Grade 11 - Drama

Drama 11

Curricular Competency

Content

Big Ideas

Explore and create

Reason and reflect

Communicate and document

Connect and expand

Individual and collective expression are founded on history, culture, and community.

Drama offers dynamic ways to explore and share identity and a sense of belonging.

Growth as an artist requires perseverance, resilience, and reflection.

Aesthetic experiences can effect change in the actor, audience, and environment.

Drama encourages creativity, innovation, and collaboration in a variety of contexts.

Explore and create dramatic works to express ideas, meaning, and emotions

Create, rehearse, and refine dramatic works through collaborative and individual presentation or performance

Develop a repertoire of dramatic skills and techniques through presentation or performance

Develop and refine performance skills in a variety of contexts

Purposefully select and combine dramatic elements and conventions

Experiment with a range of materials, props, processes, and technologies to create and refine performances

Create dramatic works for an intended audience

Improvise and take creative risks using imagination, exploration, and inquiry

Describe, analyze, and respond to ways in which props, technologies, and environments are used in drama, using discipline-specific language

Receive and apply constructive feedback to develop and refine ideas

Demonstrate awareness of self, others, and audience

Reflect on dramatic works and make connections with personal experiences

Examine the influences of social, cultural, historical, environmental, and personal contexts on dramatic works

Reflect on aesthetic experiences and how they relate to a specific place, time, and context

Document and respond to dramatic works and experiences in a variety of contexts

Use symbolism and imagery to communicate about and respond to environmental and social issues

Express personal voice, cultural identity, and perspectives using dramatic techniques

Demonstrate personal and social responsibility associated with creating, performing, and responding to dramatic works

Explore the role of story and narrative in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, and beliefs, including protocols related to ownership of First Peoples oral texts

Demonstrate awareness of self, others, and audience

Explore educational, personal, and professional opportunities in the performing arts

Explore the impacts of dramatic works on culture and society

Explore First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge to gain understanding through dramatic works

Make connections through drama with family and community on local, regional, and national scales

dramatic elements, principles, vocabulary, and symbols

strategies and techniques to support creative processes

character development

dramatic forms and conventions

skills specific to a dramatic genre and/or style

roles of performer, audience, and venue

movement, sound, image, and form

influences of time and place on dramatic works

artists from a variety of genres and cultures

a range of local, national, and intercultural performers and movements

traditional and contemporary First Peoples worldviews, history, and stories communicated through dramatic works

history of a variety of dramatic genres, including their roles in historical and contemporary societies

ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism

health and safety protocols and procedures