Grade 10 Drama Creating and Presenting Overall Expectations
The Creative Process: use the creative process and a variety of sources and forms, both individually and collaboratively, to design and develop drama works
- Write a Play and Get it Performed (Book)
- Improve with Improv! (Book)
- Learn Improv (Website)
- A Year of Picture Prompts (Website)
- The Most Influential Pictures of All Time (Website)
- Relic Radio (Website)
- Scripts Archive (Website)
- Acting Exercises and Activities (Website)
Elements and Conventions: use the elements and conventions of drama effectively in creating individual and ensemble drama works, including works based on a variety of sources
- The Ivan R. Dee Guide to Plays and Playwrights (Book)
- The Merchant of Venice (Book)
- Performing Arts Selections (Kanopy eVideos)
- Character Analysis Worksheet (Website)
- Elements of Drama/Theatre (Website)
- Character Building (Website)
- Space (Website)
- Time (Website)
- Hot Seating (Website)
- Voices in the Head (Website)
- Roll on the Wall (Website)
- Elements of Drama (YouTube)
- Elements of Narrative (YouTube)
- Learning Language Through Drama (YouTube)
- How to Create a Character (YouTube)
Presentation Techniques and Technologies: use a variety of presentation techniques and technological tools to enhance the impact of drama works and communicate for specific audiences and purposes
- Stagecraft Fundamentals (Book)
- Everything About Theatre! (Book)
- Fundamentals of Theater Design (Hoopla eBook)
- The Art of Theatre (Website)
- Every Object Tells a Story (Website)
- Fourth Wall Break (Website)
- Using Your Voice (Website)
- Play Blocking and Stage Directions (Website)
- Design and Production (Website)
- Technical Theatre (Website)
- Stagecraft (YouTube)
- Building the Set (YouTube)
Grade 10 Drama Reflecting, Responding and Analysing Overall Expectations
The Critical Analysis Process: use the critical analysis process to reflect on and evaluate their own and others’ drama works and activities
- Drama for Students (Database eBook)
- 25 Ten Minute Plays for Teens (Hoopla eBook)
- Play With a Tiger and Other Plays (Cloud Library eBook)
- Romeo and Juliet (Cloud Library eBook)
- How to Read and Understand Shakespeare (Kanopy eVideos)
- Script Creation and Analysis (Website)
- How to Write a Play Review (Website)
- Writing in Role (Website)
- Drama Analysis (YouTube)
- Collective Performance Storytelling Ensemble (YouTube)
- In Spirit (YouTube)
- Salt of the Earth (YouTube)
Drama and Society: demonstrate an understanding of how societies present and past use or have used drama, and of how creating and viewing drama can benefit individuals, groups, and communities
- All that Glittered (Book)
- The Shaw Festival (Book)
- The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (Book)
- The Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre (Book)
- Theatreland (DVD)
- Windsor Theatre Companies (Website)
- Video Game Movies (Website)
- Indigenous Theatre (Website)
- 5 Reasons Why Theatre is Still Important (Website)
- Benefits of Theatre Education (Website)
- Greek Tragedy (YouTube)
- Shakespeare’s Early Days (YouTube)
- Comedies, Romance and Shakespeare’s Heroines (YouTube)
Connections Beyond the Classroom: identify knowledge and skills they have acquired through drama activities and ways in which they can apply this learning in personal, social, and career contexts
- Screenwriting for Teens (Hoopla eBook)
- Making Real Life Videos (Hoopla eBook)
- The Importance of Student Stage Managers (Website)
- Group Walking (YouTube)
- The Creature (YouTube)
- Transferable Skills (YouTube)
Grade 10 Drama Foundations Overall Expectations
Concepts and Terminology: demonstrate an understanding of the nature and function of drama forms, elements, conventions, and techniques, including the correct terminology for the various components
- Script Analysis for Actors, Directors and Designers (Book)
- Why Shakespeare (Book)
- Exploring Theatre (Hoopla eBooks)
- Theatre Terms (Website)
- Types of Comedy (Website)
- Stage management and Tech Rehearsal (YouTube)
Contexts and Influences: demonstrate an understanding of the origins and development of drama and theatre arts and their influence on past and present societies
- The Age of Shakespeare (Book)
- The History of North American Theater (Book)
- Costumes and Scripts in the Elizabethan Times (Book)
- A Primer in Theater History (Hoopla eBook)
- Romancing the Bard (Hoopla eBook)
- The Time Traveller’s Guide to British Theater (Hoopla eBook)
- Toronto’s Local Movie Theaters of Yesteryear (Hoopla eBook)
- Romeo and Juliet vs West Side Story (Website)
- Theatre as Human Rights Activism (Website)
- World Theatre Day (Website)
- Cultural Evolution in Theatre (Website)
- How it Feels to be a Woman in the Film Industry (Website)
- Classic movies with Old Fashioned Gender Roles (Website)
- English Renaissance Theatre (YouTube)
Responsible Practices: demonstrate an understanding of safe, ethical, and responsible personal and interpersonal practices in drama activities.
- Canadian Copyright: A Guide for Citizens (Book)
- Incident on Broadway Is an Opportunity for Civic Engagement (Database article)
- Audience Care (Website)
- Safety First (Website)
- Theatre Safety (YouTube)
- 7 Keys to Creative Collaboration (YouTube)
- Theatre Etiquette (YouTube)