My Life, My Story

Students will explore the elements of drama to create short performances from their own experiences. Students will gain better self-presentation skills, a stronger sense of narrative, and reflect on how telling their own stories presents them to the wider world. They will explore questions such as: What high points will they share? What struggles absorb them? How do they view the global picture? Students will express themselves through movement, dialogue, music and sound, and may create videos using their own devices.

Curriculum Links

Voice warm-ups, iambic pentameter, rhetoric, physical acting, role-playing, use of heightened language; Imagery and levels of language, explore Shakespearean language and characters, plot composition and narrative arcs; Integrate writing with the dramatic arts; Understanding of all elements of design: line, shape, form, space, colour, texture, and value.

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