Elements of Drama and Improvisation
The vocabulary of drama, and the discipline of making a scene without a script.
- Role, character and relationships
- Situation and dramatic tension
- Focus and mood
NSW Drama Stage 4 (Year 7) - elements of drama and improvisation; script and character; making theatre - expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Drama Year 7” 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.
The vocabulary of drama, and the discipline of making a scene without a script.
Reading a script for what it asks, and building a character who wants something.
What goes into a production besides acting, and how choices create meaning.
A Drama Year 7 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 | 3–4 |
| describe | Short answer | 2–3 |
| design | Short answer | 3–5 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 4–6 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| interpret | Multiple choice | 1 |
Year 7 Assessment Task Shape — 50 marks, 75 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.