HSC DRAMA ESSAY WRITING detailed booklet

Highly detailed student study booklet that will assist Year 12 HSC Drama students in completing the written examination. The class this was made for attained FOUR band 6's in the HSC and their essay writing improved significantly.

This booklet would be very helpful for a new Drama Stage 6 teacher. Even if you did not study the same texts, it is very detailed in terms of structure that can be followed etc.

The texts in focus:

SECTION I - AUSTRALIAN DRAMA AND THEATRE: Contemporary Australian Theatre

• Life Without Me (Daniel Keene)
• Stolen (Jane Harrison)

SECTION II - STUDIES IN DRAMA AND THEATRE: Verbatim Theatre

• Beyond the Neck (Tom Holloway)
• Parramatta Girls (Alana Valentine)

INCLUDED:

• exemplar essays that have been broken down with a scaffold
• annotated list of all past HSC questions
• detailed list of quotes and themes relevant to each section
• sample paragraphs
• study suggestions
• scaffold for each section