Year 12 OP Assessment Booklet 2019

YEAR 12 DRAMA continued

COURSE OUTLINE

UNIT ONE – AUSTRALIAN DRAMA Students develop their understanding of Australian texts and dominant ideologies through the study of Australian Realism/Indigenous Australian Drama/Australian Gothic Theatre. When Presenting and Responding, students engage in a range of texts that both challenge and entertain an audience whilst focusing on personal, cultural, historical and environmental contexts. UNIT TWO – POLITICAL THEATRE Students explore the potential for theatre to inform, challenge and empower an audience. When Forming, students use, create and manipulate a variety of texts originating from political, sociological and cultural contexts. UNIT THREE – POST-MODERN THEATRE When Forming, Presenting and Responding, students develop an understanding of the forms and conventions of Postmodern Theatre styles through a range of texts. These texts chronicle/document, inform, educate and entertain an audience through a wide variety of contexts (including personal, cultural, historical, sociological and political contexts).

The following table is used to determine the exit level of achievement: EXIT LEVEL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Very High

Standard A in any two criteria and no less than a B in the remaining criterion Standard B in any two criteria and no less than a C in the remaining criterion Standard C in any two criteria and no less than a D in the remaining criterion

High

Sound

Limited

At least Standard D in any two criteria

Very Limited

Standard E in the three criteria

Drama (OP)

Australian Drama Performance

Scripted, Group Performance (Progress Check)

04.02.19

04.03.19

Scripted, Group Performance

04.02.19

18.03.19

Political Theatre Presentation

Individual Presentation (Progress Check) Individual Presentation Student Devised/Scripted, Group Performance (Progress Check) Student Devised/Scripted, Group Performance Individual, Multimodal Presentation

01.04.19

08.05.19

01.04.19 10.06.19

Semester 1 Exams

Post-Modern Performance

12.08.19

10.06.19

16.09.19 (Day after exam block) Semester 2 Exam

07.10.19

Australian Drama/Political Theatre Post Modern Theatre

Analytical Essay 1

TBA

TBA

Analytical Essay 2

TBA

TBA

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