- Drama Activities
- Acting
- Dance drama
- Improvisation
- Mime / Movement
- Scriptwriting
- Drama strategies
Key Stage 3 Drama
Drama enables pupils to explore, develop and express ideas and concepts which will help them make sense of reality.
Drama is a life skill and a creative art form. It helps pupils develop their ability to use voice, movement, gesture and facial expression, in acting, mime, dance drama and improvisation. They can express and manage their thoughts and feelings – shared and experienced – while working in a safe and controlled environment. The development of these skills encourages self confidence and self awareness. It promotes the development of the individual in a group context: roles and ideas are negotiated, problems solved and decisions made together. Drama often leads to performance for a wider audience.
For examples of suitable classroom activities, see:
- Acting 1
- Acting 2
- Acting: character exploration using Shakespeare
- Acting: using masks
- Characterisation and hot-seating: using extract from Grease
- Characterisation: using extract from Observe the Sons of Ulster
- Dance drama (Year 8)
- Dance drama (Year 9)
- Drama Improvisation strand
- Facial expression and gesture: using extract from Our Day Out
- Improvisation 1
- Improvisation 2
- Improvisation 3
- Improvisation: facial expression
- Improvisation: gesture
- Improvisation: movement
- Improvisation: structure
- Improvisation: using extract from Romeo and Juliet
- Improvisation: voice
- Mime
- Movement 1 (Year 10)
- Movement 2 (Year 10)
- Scriptwriting
- Scriptwriting: script development 1
- Scriptwriting: script development 2
- Tableau: using extract from Blood Brothers
- Tableau: using extract from Grease
- Thought tracking and freeze frame: using extract from Billy
If you are developing a programme of study for Drama, please refer to the statutory requirements of the Northern Ireland Curriculum.