‘My Future is already Written’

Y10 MonologuesRehearsal and Development

What are my next stages of development? – What questions should you be asking yourself?

Focus on the end goal – 2 minute performance of your monologue

Am I considering how the audience should feel?

How have I made sure it is long enough?

How can I annotate my script to help it make sense to me?

What more do I need to find out about the subject? Where can I find this information?

Assessment criteriaArea to be assessed Evidence Weighting

Creativity:How have you responded to the stimulus? How does your idea link to the theme?

• Students log book: The drama clearly links to the theme and the students has considered a range of options when selecting their subject matter

• Mind maps• Role on the wall

25%

DevelopmentWhat research have you carried out? Have you considered audience and context? How? Is this clear in the log book?

• Annotated scripts• May be several versions of this showing how ideas have

developed through the project• Engagement in class activities

25%

Performance Performance of the monologue lasting no more than 2 minutes 25%

EvaluationThe student is able to relfect on their progress

500 word essay considering the process and how various exercises helped you to develop a character. Use the tracking sheet to help structure this.Deadline for this is 1st lesson back in September.

25%

Grades calculated

Creativity 6/10

Development 4/10

Performance 8/10

Evaluation 7/10

Total 25/40 63%

A student achieves the score oppositeThe achieve overall 63%This equates to a

90-100% A*80-90% A70-80% B60-70% C50-60% D

These are used as a guideline only. Grade boundaries can change each year depending on the average marks achieved by students across the UK.

Tracking your development – the basis of your 500 word essay

Activity How it helped me develop my monologue/how it helped me develop my character

Mind maps How effective was this activity in helping me to develop ideas/my character? What more did I need to know after completing the task?

Role on the wall How did the task help me to consider the inner feelings and thoughts of my character?

Hot seating How did listening and responding to peer questioning help me to work in role and develop my character further? What was the best question I asked/was asked?

Annotating the text How can annotating a text help me when performing? How have I done this with my own text? Can I give an example? Why is this important?

Seeing other examples of text

How did the annotating tasks help me in structuring my own work?

Other – mood boards etc. What other research did I do? What form did it take – audio, visual, written material – to support my understanding of the issue and contexts?

Evaluating the process

Mind MapsAnnotating scripts

StimulusInitial ideas

Role on the WallHot Seating

Explorative Strategies

Collaboration with others

Performance

Further research