Stage 2 Drama

LEVEL: Stage 2

SACE Credits: 20 credits

LENGTH: Full Year

Recommended background:

Satisfactory completion of either Stage 1 Drama A or Stage Drama B

Content:

Students provide evidence of their learning through three or four assessments, including the external assessment component. 

Students complete: 

One group production task 

For the group production, students are led by the teacher to work collaboratively through the framework of the Company and Production area of study to conceive, explore, develop, produce, refine, and perform (or present) a dramatic work or product. They apply the dramatic process by undertaking roles and collaborating in an ensemble to achieve individual and shared outcomes. 

Presentation of evidence 

Each individual student selects and presents evidence of their understanding, creativity, analysis, evaluation, application, and development in the form of a recorded presentation of up to 15 minutes.

One or two evaluation and creativity tasks 

Students complete two tasks or integrate these tasks to produce one single piece. They present their task(s) either as an oral or multimodal presentation or a written response.

The combined total for tasks in this assessment type is a maximum 12 minutes if oral or multimodal, or 2000 words if written.

One creative presentation. 

The Drama creative presentation is assessed externally. Materials should be submitted online for marking.

Students complete two parts: Presentation and learning portfolio.

Presentation

Students collaborate in small groups to produce a creative dramatic presentation. The presentation may include a live performance, a film or screen production, designs within an ensemble dramatic concept, a workshop, or a masterclass.

Learning portfolio

Students individually complete a learning portfolio as evidence of their learning. This can be presented either as an oral, visual, multimodal presentation, written response, or combination of these.

Assessment:

Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A+ to E- will be used for reporting purposes.

School assessment (70%) 

Assessment Type 1: Group Production (40%)
Assessment Type 2: Evaluation and Creativity (30%) 

External assessment (30%)

Assessment Type 3: Creative Presentation (30%).