7–10Drama 7–10 Syllabus

Describe personal experiences with artistic, cultural, social and personal contexts, protocols and intentions as maker, performer and audience

Discuss how ideas, images and stories explore and express individual and collective identities, values and perspectives

Describe how dramatic works, practices or practitioners use dramatic conventions to shape forms and styles in making and performing

Describe the dynamic and evolving Cultural Knowledges of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander works, practices or practitioners

Use language appropriate to context to communicate about works and processes

Communicate a perspective about devised and scripted theatrical works with reference to staged examples

Describe embodied experiences of drama

Seek, exchange and consider perspectives with others to reflect on collaborative and collective experiences

Identify processes which support physical, emotional and cultural safety, respect and inclusion in drama

Identify how to support ethical processes for drama practitioners, including respect for Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)

Reflect on processes for developing and strengthening new creative and critical ideas

Make, accept and extend interpretations of drama in discussion with others

Describe the impact of individual and group contributions to group-devising processes and works

Describe how performance or production choices shape roles, characters and situations

Describe how choices in the elements of drama shape audience impact

Explain how control of the elements of performance is developed and applied

Explore how the elements of production can shape dramatic works and experiences

Explain in writing the effect of the elements of drama, performance and production to shape dramatic meaning and audience engagement in ideas, moments and journeys