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• VCADRR012

  Share responses to drama by answering yes/no questions and explore where and why people make drama

  Elaborations

  • responding to a dramatization
  • participating as an audience by modelling the clapping of others
  • communicating about aspects of their own performance, by pointing to them self, pointing to and name some of their costumes or characters
  • participating in class discussion about how voices and movement were used in a drama
  • experiencing drama that show that people have different feelings about the world based on their experiences of the environment and other people

  VCADRR012 | The Arts | Drama | Level C | Respond and Interpret

• Drama: Level C achievement standards

  By the end of Level C, students make and share simple drama that communicates an idea, feeling and/or experience.

  Students communicate ideas about drama and reasons why people share drama by answering yes/no questions.

  Level description | The Arts | Drama | Level C

• The Arts | Drama: Learning in Drama

  Learning in Drama involves students making, performing, analysing and responding to drama, drawing on human experience as a source of ideas. Students engage with the knowledge of drama, develop skills, apply techniques and process and use materials and technologies as they explore a range of forms...

  Overview material | Drama

• Drama: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students make and respond to drama independently, and with their peers, teachers and communities.

  Students build on their understanding of role, character and relationships. They use voice and movement to sustain character and situation. They use focus, tension, space and...

  Level description | The Arts | Drama

• The Arts | Drama: Resources

  A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):

  • Victorian Curriculum F – 10 Resources and Support (VCAA)

  Includes general advice and information...

  Overview material | Drama

• The Arts | Drama: Structure

  Strands

  The curriculum is structured around four interdependent strands, each of which involves making and responding.

  Strand	Explore and Express Ideas	Drama Practices	Present and Perform	Respond and Interpret
  	Focuses on imagining and creating characters, roles and situations. Students...

  Overview material | Drama

• VCADRP019

  Present drama that communicates ideas and stories

  Elaborations

  • using questions to guide rehearsal and performance of sequences of ideas to communicate stories, for example, what do they want the audience to think about their drama?
  • presenting scenes the class has developed in response to a stimulus such as an image or a poem
  • using facial expression, objects and props to enhance their performance and engage the audience
  • using questions to evaluate performances, for example, ‘what did they enjoy most about the drama and why?’

  VCADRP019 | The Arts | Drama | Foundation Level | Present and Perform

• VCADRP044

  Perform devised and scripted drama making deliberate artistic choices and shaping design elements to unify dramatic meaning for an audience

  Elaborations

  • working collaboratively as a member of a creative team to direct the blocking and staging of dramatic action to communicate intended meaning(s) for an audience
  • exploring the impact of design elements and technology on dramatic meaning by using costumes, props, sound, multimedia and lighting, and considering impact of drama they view and evaluating options for their own work
  • using evaluative questions to maintain a focus on creative aims and intentions, for example, at critical stages through the play-making processes asking a series of questions such as ‘How are the elements of drama being used to convey ideas? How are materials manipulated in this drama? How are the director and performers shaping skills and processes to make and communicate meaning? How are design elements being used?

  VCADRP044 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Present and Perform

• VCADRD022

  Use voice, facial expression, movement and space to imagine and establish role and situation

  Elaborations

  • communicating verbally by using the voice to explore and show role and situation
  • communicating non-verbally by using facial expression and movement to explore and show role and situation
  • practising movement within a space to create the difference between their performance space and the audience space
  • manipulating objects, puppets, 2D images and available technologies to create stories
  • responding to feedback as they develop their drama, for example, responding to questions such as ‘how is the character’s mood communicated?, why did they use a freeze-frame (tableaux) in their drama?’

  VCADRD022 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 1 and 2 | Drama Practices

• VCADRD018

  Use voice, facial expression, movement and space to imagine and improvise characters and situations

  Elaborations

  • communicating verbally using voice and movement to explore ways in which their characters speak and move, for example, when taking on roles in teacher-led drama
  • communicating non-verbally using facial expression and movement to explore and show a character’s feelings
  • participating in directed role-play
  • practising staying in role in short improvisations, for example, using responses to questions such as ‘how do you know the character’s feelings?’

  VCADRD018 | The Arts | Drama | Foundation Level | Drama Practices

• VCADRE033

  Combine the elements of drama in devised and scripted drama to explore and develop issues, ideas and themes

  Elaborations

  • investigating and researching starting points for drama, for example, ‘What was the performer’s/director’s/playwright’s intention for this drama? or How were symbols used to convey a message in the drama?’
  • evaluating their peers’ responses to questions about an issue or image
  • working with different combinations of the elements of drama to create and sustain dramatic situations and show contrast
  • experimenting with linear and non-linear narratives to focus dramatic action and tension

  VCADRE033 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 7 and 8 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRE017

  Explore ideas for characters and situations through dramatic play

  Elaborations

  • taking part in purposeful dramatic play
  • using stimuli such as stories, poems, music and images to explore ideas and feelings, for example, working with a local Koorie person to explore the way characters in a story might move or feel
  • experimenting with dramatic forms such as mime and puppetry
  • using own experiences and observations as a basis for creating imaginary worlds and characters using available objects as props, responding to questions such as what voice and movement have you noticed in others’ performances that could be used in their drama

  VCADRE017 | The Arts | Drama | Foundation Level | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRE034

  Develop roles and characters consistent with situation, dramatic forms and performance styles to convey status, relationships and intentions

  Elaborations

  • creating roles and characters by analysing and managing the underlying structure and intent of the drama
  • developing techniques relevant to dramatic forms, for example, applying established conventions and traditions
  • using observations of human behaviour, emotions and empathy to convey roles and characters
  • using questions to explore possibilities, for example, ‘What were the actor/director’s intentions in this drama? What are their intentions in the drama they are making? What ideas did they think the drama expressed? How did they engage with the drama?’

  VCADRE034 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 7 and 8 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRP031

  Perform devised and scripted drama that develops narrative and uses performance styles and design elements to engage an audience

  Elaborations

  • creating narrative and tension to communicate dramatic meaning
  • exploring and applying different performance styles, and drawing on drama from other locations, cultures and times as sources of ideas in their own drama, and considering any protocols for representing community or cultural stories in performance, for example, working with the local Koorie community to create a drama about the different uses of the land on which the school is situated
  • using evaluative questions to refine drama during rehearsal, for example ‘What do you intend audiences to experience and understand from the drama?’

  VCADRP031 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 5 and 6 | Present and Perform

• VCADRR020

  Respond to drama, expressing what they enjoy and why

  Elaborations

  • accepting and responding to constructive feedback from teachers or peers
  • talking about how voices, movement and space are used in drama they make and see, for example, using questions such as ‘what sort of facial expressions did the characters use?, how did the drama make them feel?’
  • describing the ideas in a story the class has presented through drama
  • sharing observations of characters they have seen in drama performances in their local community, such as characters in an enactment of a Koorie story at a local festival

  VCADRR020 | The Arts | Drama | Foundation Level | Respond and Interpret

• VCADRR016

  Respond to drama and describe some of the characteristics they observe

  Elaborations

  • responding to who, what, where questions in relation to Australian drama, including drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
  • participate in teacher directed class discussions about likes, dislikes, opinion about a play
  • guided to explore the basic features of their own and others performance such as what features they like best, characters, special effects
  • identifying drama to places and spaces at school and in the community

  VCADRR016 | The Arts | Drama | Level D | Respond and Interpret

• VCADRE040

  Improvise with the elements of drama and narrative structure to develop ideas, and explore subtext to shape devised and scripted drama

  Elaborations

  • communicating meaning through realistic and non-realistic performance styles and dramatic forms by manipulating the elements of drama
  • establishing aspects of the dramatic action as symbolic, such as a suitcase being a person’s memories, a light symbolising hope
  • exploring the implied or underlying aspects of character and dramatic action
  • using questions to frame devising process, for example, What personal meaning is intended? What political statement is this work making? How have you used critical theories about drama to make your own drama? What emotion was most strongly felt as you viewed the drama?

  VCADRE040 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRE041

  Manipulate combinations of the elements of drama to develop and convey the physical and psychological aspects of roles and characters consistent with intentions in dramatic forms and performance styles

  Elaborations

  • analyse and create performance highlighting subtext, dramatic tension, atmosphere and mood based on the story, setting, dialogue and stage directions
  • apply the conventions of character in particular forms and performance styles, using research to develop understanding of the conventions and refining use of relevant techniques
  • using questions to build an understanding of ways context can influence creative choices, for example, how does the drama relate to the social context in which it was created? What culturally symbolic movements are evident in this drama? What historical influences might be evident in contemporary drama created by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples? How are global trends in drama influencing Australian drama?

  VCADRE041 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRE029

  Explore dramatic action, empathy and space in improvisations, play-building and scripted drama, to develop characters and situations

  Elaborations

  • experimenting with empathy to develop characters and relationships in drama including considering perspectives, exploring responses and challenging stereotypes
  • exploring physical, fictional and emotional spaces to create characters and situations and imagined feelings, for example, considering questions such as ‘How is the voice, movement, gesture and the body used to represent a character, situation or idea?’
  • manipulating dramatic action and use of available technologies to create different meanings
  • comparing different ways improvisation and scripted drama create characters and action, and evaluating drama from other cultures including considering how they can use specific techniques relating to voice, movement, situation, space and time, and tension in their own work

  VCADRE029 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 5 and 6 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRR045

  Evaluate how the elements of drama, forms and performance styles in devised and scripted drama to convey meaning and aesthetic effect

  Elaborations

  • analysing how the elements of drama are manipulated to focus the dramatic action for audiences and using this information to refine drama they make
  • evaluating how the features and conventions of forms and styles create dramatic meaning and theatrical effect
  • evaluating how ideas and emotions shape the expressive qualities and staging of forms and styles in their own and others’ drama
  • considering how drama theory has been used in creating and performing the text
  • using questions as the basis for an evaluative discussion, for example, ‘How successful were the actors and director in conveying the playwright’s stated intent? How successfully have the design elements been incorporated into the drama?’

  VCADRR045 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret