Paige Harrison
5 Resources
Drama Teacher’s Network- https://dramateachersnetwork.wordpress.com/about/
This website includes numerous lesson ideas which are highly relevant to years 8 to 10. The lesson ideas link to the curriculum and would be very useful when creating lesson plans. There is a list of monologue ideas and resources for both teachers and students. The website also includes a range of warm-up games to be used within the classroom. Warm-up games are an important tool within drama to help students relax, feel comfortable, gain confidence and focus within a drama lesson. The lesson ideas shared within this website vary in both complexity and age suitability. Therefore the website caters for diverse student needs and abilities. The resources and lesson ideas have potential to link to the Australian Curriculum general capabilities. ICTs are used as the site provides possible PowerPoints and YouTube videos which can be used within the classroom. Literacies are incorporated within many of the drama lesson activities. e.g. drama essays, writing directors concepts and writing role analysis. This site does not include any items that are culturally insensitive. All items are professional and suitable within the schooling context. Within this website there is a link to Elements of drama- https://dramateachersnetwork.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/lesson-lovenotes-elements-of-drama-teaching-suggestions/. This resource provides activities that can be used within the classroom to explore each of the Elements of Drama. Within the Australian Curriculum students within year 9 to 10 are required to improvise with the elements of drama and narrative structure to develop ideas, and explore subtext to shape devised and scripted drama (ACADRM047). Therefore this resource is highly relevant to the curriculum. This website is safe as users privacy is protected (no details required to use the site) and there are no viruses (pop up ads). This website is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0.
Fantasy Character Sheet- http://toonham.deviantart.com/art/Fantasy-Character-Sheet-202762523
This link provides teachers with a handout sheet that can be used within a drama class. The handout is a character analysis and requires students to identify multiple different characteristics. These include questions about a characters identity (name, age, gender etc.), physical description, social description, education and other. This hand out can be used by students when they have to act out the role of a character. It can either be a pre-existing character or a character they have created themselves. This handout will help students to get into character, understand their character and make their acting more interesting and believable. This relates to the Australian Curriculum for drama as by the end of year 8 students should be able to perform devised and scripted drama maintaining commitment to role (ACADRM044). This resource will help students to achieve this. This handout requires students identify characteristics through a written task. Therefore this task meets the literacy general capability. This website is safe as users privacy is protected (no details required to use the site) and there are no viruses (pop up ads). This website is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0.
ESL Art Drama Resource- https://esl-art-drama-resource.wikispaces.com/Drama+Based+Activities
This resource lists and explains a variety of activities which can be used within a drama class. These activities are intended to compliment any ESL curriculum. They are developed to be practical and intended to be easily adaptable for different student and curriculum needs. This website is culturally sensitive as it provides drama resources for teachers with students who are learning English as a second language. It explains the different concepts and has links which will direct viewers to further resources on the topic of drama in the ESL classroom. It caters for varying abilities, as these activities can be completed by both actors and non-actors. The activity give me a life is aimed at creating a creative dialogue; it is intended to be fun way to help improve students' writing skills, as well as their speaking skills. Therefore this activity meets the literacy general capability. Students have to interact with an image or inanimate object. Students will give the object a voice and script a monologue, or dialogue, with a background story and expressively vocalise their dialogue. This relates to the Australian Curriculum for drama as students grade 9-10 are required practise and refine the expressive capacity of voice and movement to communicate ideas and dramatic action in a range of forms, styles and performance spaces (ACADRM049). This website is safe as users privacy is protected (no details required to use the site) and there are no viruses (pop up ads). This website is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0.
Australian Curriculum Resourses F-6- http://australiancurriculumresourcesf-6.wikispaces.com/Drama
This website provides resources that teachers can use when creating and designing lesson plans. All resources and information links to the Australian Curriculum. Therefore it is a very valuable and useable resource for teachers within Australia. It is targeted at high school students and is suitable for the years 8-10. Due to the vast amount of resources provided, diverse learning needs and abilities are catered for. It includes information on theatrical conventions, theatre styles, theorists and improvisation games. While the improvisation games are targeted at teachers creating lesson plans, the theatrical conventions, theatre styles and theorists information is not only a useful resource for teachers, but also for students. This website could be used to help students improve their knowledge and understanding of such concepts. According the Australian Curriculum students are required to evaluate how the elements of drama, forms and performance styles in devised and scripted drama convey meaning and aesthetic effect (ACADRR052). The website could be used by students to refer back to information about dramatic forms, and performance styles. Therefore this website has potential value for the ICT general capability. This site does not include any items that are culturally insensitive. All items are professional and suitable within the schooling contexts. This website is safe as users privacy is protected (no details required to use the site) and there are no viruses (pop up ads). If students were to use this site within the classroom, a discussion on appropriate use of the internet and internet safety would have to take place. This website is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0.
Jack Davis (playwright)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Davis_(playwright)
This website provides information about Jack Davis who was a notable Australian 20th-century playwright and poet, and an Indigenous rights campaigner. This resource can be used as a tool to explore the plays written by the Indigenous playwright. According to the Australian Curriculum students are required to analyse a range of drama from contemporary and past times to explore differing viewpoints and enrich their drama making, starting with drama from Australia and including drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and consider drama in international contexts (ACADRR053). This resource provides teachers with a list of plays which could be used within the classroom. It could also be used as a lesson activity, where students are required investigate and explore the plays written by Jack Davis. Using this resource within the classroom provides an opportunity for the ICT general capability to be implemented. This resource can be used a starting point when exploring drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, however the resource does not provide enough information to be used on its own. This resource would meet the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures cross-curriculum priority. This website is safe as users privacy is protected (no details required to use the site) and there are no viruses (pop up ads). However safety issues may occur when students are using the internet. Therefore it is essential that teachers discuss safe and appropriate internet usage with their students. This website is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike.
