DRAMA 9
Recommended
Course Credit Course Duration Delivery Method
None
N / A 1 semester
Performance and processbased, using a variety of instructional strategies
Students in Drama 9 learn the skills required to create interesting characters through the use of movement and voice, improvisation, analysis, and play-building. This course is a foundation for Drama 10, which shifts from creative drama to more concrete theatre skills. Students will delve into how identity is explored, expressed, and impacted through drama experiences. Drama provides opportunities to gain insight into the perspectives and experiences of people from a variety of times, places, and cultures. Assessment will include both process and performance.
The Big Ideas explored in this course are are:
• Identity is explored, expressed, and impacted through drama experiences.
• Drama provides opportunities to gain insight into perspectives and experiences of people from a variety of times, places, and cultures.
• Collaborative drama experiences can build community and nurture relationships with others.
• Drama uses a unique sensory language for creating and communicating.
DRAMA 10( 1 SEMESTER)
Recommended Drama 8 or Drama 9
Course Credit Course Duration
2 credits 1 semester
Drama 10 is a semester-long course that deepens students’ foundational performance skills. Building on Drama 9, students expand their abilities in script and character analysis, vocal technique, movement, improvisation, playbuilding, monologue, and audition preparation. Assessment includes assignments, process work, and performance.
The Big Ideas explored in this course are:
• Drama communicates ideas, emotions, and perspectives through movement, sound, imagery, and language.
• Active participation in drama creates personal and cultural connections and reveals insights into human experience.
• Drama offers dynamic ways of exploring one’ s identity and sense of belonging.
• Growth as an artist is dependent on risktaking, perseverance, and reflection.
• Drama cultivates collaboration through critical reflection, creative co-operation, and the exchange of ideas.
DRAMA 10( FULL YEAR)
Recommended Drama 8 or Drama 9
Course Credit Course Duration Delivery Method
4 credits Full Year
Performance and processbased, using a variety of instructional strategies
Drama 10 Full Year develops students’ foundational performance skills, emphasizing script analysis, scene study, playbuilding, and monologue. Students also enhance their skillset in character work, improvisation, collaboration, and overall performance abilities. Assessment includes assignments, process work, and performance.
Delivery Method
Performance and processbased, using a variety of instructional strategies
The Big Ideas explored in this course are:
• Drama communicates ideas, emotions, and perspectives through movement, sound, imagery, and language.
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