Project Scope & Sequence

The DramaLearning project aims to infuse the following English programs with dramaturgical content. The common understanding of this has been to blend drama games and activities into the teaching and learning program. However, today, my approach will be different.

I plan to work with the students as a playwright and stage manager to create scripts and performance experiences that enable them to inspire them to practice their persuasive and analytical oral language and writing skills. I want to focus on the difference this makes to each student’s understanding and treatment of language that heightens their treatment of the author-audience relationship.

Pre-texts: Entrances & Exits
Year 7 Entrance Level Tests
Writing Persuasive Paragraphs
Creating Informative Oral Presentations
Pre-texts: Doors & Thresholds
Year 8 Entrance Level Tests
Writing Persuasive Texts: Letters to the editor
Creating a persuasive speech
Pre-texts: Entrances & Exits
Reading & Responding: Blueback
Reading & Writing Poetry
Year 7 Semester 1 Exit Tests
Pre-texts: Doors & Thresholds
Presenting a persuasive speech
Reading and Responding: Trash
Year 8 Exit Level Tests