NSW Drama Stage 6 syllabus structure, expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Drama” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
Australian plays and companies, including Indigenous performance, studied through both text and production.
A nominated topic studied through significant theatrical traditions, practitioners and movements.
Devising, acting, design, directing and production. Assessed through performance and the Individual Project, and used as evidence in the written paper.
A Drama paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| analyse | Short answer | 4–6 |
| compare | Short answer | 4–6 |
| evaluate | Short answer | 4–6 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 8–10 |
| explain | Short answer | 4–6 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| justify | Short answer | 3–5 |
HSC Drama - Written Paper Shape — 40 marks, 90 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.