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You'll watch a drama performance—either one you were in or one you saw—and write about what it meant and how it worked. You need to describe the main message, explain which drama techniques the performers used, and talk about how the performance connected with you personally and affected the audience.
What to do, grades and common mistakes
What you actually do
- ·Describe the key message (the main idea or theme) of the drama performance
- ·Identify and describe the drama components—elements, conventions, techniques, and technologies—that the performers used
- ·Make a personal connection to the performance by relating it to your own life, culture, identity, or worldview (this is called wairua)
- ·Explain how the drama components helped communicate the key message to the audience
- ·Discuss the effect the performance and its components had on you and the audience, connecting this to the wairua (the relationship between performers and audience)
AAchieved
You describe the key message, identify some drama components used, and make a basic personal connection to the performance and its impact.
MMerit
You explain in detail how drama components work together to communicate the key message, correctly name what those components are, and explain how the performance's energy connected with you personally and affected the audience.