AC9ADR4D01
Years 3 to 4
The Arts
AC9ADR4D01 | Years 3 to 4 Drama: Drama
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor use the elements of drama to explore and develop ideas for dramatic action in improvisations and/or devised drama
Strand
Developing practices and skills
Substrand
Drama
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 3 to 4 Drama. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration experimenting with the loudness/softness, pace and pitch of their voices/vocalisations to create roles and situations, time and place; for example, when initiating and developing roles and situations in process drama
- • Elaboration exploring roles and situations; for example, by using language (choice of words, expressions and tone) or experimenting with ways to heighten tension in the dramatic action
- • Elaboration improvising ways to connect short scenes, such as clapping a rhythmic pattern, saying words or phrases and/or through movement
- • Elaboration developing spatial awareness when creating dramatic action; for example, considering how close/far apart they should stand to others in the performance space or how they can use movement to manipulate tension
Plan a lesson from this content description.
Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
- By the end of Year 4, students describe use of selected elements of drama in drama they experience, create and/or perform.See it on the standard page →
- Students use selected elements of drama when creating drama and/or performing.See it on the standard page →
- They collaborate to improvise and/or devise drama that communicates ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.See it on the standard page →
- By the end of Year 4, students describe use of elements, concepts and/or conventions in arts works they create and/or experience.See it on the standard page →
- Students use arts knowledge and skills to create arts works in a range of forms that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.See it on the standard page →
Read the full Years 3 to 4 Drama achievement standard
Read the full Years 3 to 4 Arts (all subjects) achievement standard