How To Pass Standard Grade Drama

Summary:
How to Pass Standard Grade Drama provides a comprehensive guide to the course offered by the Scottish Qualifications Authority. No book can guarantee an examination pass, but - like all titles in the Hodder Gibson How to Pass series - this book combines an overview of the course syllabus and exam requirements, as well as a guide to revision techniques and advice on sitting the examination itself. The How to Pass series offers unique insights into what markers are actually looking for, so that users of this book will avoid unnecessary mistakes - and should gain those extra marks that are so essential to moving up a grade...

• All subject-specific and grade-specific How to Pass titles are endorsed by the Scottish Qualifications Authority
• Aimed specifically at the scottish syllabus
• Eye catching design
• Covers all the examination areas
• Written by a highly experienced teacher of drama (14 years in the classroom)

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
Standard Grade Drama Course
Key Ideas
Examining Drama
2. Creating 1
Requirements
GRC
Stimulus
Theories
3. Creating 2
Themes and Plots
Characters
Body Language
Facial Expressions
Voice
Relationships and Status
Form, Structure and Conventions
Blocking
Written Responses and Logbooks
4. Presenting
Requirements
Planning
Portraying
Stages
Theatre Arts
Evaluation
5. Knowledge and Understanding
Requirements
The Body of Knowledge
6. The Written Examination
Requirements
Section A
Section B
7. Next Steps

About the Author(s):
David Roy is Head of Drama as Newington College, Sydney and was formerly Head of Drama at Stonelaw High School, Rutherglen Glasgow.

Readership:
Teachers and students