STOUFFVILLE DISTRICT S.S.
ADA10Grade Nine Open Drama
CRAIG/CREASOR
- This drama course emphasizes the active exploration of dramatic forms and techniques, using materials from a wide range of authors, genres, and cultures. Students will constructs, discuss, perform and analyze drama, and then reflect on the experience to develop an understanding of themselves, the art form, and the world around them. ( The Ontario Curriculum, Ministry of Education and Training 2000.)
UNITS OF STUDY:
- Orientation:(Identifying the skills necessary to remain engaged in role
-exercises to develop concentration
-games for developing thinking, listening, and team work skills
-personal awareness (trust exercises/journal writing/questioning)
- Tableau:
-co-ordination building and personal awareness (body language)
-concentration in role and spatial awareness
-interpreting (developing a story line from an idea or an emotion)
- Ritual:
-a study of gestures and expressive movement as a means of storytelling
-choral reading (awareness of pitch, tone, volume, enunciation)
-interpreting poetry and placing it in a dramatic art form/choric drama
-researching the history of theatre and its earliest beginnings in ritual from a variety of cultures and comparing it to modern day rituals
-creating a ritualistic drama
- Storytelling:
-Students will learn about early comedic beginnings from vaudeville, commedia dell’arte, to slapstick and other bits of clowning
-Developing physical comedy through movement and facial expressions
-creating original comedic pieces through planned and spontaneous improvisations
-Improvisation terminology, rules, and quiz
-concentration skills regarding line memorization and cues
-character development
-studying a professional Canadian play and working on various scenes for presentation
- Exam Unit: Sharing My Story (30% of Overall Drama Mark)
-researching societal issues and YRDSB’s Character Matters
-anthology structure
-monologues
-personal stories dramatized (fiction/non-fiction)
THE THREE MAIN STRANDS OF LEARNING FOR EVALUATION IN DRAMA:
Theory/Knowledge: 30%
-demonstrates an understanding of the conventions of role playing
-demonstrates an understanding of the elements and principles of dramatic expression
-identify, describe and understand a variety of dramatic forms and techniques for audiences
* Students will receive a daily rubric mark from which to assess their learning and to receive feedback from the teacher with regards to his/her progress.
Creation: 30 % (Application 10%/ Communication 20%)
-demonstrates an understanding of and apply the tasks and responsibilities of effective collaboration (group planning, problem solving, time management)
-demonstrate the process of selecting and organizing dramatic material and forms for effective communication
-interpret a variety of global sources (newspapers, photographs, music)
-effectively perform a variety of dramatic presentations, forms and techniques for audiences.
* Performances from small to large will fall into this assessment category along with scripts written by the student and or his/her group.
Analysis/Inquiry: 10%
-use specialized drama vocabulary correctly and effectively in discussing and writing about drama
-demonstrates an understanding of how role playing can lead to learning about self and others
* Students will maintain a drama journal which will contain personal reflections, drama notes, quizzes, answers to questions regarding various readings, and character analysis.
FINAL EXAM: 30%
There will be one summative project broken down into several small steps. The project will evaluate each student’s level of achievement in the overall expectations of the course. This summative project will span the last three weeks of the semester with the final weeks being saved for Comedy.