Year 8 SyllabusTest
The Arts Scope and SequenceYear 8 Syllabus
The syllabus is based on the requirement that all students will study at least two of the five Arts subjects from Pre-primary to Year 8. It is a requirement that students study a performance subject and a visual subject.
Year Level Description
In Year 8, Drama students will be given opportunities to plan, refine and present drama to peers by safely using processes, techniques and conventions of drama. Drama will be based on extended improvisations, or taken from appropriate, published script excerpts, using selected drama forms and styles (Note: students will have an opportunity to present a scripted drama and improvisation performance at least once over Years 7 and 8). Student work in devised and/or scripted drama is the focus of informal reflective processes using more detailed drama terminology.
Teachers are required to address knowledge and skills in Drama through one or more of the forms and styles below. Other forms and styles may be used in addition to teach knowledge and skills in Drama.
Drama forms and styles for Year 8: readers theatre, children's theatre, naturalism or realism.
Making
Voice and movement
Voice and movement techniques for selected drama forms and styles (ACADRM043)
Preparation techniques for voice and movement for selected drama forms and styles (ACADRM043)
Mime techniques (mapping the imaginary space before the performance and for audience during the performance) in drama (ACADRM043)
Drama processes and the elements of drama
Drama processes through exploration of one or more elements of drama (role, character and relationships; voice and movement; space, time and situation; mood, atmosphere and dramatic tension) to establish dramatic meaning and impact on audience (ACADRM042)
Approaches to characterisation (creating believable characters) (ACADRM041)
Drama forms and styles
Script interpretation of a scene or section through the elements of drama to highlight mood and reinforce selected themes (ACADRM040)
Extended improvisation exploring community themes based on research and selected drama forms and styles (ACADRM040)
Drama conventions
Drama structures based on action/reaction and moving to a resolution (ACADRM042)
Drama conventions for selected drama forms and styles (ACADRM043)
Improvisation conventions (extending the action, responding to conflicts in the narrative) (ACADRM043)
Spaces of performance
Stage geography, blocking notation and the impact of proscenium arch stages (ACADRM044)
Imaginary spaces shaped by stage components and properties, the elements of drama and audience (ACADRM044)
Design and technology
Design and technology to support dramatic impact and audience enjoyment of the theatrical experience (ACADRM044)
Responding
Drama reflections
Reflective processes on their own and others’ work, the impact on audience responses of the use of the elements of drama in performance and use of specific drama terminology and language (ACADRM045)
Achievement standard
At Standard, students engage in processes, including improvisation and role preparation, to shape appropriate elements of drama for devised or scripted drama. They usually demonstrate awareness, in performance, of a selected drama performance style and spaces of performance to present dramatic meaning and to engage with an audience.
Students use specified reflective processes to make links between choices made in performance and dramatic meaning or audience responses. They appropriately use generalised drama terminology in responses.
The syllabus is based on the requirement that all students will study at least two of the five Arts subjects from Pre-primary to Year 8. It is a requirement that students study a performance subject and a visual subject.
Year Level Description
In Year 8, Drama students will be given opportunities to plan, refine and present drama to peers by safely using processes, techniques and conventions of drama. Drama will be based on extended improvisations, or taken from appropriate, published script excerpts, using selected drama forms and styles (Note: students will have an opportunity to present a scripted drama and improvisation performance at least once over Years 7 and 8). Student work in devised and/or scripted drama is the focus of informal reflective processes using more detailed drama terminology.
Teachers are required to address knowledge and skills in Drama through one or more of the forms and styles below. Other forms and styles may be used in addition to teach knowledge and skills in Drama.
Drama forms and styles for Year 8: readers theatre, children's theatre, naturalism or realism.