Mark scheme

Year 9
HT1
Skills to be assessed: Improvisation, Creating Drama

Criteria 1: Improvisation
The first criteria is related to the student’s capacity of improvising in
different situation. At this level (Y9) they should be able to act in different
situations, while creating vivid characters, different than themselves. They
should also have developed higher improvisation skills and should be able to
effectively use them: being able to think in a situation different than the real
one, being able to effectively use the body and the voice, being able to portray
a character different than themselves. Whatever is below this expectation is
rather undeveloped for the current level they should be at and whatever goes
over this expectation is exceeding the current level.

Criteria 2: Creating drama

The second criteria is related to the student’s capacity of creating
drama. They should be able to write stories based on a structure of a play,
use it efficiently and also perform the previously-mentioned stories. Whatever
is below this expectation is rather undeveloped for the current level they
should be at and whatever goes over this expectation is exceeding the current
level.

Level Description
6  Deeply understands  Deeply understands the
improvisation and is usually structure of a play and is
working outside their comfort able to find multiple
zone alternatives when creating
 Their improvisations are starting from a certain
clear and easy to stimulus, based on the team
 understand, but also with a
high degree of complexity, as
they make use of a wide
range of skills: being able to
think in a situation different
than the real one, being able they are working with
to effectively use the body  Is able to use and modify the
and the voice, being able to structure of a play effectively
portray a character different in order to create stories with
than themselves a high degree of complexity
 Is able to portray vivid and which contain vivid and
credible characters, with a credible characters. Can
complex internal universe create more than one climax
 Always creates strong in a single story.
relationships with stage
partners, applies their ideas
and is able to help them
when performing

5  Deeply understands  Deeply understands the

improvisation and is able to structure of a play and is
get out of their comfort zone able to find multiple
 Their improvisations are alternatives when creating
clear and easy to starting from a certain
understand, but also with a stimulus
degree of complexity, as they  Is able to use the structure of
make use of a wide range of a play effectively in order to
skills: being able to think in a create stories with a high
situation different than the degree of complexity which
real one, being able to contain vivid and credible
effectively use the body and characters
the voice, being able to
portray a character different
 than themselves
 Is able to portray vivid and
credible characters
 Always creates strong
relationships with stage
partners, while applying most
of their ideas

4  Understands what  Deeply understand the

improvisation is and explores structure of a play
deep aspects of it  Is able to use the structure of
 Their improvisations are a play in order to create
clear and easy to stories with a high degree of
understand, as they make complexity and vivid
use of a wide range of skills: characters
being able to think in a
situation different than the
real one, being able to
effectively use the body and
the voice, being able to
portray a character different
than themselves
 Is able to portray vivid
characters with particular
backstories
 Always creates strong
relationships with stage
partners, accepts and applies
their ideas most of the time

3  Understands what  Has a solid understanding of

improvisation is and likes the structure of a play
exploring its deep aspects  Is able to use the structure of
  Is effective when improvising a play in order to create
and can make use of a broad stories with a degree of
range of skills:being able to complexity and vivid
think in a situation different characters
than the real one, being able
to effectively use the body
and the voice, being able to
portray a character different
than themselves
 Is able to create vivid
characters
 Always creates strong
relationships with stage
partners and accepts their
ideas most of the time

2  Understands what  Understand the structure of a

improvisation is and can play
sometimes dive into deeper  Is able to use the structure of
aspects of it a play in order to create
 Has developed higher stories with a degree of
improvisation skills through complexity
practice: being able to think
in a situation different than
the real one, being able to
effectively use the body and
the voice, being able to
portray a character different
than themselves
 The occasions in which they
portray themselves during
improvisation are rare
 Usually creates strong
 relationships with stage
partners while also listening
to them

1  Understands what  Has a basic understanding of

improvisation is the structure of a play
 Has improvisation skills on  Is able to use the structure of
different levels: being able to a play in order to create
think in a situation different simplistic stories
than the real one, being able
to effectively use the body
and the voice, being able to
portray a character different
than themselves
 Sometimes portrays
characters rather than
themselves when improvising
 Can sometimes create strong
relationships with the stage
partners, while also listening
to them

 Does not take part in the  Does not take part in the
Drama lesson or any Drama lesson or any
0 activities that happen during activities that happen during
the Drama lesson the Drama lesson