Speech and Drama - Entry Level
Learning Outcomes
Learners should:
- gain confidence
- make themselves understood
- experience examination procedure
- achieve a sense of performance
- understand how to prepare work
Preparatory Grade (5 Minutes)
Marks awarded at this grade:
Speech: 50 marks
Interpretation: 50 marks
Learners should:
- Speak from memory one short poem
- Talk to the examiner about something of their own choice brought to the examination (eg: toy, book, photograph)
Introductory Grade (5 Minutes)
Marks awarded at this grade:
Speech: 50 marks
Interpretation: 50 marks
Learners should:
- Speak from memory two short contrasting poems
- Talk with the examiner about their choices
Preliminary Grade (5 Minutes)
Marks awarded at this grade include:
Speech: 30 marks
Learners should:
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Speak from memory one of the following poems:
- "The Baby Sitter" Lindsay MacRae
- "Just My Luck" Richard Edwards
- "The Footballer’s Love of the Ball" Allan Ahlberg
- "Clock" Valerie Worth
- "All Day Saturday" Charles Causley
- "Windows" Russell Hoban (30 marks)
- Speak from memory either a poem or a piece of prose of the learner’s own choice. This should show a contrast to the piece in Section 1. Time limit 2 minutes (30 marks)
- Discuss with the examiner the pieces chosen (10 marks)
Transition Grade (10 Minutes)
Marks awarded at this grade include:
Speech: 30 marks
Learners should:
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Speak from memory one of the following poems:
- "Chicken Poxed" Valerie Bloom
- "Kids" Spike Milligan
- "Keep a Poem in Your Pocket" Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
- "The Frog" Hillaire Belloc
- "Seeds" Walter de la Mare
- "Alphabet Stew" Jack Prelutsky (30 marks)
- Speak from memory a piece of prose of their own choice, taken from any story written by Caroline Lawrence or Francesca Simon. Time limit 2 minutes (30 marks)
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Discuss with the examiner:
- the pieces chosen
- word pictures (10 marks)