gcse drama c1 devising - portfolio guidelines

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Has my understanding of the themes linked to ‘Saw it in the Papers’ increased?

C1 Devising Portfolio

Be a collector of good ideas, but don't trust your memory, write it

down


C1 Devising

Learning IntentionA04 Analyse and evaluate their own work and the work of others.

Success Criteria By the end of the lesson I will be able to:• Understand my areas of success and my areas for personal development• Identify how you need to improve next time• Complete a written portfolio response to the practical work.

SBS: How will you use these skills to help you achieve the success criteria? SBS: Resourceful (Questioning, Making Links, Imagining)SBS: Reciprocal (Collaboration, Empathy & Listening, Imitation)SBS: Reflective (Planning, Revising, Distilling)SBS: Resilient (Absorption, Managing Distractions, Noticing, Perseverance)C1 Devising Portfolio

Starter• Re-cap on practical work

explored over the last few weeks:

• Sequence of Still Images based on the poem

• Response to Berkoff’s Acting Style exploring the poem

• Conscience Corridor• Role-Play (Hot-Seating)• Mark the Moment (Headlines)• Role-Play (Cross-Cutting)• Devising• Performing

Success Criteria• Understand my areas of

success and my areas for personal development

• Identify how you need to improve next time

• Complete a written response to the practical work.


Circle Share• What was your performance about? What was the intention of

the performance?• At least ONE idea that you contributed towards the performance

in rehearsal?• A significant moment during the development process and when

rehearsing that really made a difference to the performance.• What genre was the piece?• At least ONE strategy you used to form the structure of the

piece?• How effective was your contribution to the final performance?• Were you successful in what you set out to achieve? What went

well?• What could you do even better next time?C1 Devising Portfolio

SUCCESS CRITERA

WRITTEN RESPONSE

I use drama vocabulary when evaluating and analysing my work using WWW (What went well) and EBI (Even Better If)ANALYSIS & EVALUATION

Performance and Intentions

ANALYSIS & EVALUATION Development of Content, Style, Structure, Characterisation

Key words from top level of assessment criteria• Assured, fully-balanced and considered analysis

and evaluation of personal contribution to the creation, development and refinement process.

• Assured, fully-balanced and considered analysis and evaluation of decisions made regarding content, genre, structure, character, form, style, and language.

• Comprehensive, fully-balanced and considered analysis and evaluation of individual performance/design skills demonstrated in the performance.

• Demonstrates accomplished comprehensive ability to analyse and evaluate the realisation of creative intentions within the performance, with fully-balanced analysis and evaluation.


Written Response TITLE: Devising Portfolio

Write today’s date in the top right hand corner of the page and answer the four sections using detailed examples and in as much detail as possible. Remember to use the P.E.E. model in your answers• Point (What?)• Evidence (How?)• Explain (Why?)


GCSE - Each student must include a response to the following questions.

1. What was your initial response to the stimuli and what were the intentions of the piece?

2. What work did your group do in order to explore the stimuli and start to create ideas for performance?

3. What were some of the significant moments during the development process and when rehearsing and refining your work?

4. How did you consider genre, structure, character, form, style, and language throughout the process?

5. How effective was your contribution to the final performance?6. Were you successful in what you set out to achieve?

Word Count: 1500-2000


Keywords for Written ResponseRehearsal Strategies Devising Strategies Medium of Drama Elements of Drama

Hot-Seating Role-Play Props Plot/Content

Role-on-the-Wall Narration Set Protagonist

Forum Theatre Mark the Moment Sound FormSpontaneous Improvisation

Still Image Music Climax/Anti-climax

Conscience Corridor Monologue Costume Characterisation

Cross-Cutting Masks Symbolism

Thought-Tracking Spoken Language Contrast

Soliloquy Movement

Sound Scaping Mime

Abstract Drama Gesture

Cliff Hanger Physical Theatre


Written Response TITLE: Devising Portfolio

STRETCH & CHALLENGE – Give clear examples of HOW your used the skills practically using connectives -• Whoever, whatever, if,

meanwhile, moreover, nonetheless, for, while, when, as, therefore, however, so and with, although, besides, but, since, consequently, furthermore, henceforward, until, notwithstanding, whereas, then, because, whenever, after, nevertheless, yet, alternatively

I use drama vocabulary when evaluating and analysing my work using WWW (What went well) and EBI (Even Better If)ANALYSIS & EVALUATION

Performance and Intentions

ANALYSIS & EVALUATION Development of Content, Style, Structure, Characterisation


1. What was your initial response to the stimuli and what were the intentions of the piece?2. What work did your group do in order to explore the stimuli and start to create ideas for performance?

• Focus on the practical application of your research and stimulus material. How did the stimulus material influence your piece in terms of plot outline, style of presentation, images or themes?


3. What were some of the significant moments during the development process and when rehearsing and refining your work?

• When looking at ‘significant moments’ look at your logbooks. What rehearsals stood out where significant progress was made or a break through occurred? Write about ideas that were both accepted and rejected as a result of exploration, giving full reasons to justify the choices that you made. Be specific.

• Identify significant moments in rehearsal when practical advances were made in the development of your material and your piece.


Example 1



• GENRE/STYLE – The style should define the piece and be evident to your audience from the opening scene. Did you use a range of styles and approaches?

• FORM/STRUCTURE – This refers to the whole range of drama strategies that you used, from monologue to still images. You must give the audience the opportunity to go on a journey with the characters. Which forms of theatre were most appropriate for the impact that you intended to make and remember to continually justify why decisions were made throughout the process.


Example 1 - Style


Example 2 - Structure



This is a personal response about you and your role(s) and, as with all the written evidence, it needs to be written in the first person.

There are three stages to this question.i. To identify early research into your characterii. How your piece practically developed for you through

individual research and through 1/2 breakthrough moments in the rehearsal process

iii. To recognise your role as part of the whole piece and not to see it in isolation. Consider how your role(s) complemented those of others and why it might have been necessary to contrast with other characters for the purpose of emphasis for the audience.


Example 1


Example 2


5. How effective was your contribution to the final performance?6. Were you successful in what you set out to achieve?• You need to self-analyse as this evaluation requires you to be balanced

and honest in your view of ‘success’.• The first thing you need to so is BE CLEAR about what your AIMS and

INTENTIONS for your piece actually were.• Avoid generalisations that mean little. Instead root your answer in the

actual performance. Select two/three central scenes to your piece.• As a performer you know instinctively how the audience received a

certain scene. It may be nothing like what you expected or intended. Remember that their reactions are vital.

• It might be worth noting your beginning and ending. How did you grab your audience from the word go and how did you leave them feeling when they left?

• What more might you have done in terms of scene order, editing, adding new scenes, the way the story was told, changing the staging or the music? Was your central message clear? If not, how would you clarify for future performances? C1 Devising Portfolio

Example 1


Devising Portfolio

• Look closely at the wording of the questions• Be open and honest in your appraisal of your

work• Distinct and specific practical examples linked

to research material• Focus on the key words from the assessment

criteria – research, explore, develop and evaluate


Marking for Improvement

DIRT• Dedicated• Improvement

&• Reflection• Time

FAR• Feedback• Action• Response

How can I improve in Drama?

In GREEN pen complete your ACTIONS with your RESPONSE to improve your written work.


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