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 Subject  Theatre Studies
  Teacher Mr. Oakes, Mrs Shadwell and Miss Gorman
 Unit 2
  Text into Performance
  Duration 2
  out of 3

Week Details & links Assessed work / further work
 1  
  • Introduce Our Country’s Good as the text to perform
  • Discuss the background to the story and playwright
  • Set guidelines for the working notebooks

    • ROAD introduction (Y10)
 
  • Hand in incomplete Shakers essays
  • Research the play
  • Begin making notes in notebook
 2  
  • Cast and rehearse the play
  • Start editing to create unique version
  • Continue to read the play and learn lines
  
  • Make notes in notebook
  • Read and learn lines in own time
  • Out of school rehearsals
 3    
  • Make notes in notebook
  • Out of school rehearsals
  • On-going assessment lessons
4
  • Character study
  • Rehearse the play and learn lines
  • Character relationship work
  • Make notes in notebook
  • Out of school rehearsals
  • On-going assessment lessons
5
  • Begin discussion into set, light, costume
  • Rehearse the play and learn lines
  • Technical rehearsals
  • Make notes in notebook
  • Out of school rehearsals
  • On-going assessment lessons
6
  • Add depth to characters and scenes
  • Rehearse the play and learn lines
  • Discuss audience perceptions
  • Make notes in notebook
  • Out of school rehearsals
  • On-going assessment lessons
7
  • Look at pace and atmosphere of scenes created
  • Rehearse play and learn lines
  • Prepare for preview evening
  • Make notes in notebook
  • Out of school rehearsals
  • Preview Evening Tue 26th Feb ‘08
8
  • Evaluate the responses of preview evening and write up
  • Rehearse the play and learn lines
  • Use feedback to influences shaping of the performance
  • Make notes in notebook
  • Out of school rehearsals
  • On-going assessment lessons
9
  • Re-address directors intentions and the role of a director
  • Rehearse the play and learn lines
  • Polish the performance
  • Make notes in notebook
  • Out of school rehearsals
  • On-going assessment lessons
10
  • Assessment week. Depending on external examiner this week is for rehearsing and the day of the exam.
     External Exam w/c 17th March ‘08