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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
AO1: Demonstrate the application of performance
AO2: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of practical and theoretical aspects of drama and using appropriate terminology
AO3: Interpret plays from different periods and genres
AO4: make critical and evaluative judgements of theatre
*Write these down before you answer a question, and make sure you deploy all of them liberally. You get a tick for each time you use one well.
TIPS:
- Examiners are marking tonnes of scripts, so make your script unique, by using your own notes and insights.
- Use quotations- they make the essay livelier.
- Keep a good structure: introduction, middle and end.
- Make sure the beginning of each paragraph tells you what comes next.
- Make each paragraph thematically about something new.
- Try to lead one paragraph fluently into the next.
- Keep a sense of balance- you need to talk about many different factors (e.g. costumes, direction, lighting etc) so don’t spend the whole essay talking about one thing.
