| Year 8 DRAMA Term of Study | Topic Covered | Assessments |
| Autumn Term 1 | Forum Theatre, including:
- Using improvisation to solve issues
- Cause and effect
- Community Theatre
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| Autumn Term 2 | Playwriting, including:
- Twisting traditional fairytales
- Development of plot lines
- Understanding structure
- Character and theme
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| Spring Term 1 | Tension, including:
- Learning how to create suspense and tension in a performance
- Using music and timing
- Exploring scripts to create suspense
- Experimenting with tension toolkits – drums, masks, lighting, sound
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| Spring Term 2 | Naturalism, including:
- Stanislavski – key practitioner
- Learning about Method Acting
- Expermenting with voice, movement, interaction, staging
- Creating a believable performance – setting and character
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| Summer Term 1 | Gangs, including:
- Learning the correct and safe practices for stage combat
- Exploring stimuli – West Side Story, Hakka
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| Summer Term 2 | Catch up of any rehearsals or tasks |
