"The study of Dramatic Arts provides students with an opportunity to take on roles, to create and enter into imagined roles, and to learn in a unique way about themselves, the art of drama and the world around them. Drama is a social form. Creating, presenting, and analyzing drama is a collective experience. By communicating in both real and imaginary situations, students develop proficiency in listening, speaking, writing, questioning, and negotiating. Through the process of stepping into the shoes of another, students develop and express empathy. Through analysis of dramatic works, they become aware of universal aspects of human experience."
The Ontario Curriculum, 11 and 12
The Arts
Course Descriptions
Dramatic Arts ADA1O1 Grade 9, Open Credit This course emphasizes the active exploration of dramatic forms and techniques, using material from a wide range of authors, genres, and cultures. Students will construct, discuss, perform, and analyze drama, and then reflect on the experiences to develop an understanding of themselves, the art form, and the world around them.
Prerequisite: None
Dramatic Arts ADA2O1 Grade 10, Open Credit This course requires students to actively explore dramatic forms and techniques, using their own ideas and concerns as well as sources selected from a wide range of authors, genres, and cultures. Student learning will include identifying and using the principles of space, time, voice, and movement in creating, sustaining, and communicating authentic roles within a drama. Students will assume responsibility for decisions made in the creation and presentation of the drama, and will analyze and reflect on the experience.
Prerequisite: None
Dramatic Arts ADA3M1 Grade 11, University/College Preparation Credit This course requires students to create and to perform dramatic presentations. Students will analyze, interpret, and perform works of drama from various cultures, including Western plays from around 1900. Students will also do research on different acting styles and conventions for their presentations, create original works, and analyze the functions of playwright, director, actor, producer, designer, technician, and audience.
Prerequisite: Dramatic Arts, Grade 9 or 10, Open
Dramatic Arts ADA4M1 Grade 12, University/College Preparation Credit This course requires students to experiment with forms and conventions in dramatic literature, and to create, script, and present original and adapted works. Students will do research on dramatic forms, conventions, themes, and theories of acting and directing from different historical periods, and apply their knowledge of these in interpreting dramatic literature, including Canadian works and works from various cultures in the late twentieth century. Students will also examine the significance of dramatic arts in various cultures.
Prerequisite: Dramatic Arts, Grade 11, University/College Preparation or Open |
