responding to drama.

Students work collaboratively to manipulate elements of drama and conventions to shape and sustain dramatic action in improvised, devised and/or scripted drama. They employ performance skills to convey dramatic action and communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning when performing drama to audiences.

Content Descriptors by Strand

This standard is supported by 7 Content Descriptors:

Creating and making

Drama

AC9ADR8C01 improvise and devise drama and/or interpret scripted drama, manipulating elements of drama and applying conventions relevant to the style/form 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

Developing practices and skills

Drama

AC9ADR8D01 develop performance skills relevant to selected drama styles and/or forms AC9ADR8D02 reflect on their own and others’ drama to inform choices when manipulating elements of drama and/or conventions to shape dramatic action

Exploring and responding

Drama

AC9ADR8E01 investigate ways the elements of drama and/or conventions are used to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in drama created and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts AC9ADR8E02 investigate the diversity of drama created and/or performed by First Nations Australians, considering culturally responsive approaches to Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights

Presenting and performing

Drama

AC9ADR8P01 rehearse and perform improvised, devised and/or scripted drama to audiences, using performance skills and conventions relevant to style and/or form

At a Glance

Strand Substrand CDs Elaborations
Creating and making Drama 2 10
Developing practices and skills Drama 2 11
Exploring and responding Drama 2 9
Presenting and performing Drama 1 4
Total 7 34

Frequently Asked Questions

What should students know by the end of Year 7 Drama?
By the end of Year 8, students analyse how elements of drama and/or conventions are manipulated in drama they create and/or experience. They evaluate the ways drama created and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicates ideas, perspectives and/or meaning. They describe respectful approaches to creating, performing and/or responding to drama. Students work collaboratively to manipulate elements of drama and conventions to shape and sustain dramatic action in improvised, devised and/or scripted drama. They employ performance skills to convey dramatic action and communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning when performing drama to audiences.
How many Content Descriptors support this standard?
7 Content Descriptors support this Achievement Standard (Creating and making: 2, Developing practices and skills: 2, Exploring and responding: 2, Presenting and performing: 1).
How does this compare to Year 5?
The Year 5 Drama standard (ASARTDRAY56) covers the preceding year level. Standards build progressively, with Year 7 expectations extending what was introduced in Year 5.
Is this from the latest Australian Curriculum?
Yes, this Achievement Standard is from the Australian Curriculum version 9.0 (AC v9), the most current version published by ACARA.