Let's act out

• This resource addresses the NSW Drama 7-10 Syllabus outcomes: 5.1.1: manipulates the elements of drama to create belief, clarity and tension in character, role, situation and action. 5.1.3: devises, interprets and enacts drama using scripted and unscripted material or text. 5.2.1: applies acting and performance techniques expressively and collaboratively to communicate dramatic meaning. 5.2.2: selects and uses performance spaces, theatre conventions and production elements appropriate to purpose and audience. 5.3.2: analyses the contemporary and historical contexts of drama. It also addressed the NSW Stage 6 Drama Syllabus outcomes: P1.2: explores ideas and situations, expressing them imaginatively in dramatic form. P1.5: understands, demonstrates and records the process of developing and refining ideas and scripts through to performance. P1.6: demonstrates directorial and acting skills to communicate meaning through dramatic action. P2.3: demonstrates directorial and acting skills to communicate meaning through dramatic action.

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