Year 7
The Year 7s are exploring the art of dramatic writing by studying play scripts from a variety of playwrights, analysing how setting, character, and plot development are brought to life on stage. Identifying key script conventions, such as dialogue-driven storytelling and stage directions, is the basis for students to apply these skills in writing and editing their own short plays.
The Year 7s were pleased to welcome back the Auckland mobile school library, and wrote book reviews of their most recently read novel. The classes are also readying themselves for their exam this week, using a range of mnemonics to support their studying.
Year 8
The Year 8s are stepping into the magical world of Shakespeare as they study A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Through reading and analysing key scenes, students have been introduced to the play’s enchanting setting, complicated relationships, fairies and mechanicals.
Students are learning how the stage directions work, and how dialogue builds dramatic tension; and familiarising themselves with Shakespearean language. They are applying these insights to write and edit their own short play scripts based on narratives they wrote last term.
The students were pleased to welcome back the Auckland mobile library bus. They are also busily preparing for their year-end examinations.
