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Drama: Achievement Objectives

	Understanding Drama in Context (UC)	Developing Practical Knowledge in Drama (PK)	Developing Ideas in Drama (DI)	Communicating and Interpreting in Drama (CI)
Level 1	Demonstrate an awareness that drama serves a variety of purposes in their lives and in their communities.	Explore the elements of role, focus, action, tension, time, and space through dramatic play.	Contribute and develop ideas in drama, using personal experience and imagination.	Share drama through informal presentation and respond to ways in which drama tells stories and conveys ideas in their own and others' work.
Level 2	Identify and describe how drama serves a variety of purposes in their lives and in their communities.	Explore and use elements of drama for different purposes.	Develop and sustain ideas in drama, based on personal experience and imagination.	Share drama through informal presentation and respond to elements of drama in their own and others' work.
Level 3	Investigate the functions and purposes of drama in cultural and historical contexts.	Use techniques and relevant technologies to explore drama elements and conventions.	Initiate and develop ideas with others to create drama.	Present and respond to drama, identifying ways in which elements, techniques, conventions, and technologies combine to create meaning in their own and others' work.
Level 4	Investigate the functions, purposes, and technologies of drama in cultural and historical contexts.	Select and use techniques and relevant technologies to develop drama practice. Use conventions to structure drama.	Initiate and refine ideas with others to plan and develop drama.	Present and respond to drama, identifying ways in which elements, techniques, conventions, and technologies create meaning in their own and others' work.
Level 5	Investigate the characteristics, purposes, and function of drama in a range of contexts.	Select and use techniques, conventions, and relevant technologies for specific drama purposes.	Select and refine ideas to develop drama for specific purposes.	Present and respond to drama and describe how drama combines elements, techniques, conventions, and technologies to create structure and meaning in their own and others' work.
Level 6	Investigate the forms and purposes of drama in different historical or contemporary contexts, including New Zealand drama.	Select and use techniques, conventions, and technologies in a range of dramatic forms.	Research, evaluate, and refine ideas in a range of dramatic forms to develop drama.	Perform and respond to drama and make critical judgments about how elements, techniques, conventions, and technologies are used to create form and meaning in their own and others' work.
Level 7	Research the purposes of production, performance, and technologies of drama in a range of contexts, including New Zealand drama. Explore how drama reflects our cultural diversity.	Select and refine the use of techniques, conventions, and technologies in specific dramatic forms.	Research, critically evaluate, and refine ideas to develop drama in specific dramatic forms.	Rehearse and perform works in a range of dramatic forms. Respond to and make critical judgments about rehearsal processes and performances.
Level 8	Research, analyse, and critically evaluate how drama, including New Zealand drama, interprets, records, or challenges social and cultural discourse.	Research, analyse, and integrate elements, techniques, conventions, and technologies in dramatic forms for specific purposes.	Research, critically evaluate, and refine ideas to create original drama work.	Analyse, rehearse, and perform works in a range of dramatic forms, assuming a variety of artistic or technical responsibilities. Reflect on and critically evaluate a wide range of works and performances.