The GCSE Written Paper

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Section A Question 4

What do all of these questions have in common?

(2010) Evaluate the success of your
contribution to the piece as a whole.
You should refer to particular moments
from the piece to support your answer.

(2011) Evaluate how far you achieved

your personal aims in the final
performance. You should refer to
particular moments from the piece to
support your answer.

(2012) Evaluate your success in

creating engaging drama for your
audience through the application of
your specific skill as actor or
designer or technician. You should
support your answer with reference
to at least one particular moment
from the final performance.

(2013) Evaluate your success as an

actor, designer or technician in the
final performance of the piece. You
should refer to particular moments
from the performance which you
thought were especially successful or
were unsuccessful for you personally.

(2014) Evaluate your personal skills in demonstrating your acting or design

or technical skills in the final performance. Give specific details of at least
one moment from the final performance to support your answer.

Evaluate
What does evaluate mean, again?

QUESTION 4
Evaluate: To judge or determine the significance,

worth, or quality of; assess: to evaluate the results

of an experiment. So this is easy right? You evaluate your

work all the time remember to focus on specific moments

what you were trying to show: age status, relationship, period,
place and how you were implementing your skills physical,
vocal, interaction to do this! Give detailed examples and say
why successful, worked, was effective, did.really well,
communicated, conveyed . What would you do differently?
Big you and your group up! Dont be shy! Careful check focus
of question does it say YOU or YOUR GROUP ????
Remember to mention how your acting was supported by
the addition Of tech elements too!

2013 Section A Question 4

Evaluate your success in creating engaging drama for your audience
through the application of your specific skill as actor or designer or
technician.
You should support your answer with reference to at least one particular
moment from the final performance.
(10 marks)
You must now give AT LEAST TWO examples
What else is important to give in this answer?

Section A Question 3

What do all of these questions have in common?

(2010) Analyse the improvements
that you made during the rehearsal
process. You should refer to at
least one specific occasion where
you developed your own skill.

(2011) Analyse the success of your

groups ability to work as a team
during the rehearsal period. You
should refer to at least one specific
example where teamwork was
important in the later stages of your
preparation.

(2012) Analyse how you

developed your own skill to
tackle problems. You should
refer to at least one occasion
in the preparation period
when you used your acting
or design or technical skills
to overcome at least one
specific problem.

(2013) Analyse the ways in

which you improved your skills
during the rehearsal process.
You should refer to at least one
specific occasion when you
made progress as an actor,
designer or technician in
preparation for the
performance.

(2014) Analyse how you used the rehearsal process to improve your acting
or design or technical skills. Give details of at least one specific occasion
during the preparation process when you improved your own individual

Analyse
What does analyse mean, again?

QUESTION 3
Analyse: To examine in detail in order to
discover meaning, to break down into
components or essential features. This
question might also ask you to
Analyse one aspects of the
rehearsal or development process
how you worked together, problems
encountered and overcome,
character, relationships, interaction,
creation of mood and atmosphere
and so on. Key to this is breaking
it down and looking at it
critically. Why did some rehearsals
go better than others? Why did one
technique work better?

2013 Section A Question 3

Analyse the ways in which you improved your skills during the rehearsal
process.
You should refer to at least one specific occasion when you made
progress as an actor, designer or technician in preparation for the
performance.
(10 marks)
You must now give AT LEAST TWO examples
What else is important to give in this answer?

Section A Question 2

What do all of these questions have in common?

(2010) Explain how you applied your
chosen skill to at least one aspect
of the piece.

(2011) Explain how you developed

your creative ideas for this piece of
practical work. Give at least one
specific example of how you
applied your skill as actor,
designer or technician in
preparation for performance.

(2012) Explain how you applied

your skill as actor or designer
or technician in the early
stages of preparing this piece of
practical work to help create an
engaging piece of drama. Give
at least one example of your
preparatory work.

(2013) Explain what skills you

contributed to the piece in your

role as actor, designer or
technician. Give specific
examples that demonstrate how
you used these skills to
contribute to the piece.

(2014) Explain what specific skills you applied to this piece of coursework.
Give details of the acting or design or technical skills that you personally
used.

Explain
What does explain mean, again?

QUESTION 2
Explain: To examine in detail in
order to discover meaning, essential
features, etc
This question will normally ask you to
EXPLAIN some aspect of the rehearsal or
development process such as: The
challenges you encountered, how you
worked with others, how your character,
plot, performance, scenes developed, skills
required at different points in the process.
So say what you were doing, what you were
trying to achieve and Why?. Tell the
examiner What you did and Why?

2013 Section A Question 2

Explain what skills you contributed to the piece in your role as actor,
designer or technician.
Give specific examples that demonstrate how you used these skills to
contribute to the piece.
(10 marks)

You must now give AT LEAST TWO examples

What else is important to give in this answer?