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Yr 10 Drama
Course outline Yr 10 Drama GCSE
GCSE Drama is taught as an option in Years 10 and 11. As you can see, we get excellent results and the students are expected to work extremely hard throughout the two years. The syllabus we follow is Edexcel 1699. Students are taught to make, perform and respond to Drama in a variety of ways. Below you will find an outline of the GCSE course:
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September
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Welcome!
What do we do in GCSE Drama?
Improvisation, games, team building
Start rehearsing Macbeth
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October
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Rehearsals of Macbeth
Performance at UCL Bloomsbury Theatre (Shakespeare Schools Festival)
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November
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Workshops based on extracts from:
Journey’s End, by R.C.Sherriff
At The Edge Again, by Fergal Keane
Hard Man by Hugh Collins
The Colour Of Justice by Richard Norton-Taylor
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December
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Read-through and casting for The Lives Of Lukas Chavez
Introductory workshops
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January
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Rehearsals of The Lives Of Lukas Chavez
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February
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Performance of The Lives Of Lukas Chavez at Hampstead Theatre
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March
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Workshops based on extracts from:
The York Realist, by Peter Gill
Wise Guys, (adapted by Jeremy Pratt)
Wrong Place, by Mark Norfolk
And short exercises devised by the teacher
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April
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Preparation and reading of Little Sweet Thing by Roy Williams (including visit to live performance at Hampstead Theatre and workshop with the director)
Development work leading to a performance of extracts from the play
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May-June
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Practice Coursework based on Little Sweet Thing and two other texts by Roy Williams (Souls and Sing Yer Heart Out For The Lads)
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July
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Evaluation and final performance
Assessed practical exam takes place during school exams week
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The following information will be available shortly:
- Copy of students’ guide
- Copy of half termly self-assessment grids
- Copy of scripts we are using (not all of them are available on the website but you can get copies from Mr Pratt)
- Copy of Year 10 coursework tasks
- Year 10 performances