AC9ADR8D01 Year 7 The Arts

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 The Arts provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

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

Elaborations

• 1 developing vocal qualities of projection, clarity and contrast through control of pace, pitch, dynamics and use of pause and silence
• 2 developing use of the body to communicate through, for example, movement and stillness, realistic and non-realistic movement; and developing performance skills such as exploring ways to transition between scenes
• 3 experimenting with ways to use conventions associated with a specific style/form in their drama; for example, conventions such as flashback/flashforward, aside, slow motion, chorus (commentator), signs, sound/music
• 4 experimenting with the elements of drama, relevant stylistic conventions or ways of manipulating form to create, shape and sustain dramatic action, situations and narratives, in order to achieve intended meaning and purpose; for example, through class, individual and group activities such as improvisation and basic devising in a selected style or in response to provided stimulus material
• 5 using improvisation to explore techniques/strategies associated with specific styles/forms to heighten and release tension and using ideas from the improvisation to interpret scenes from a scripted drama
• 6 experimenting with ways to manipulate elements of drama and use performance skills to communicate status/power relationships in drama being devised and/or when interpreting scripts
• 7 understanding the importance of and applying respectful relationships and empathy when developing roles and characters, and conveying historical and cultural ideas and meaning

Related Achievement Standards