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• The Arts | Drama: Scope and Sequence

  The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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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

• The Arts | Drama: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  Drama is the expression and exploration of personal, cultural and social worlds through role and situation that engages, entertains and challenges. Students create meaning as drama makers, performers and audiences as they enjoy and analyse their own and others’ stories and points...

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• VCADRD014

  Use voice, facial expression, movement and/or space to express ideas and feelings about their world

  Elaborations

  • communicate a character’s feelings at specific points in a familiar story
  • provided with a variety of learning experience that encourage them to express and communicate experiences, observations, ideas and feelings about themselves and their world
  • participate in simple drama activities and use gesture, sound and facial expression to communicate a character’s feelings
  • 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

  VCADRD014 | The Arts | Drama | Level D | Drama Practices

• VCADRE013

  Explore how characters express ideas in dramatic play

  Elaborations

  • creating a play about a social situation
  • creating a play with a social purpose
  • using gesture, sound and/ or facial expressions to communicate a character’s feelings at different points in a familiar story
  • taking part in purposeful dramatic play focusing on experiencing the roles and situations they create
  • exploring possibilities for role and situation when participating in whole group teacher-led process drama and role play
  • learning how to work safely during drama activities and following safety rules of the space

  VCADRE013 | The Arts | Drama | Level D | Explore and Express Ideas

• 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

• 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...

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