Topic outline

  • 2023 Level 1 Drama

    Level 1 NCEA offering 9 credits - full year course. This is predominantly a practical course covering a number of Drama areas and concepts. It will include a full class production staged in the evening for public viewing. 



    Photos: 2019 Level 1 students present Howard Pinter's Mountain Language 

    Assessment:

    Assessment is by one internal Achievement Standard (4 credits) and one external Achievement Standard (5 credits)

    Students will complete TWO internal Standards worth 4 and 5 credits during the year and their best mark will be submitted.

    These will be AS 1.4 (Melodrama performance) 4 credits and AS 1.6 (class production) 


    The external Standard will involve one 2 hour exam in November with a practice exam in Term 3. 

    This will be AS 1.3 (Study of Melodrama)






     

     

    • Melodrama (1.4)

      This is the first internal assessment which is assessed during Week 10 of Term 1. Students perform a short melodrama and are assessed on key melodramatic features. 

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