Unit 1: Exploration
of Drama &
Theatre
You will be expected to:
Language
Non-verbal communication
Vocal awareness
Characterisation
The social, cultural, historical and political context
The visual, aural and spatial elements of a production
Interpretation
The response to a practitioner*
(*Practitioner is only for ONE text)
Overview of dates
NAME:
FORM:
Interpretation
You need to be aware that ALL lessons will impact on your overall mark out of
25 and you must be consistent across the activities and across the texts. The
mark scheme is as follows:
Practical Exploration Criteria
Students practical exploration of the texts is outstanding. Involvement and
creativity in all practical tasks is consistently committed and focused. They are
able to demonstrate accuracy and comprehensive understanding of the themes
and issues in both texts.
Students practical exploration of the texts is excellent with sustained
engagement in all practical tasks. Their detailed knowledge and understanding of
the main themes and issues in both texts is communicated effectively through all
practical activities.
Students practical exploration of the texts is good with clear engagement in a
range of practical activities. They are able to demonstrate a good grasp of the
texts, main themes and issues through the confident application of practical
activities.
Students practical exploration of the texts is adequate with some engagement in
practical activities. They may be stronger on one text than the other and may not
always be able to demonstrate their understanding clearly in a practical workshop.
Students practical exploration of the texts is limited. They often misunderstand
the focus of a practical activity or are unable to communicate their intentions.
Interaction and co-operation with others can be inconsistent.
You must keep careful notes on ALL the work you complete in class. Teachers
will set homework in the form of notes of questions, as well as research tasks
and reading of the texts. Make sure you keep up with this. You will need all
your notes to compile your Exploration Notes at the end of the practical
study. It is very difficult to write about something you did weeks ago so
careful note taking is very important.
How will I complete the Exploration Notes?
There are 4 main stages to the exploration notes.
1. Keep all your notes from every lesson in the work booklet. You may
also be asked to complete work on your Drama Blog. The better your
organisation, the easier the process will be.
2. In December there will be some lessons and set times after school to
complete the Exploration Notes in Controlled Conditions. The notes will
be compiled in a word document and developed into a written
evaluation. These can NOT be completed at home or outside of the
allotted times.
3. Over Christmas your finished document will be comment marked by a
teacher and returned to you for ONE final redraft in January.
Marks
17-25
16-20
11-15
6-10
0-5
4. There will be a deadline in early January for all Notes and Theatre
Reviews, which must be submitted in the appropriate format and word
counted.
Mark Scheme for Exploration Notes
Marks
17-20
13-16
9-12
5-8
0-4
Marks
13-15
10-12
7-9
4-6
0-3
Limited
Adequate
Good
Week Beginning:
Excellent
NAME:
Outstanding
Limited
Adequate
Good
Excellent
Week Beginning:
Outstanding
Outstanding
Excellent
Good
Adequate
Limited
Excellent
Good
Adequate
Limited
Week Beginning:
Outstanding
Limited
Adequate
Good
Excellent
Week Beginning:
Outstanding
16-20
11-15
6-10
0-5
Teacher Comment:
Oedipus Notes Page use this for general notes taken from the
lesson
A Streetcar Named Desire Notes Page use this for general notes
taken from the lesson
Reading List
You will see form the assessment sheet that you will be required to do reading and
research OUTSIDE of the lesson and homework that is set. This can often seem
quite daunting as at GCSE almost all your work will have been directed by your
teacher. We have completed a reading list with books that may be useful to you and
suggestions for where to start.
Reading little and often is often more useful that trying to get through one complete
book. With many books you often only need to one or two chapters to get the
information you want. We are not expecting you to read all the books cover to
cover!
When you make notes make sure you write which book they came from in case you
need to refer back to it at a later date.
Tennessee Williams
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Practitioners
- The Stanislavski Complete Toolkit
- The Complete Brecht Toolkit
Other
- The Frantic Assembly; Book of devising theatre. Graham, Scott. Hoggett, Steven. (792)
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Furthermore you should be reading plays widely, both classic and modern.
We also have a wide range of scripts to borrow this might help you prepare
for Unit 2 and is a nice alternative to reading a novel (and often much
shorter!)
Language
Oedipus
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Date set:
Date Due:
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Date
set:
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Date Due:
What was the task set? What were my thoughts about
it before the activity? What did I know already?
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Vocal Awareness
Oedipus
Date
set:
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Date Due:
What was the task set? What were my thoughts about
it before the activity? What did I know already?
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Characterisation
Oedipus
Date
set:
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Date Due:
What was the task set? What were my thoughts about
it before the activity? What did I know already?
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
S,C,H,P Context
Oedipus
Date
set:
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Date Due:
What was the task set? What were my thoughts about
it before the activity? What did I know already?
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Date set:
Page/scene numbers:
Date Due:
Key words:
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Interpretation
Oedipus
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Date set:
Date Due:
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Practitioner
Oedipus
Date
set:
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Date Due:
What was the task set? What were my thoughts about
it before the activity? What did I know already?
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Language
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Streetcar
Date set:
Date Due:
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Non-Verbal Communication
Streetcar
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Date set:
Date Due:
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Vocal Awareness
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Streetcar
Date set:
Date Due:
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Characterisation
Streetcar
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Date set:
Date Due:
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
S,C,H,P Context
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Streetcar
Date set:
Date Due:
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Streetcar
Date set:
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Date Due:
What was the task set? What were my thoughts about
it before the activity? What did I know already?
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Interpretation
Streetcar
Date set:
What did I learn? How did it make me think
differently about the text/characters?
Key
words: numbers:
Page/scene
Date Due:
Practitioner
Streetcar
Date set:
Page/scene numbers:
Key words:
Date Due:
What was the task set? What were my thoughts about
it before the activity? What did I know already?
What did I learn? How did it make me think differently about the text/characters?
Character