GCSE DRAMA HEAD OF PERFORMING ARTS – MISS PARKER GCSE DRAMA TEACHERS: MISS PARKER AND MISS VOGLER
WHAT SORT OF JOBS DOES GCSE DRAMA LEAD TO? ANYTHING!!! ► Drama can help you to gain: ► Ability to assert yourself ✔ Confidence ✔ Ability to compromise ✔ Ability to work with a wide range of people ✔ Ability to empathise with a range of situations and people ✔ Ability to think on the spot ✔ General social skills ✔ Public speaking ✔ An understanding of technical elements ✔ And of course, GCSE Drama will help you become a stronger ✔ performer
WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE? Component 1 WRITTEN: Worth 40% of the GCSE. Y11 ► Written exam – 1 hour 45 minutes. 80 marks. Multiple choice 4 questions. (4) Four questions on a play we study in class. Short and extended questions. (44) One question on Live Theatre. (32) Component 2 PRACTICAL AND WRITTEN: ► Worth 40% of the GCSE. Y10 ► Devised (create) performance using a stimulus (10% of mark) and written coursework (30% of mark) 2500 word essay / portfolio ► Component 3 PRACTICAL: Worth 20% of the GCSE. Y11. ► Performance of two extracts from one play. Can be a monologue, duologue or group piece.
Component 1 WRITTEN: Worth 40% of the GCSE. Y11 ► Written exam – 1 hour 45 minutes. 80 marks. Multiple choice 4 questions. (4) Four questions on a play we study in class. Short and extended questions. (44) – PLAY STUDIED IS “BLOOD BROTHERS” We watch “Blood Brothers” at the theatre in Y10 to deepen understanding. One question on Live Theatre. (32) – We watch one performance in Y10 and one performance in Y11 = TWO THEATRE TRIPS IN Y10 AND ONE IN Y11.
Component 2 PRACTICAL AND WRITTEN: Worth 40% of the GCSE. Y10 ► Devised (create) performance using a stimulus (10% of mark) and written coursework (30% of mark) 2500 word essay / portfolio ► Teacher presents students with a range of stimulus ► material (prop, object, headline, piece of music, photograph, story etc.) and students use this as a starting point to create their own performance (worth 10%) They document each step of the journey, including the ► final performance and this portfolio is worth 30%.
Component 3 PRACTICAL: Worth 20% of the GCSE. Completed in Y11. ► Performance of two extracts from one play. Can be a monologue, duologue or group piece. Students are given a group and a scripted play. They are ► given two extracts they must perform in front of an external examiner in Y11. The extracts performed can be in the form a ► monologue, duologue or group or a mixture e.g. a monologue and a duologue. Each extract is worth 10%. ►
SUMMARY: PRACTICAL WORK – 30% of course ► We do lots of practical work and this in turn helps you with the theory (written work). ► Rehearsals are key - YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO REHEARSE AFTER SCHOOL.
WRITTEN WORK – 70% of course ► Is a REALLY BIG PART OF GCSE DRAMA. DON’T PICK IT UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO WORK HARD AND WRITE LOTS! ► 2500 word portfolio and the 1 hour 45 minute written exam ► You will be required to do a lot of research and writing in your own time. ► It is not a soft subject.
DRAMA IS A TERRIFIC SUBJECT FOR ANY STUDENT WHO WANTS TO IMPROVE THEIR CONFIDENCE AND LOVES THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DRAMA AND ALL THAT COMES WITH IT! YOU MUST BE WILLING TO WORK EXTREMELY HARD AND ALSO BE AN EXCELLENT TEAM-PLAYER! Thank you for listening. Any questions?
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