Shape and perform dramatic action using narrative structures and tension in devised and scripted drama, including exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander drama

Elaborations

• applying story structures in their drama, including roles and events linked through cause and effect and dramatic tension (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – What are the stories and the ideas in the drama you watch and listen to? Which of the characters do you identify with? What relationships and situations do you recognise (or not recognise) in the drama you watch and listen to? (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
• performing their improvised sections of process drama and playbuilding)
• sharing with others dramatic action that is structured through dramatic tension, in real or virtual spaces (Skills: Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
• performing short scripted drama with a sense of role, situation and dramatic tension (Skills: Literacy, Personal and Social Capability)
• Considering viewpoints – evaluations: For example – How well did you collaborate to make drama? What worked best in the drama? (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
• planning and rehearsing their drama for a live or virtual performance (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
• exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories and how they are dramatically portrayed as a reference for shaping their own drama (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Intercultural Understanding)
• exploring dramatic traditions and practices from one or more Asian societies in their drama (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Intercultural Understanding)

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