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Year 8 

Curriculum Map

Year

Half term

Unit(s) of Work

Key Assessments

Year 8

Autumn 1

‘Ricky Brown’ SOW

Stimulus based exploration.

Exploring action & consequence

Core skills developed:

Still image & transitions.

Thoughts aloud.

Conscience alley.

Role-play.

Flashbacks / flash-forwards

Assessment criteria embedded for each core skill.

Pupil group performance work.

Peer and teacher feedback.

Self evaluation.

Autumn 2

‘Ricky Brown’ SOW

Continued

Spring 1

‘Death Under the Tree’ SOW

Response to stimulus & story exploration

Non-linear story lines

Cross cutting; exploring alternative techniques.

Flashbacks / forwards.

Pupil group performance work.

Peer and teacher feedback.

Self evaluation.

Spring 2

‘7 Ages of Man’ SOW

Exploration of Shakespeare’s ‘7 Ages of Man’ speech.

Working from photo stimulus.

Developing morphing / transition skills

Mime

Still image

Sound scape

Pupil group performance work.

Peer and teacher feedback.

Self evaluation.

Summer 1

Melodrama – Theatre History

Theatre history – style explored.

Sweeney Todd stimulus. Pupils explore text stimulus and relate to the Melodrama performance genre.

Tony Martin case explored using melodrama conventions and techniques.

Cross cutting

Role play

Thoughts Aloud

Pupil group performance work.

Peer and teacher feedback.

Self evaluation.

Summer 2

“The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty” – scripted performance work

Working with a play text and learning the foundations of ‘page to stage’.

Developing understanding of character and subtext within performance.

Focus on adding lighting / sound to scenes to create atmosphere & symbolic meaning.

Pupil group performance work.

Peer and teacher feedback.

Self evaluation.

 

Your “Drama Tool Kit” from Year 7 will be built upon; furthering your use of a range of techniques; still image, conscience alley, thoughts aloud, physical theatre and narration. You will begin to use the techniques independently to aid your exploration of the unit content and to reflect your level of understanding; experiencing different performance styles and exploring relevant social issues and concerns. Drama will continue to challenge you to look at the world around you in a different way and to focus and explore how humans behave in different situations.


You will continue to evaluate the work of other groups using success criteria. You will be given regular feedback from both your teacher and your peers to allow you to progress your skills.