# Creative Arts Grade 7 June 2021 Question Paper

> Grade 7 Creative Arts question paper from the June Exam 2021, 11 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, memo linked when available.

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- Subject: Creative Arts
- Grade: Grade 7
- Document type: Question paper
- Year: 2021
- Exam period: June Exam
- Curriculum: CAPS
- Pages: 11

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Bedfordview Primary School
                                                TERM TEST
   Name:                                                                        Grade 7:
   Subject: Creative art – Section B: Drama
   Examiner: Mrs S James                                                        Date: 22 June 2021
   Moderator: Mrs P Naidoo                                                      Total time allocation: 90 mins

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INSTRUCTIONS
   1. An extra 10 minutes will be provided for reading both sections of this test.
   2. Write neatly and legibly.
   3. Answer in the spaces provided.
   4. This paper consists of 9 pages.

                                                    Question Analysis

      Question     Question   Question   Question     Question    Question      Question    Question      TOTAL
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           5          5          8          4            3              8           5         12           50

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Question 1: Complete the following the following sentences with terms from the box below.                           (5)

rostra             acoustics             producer                       tableau vivant
 actor                enunciate              dialogue                       props

1.1 A raised platform         _____________________________________________                                         (1)

1.2 Where actors come alive for a moment to speak and move _______________________                                  (1)

1.3 A person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of the making of a film,

broadcast, opera or staging of a play is referred to as _______________________________                             (1)

1.4 To pronounce words clearly so that they can be easily understood ____________________ (1)

1.5 The way in which an auditorium is built that allows sound to be heard clearly ____________(1)

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Question 2: Circle the correct answer.                                                     (5)
2.1 Your cue is…
A     the last word spoken by the person before you as a signal to start
B     the middle word spoken by the person before you as a signal to start
C     the first word spoken by the person before you as a signal to start
D     the second word spoken by the person after you as a signal to start

2.2 Proximity is …
A     the distance people stand from one another on the stage and how they use the space
      between them
B     the distance people stand from one another on stage and uses limited space between them
C     the distance people stand from one another on stage
D     the distance people stand from one another ‘’off ’’ and ‘’on ‘’stage

2.3 The front section of the stage is called…
A      centrestage
B      backstage
C      apron
D      frontstage

2.4 To overshadow in a production is…
A     to be more important than the rest of the cast members
B     to be more important than the actor in line with you
C     to be more important than the words
D     to be more important than the the shadow the light projects on the wall

2.5 Opera is a form of theatre in which…
A     words of the story is sung by an actor
B     words are recited by the actor
C     words are used to make a rap
D     music is written for the orchestra

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Question 3: Match the concepts in column A to the explanations in Column B. Write the correct
letter to the numbers e.g. 1. K                                                       (8)

      COLUMN A                                      COLUMN B                                 ANSWERS
1 antiphon               A               Used of the chorus to tell a story                1.

2 refrain                B            To be more important than the words                  2.

3 project                C   Designs specific lighting effects to create an effect for a   3.
                                                       show

4 enunciate              D                         To act as one                           4.

5 unified                E                 To pronounce words clearly                      5.

6 lighting designer      F            To throw your voice forward into space               6.

7 overshadow             G    Letting one person speak the majority of the lines and       7.
                                        the rest of the group in the chorus

8 Ancient Greek          H      Two or more groups, with each group speaking a             8.
   theatre                                        different phrase

                         I        The role of singing was created to tell a story

Question 4: Read the questions carefully before you answer.                                       (4)

 UNDERSTANDING STAGE DIRECTIONS

4.1 Circle the stage direction in the following

LISA: When you said you were going, I thought that you are joking (Walks slowly towards the
window)                                                                                     (1)

4.2 Circle the ONE stage direction that tells the performer how the character is feeling

JO: You must be the one they sent (Pointing at the man)
PENNY: (Excitedly) You’re not supposed to be here!
DANNY: Find a seat and relax (Slouches on the couch) Now what do you make of that? (Pointing
to object on the table)                                                                  (1)
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UNDERSTANDING DIALOGUE

4.3 Read the following dialogue and add two lines of dialogue, one for Jason and one for Fatima in
a way that show how they are feeling.

JASON: You know what I told you yesterday?
FATIMA: Yes
JASON: Did you tell anyone?
FATIMA: Yes, I told Melissa
JASON: But I told you not to tell anyone
FATIMA: Melissa won’t tell anyone

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________(2)

Question 5: Describe the elements for these performing techniques.                             (3)

                  Technique                                    Description
   1. Pitch                                   1.

   2. Tempo                                   2.

   3. Develop the use of the voice for        3.
   production stages

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Question 6: Complete each speech bubble for the cartoon strip below. Make sure that your
dialogue makes sense according to the picture. Use comedy in your story.                 (8)

RUBRIC                                                              .

Titles                                                         2
Relevance of speech bubble content, dialogue, and humour       6

         BLOCK 1                           BLOCK 2                      BLOCK 3

BLOCK 1: Speech bubble
______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________(2)
BLOCK 2: Speech bubble 1
______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________(2)
Speech bubble 2
______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________(2)
BLOCK 3: Speech bubble
______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________(2)

Write a suitable title down for BLOCK 2 and 3
BLOCK 2:____________________________________________________________________(1)
BLOCK 3:____________________________________________________________________(1)

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Question 7: Consider the careers of prop master, makeup artist and playwright before you begin
answering this question.                                                                    (5)
You have been hired to create a mask, showing your makeup skills(use coloured pens) for the

Sarcophagus, and to write a catch phrase for the movie “The Mummy” below in the scroll. Your

catch phrase must be a warning for people to stay away or keep out. Use your own words. Write

your warning in hierogliphics. Make use of the hieroglyhpics chart below.

                                                                              RUBRIC
                                                             Mask and Makeup                      2
                                                             Revelance of warning phrase          1
                                                             Originality                          1
                                                             Hieroglyphics                        1

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Question 8: Read through the dialogue and answer the questions that follow:                      (12)

RUBRIC
Character recognition                                                          1
Genre                                                                          2

Narrator:    Here we are with another episode of “Hospital Adventures.” You’ll remember that last time,
             Chad was in an accident. He was walking home from work. He wasn’t looking where he
             was going and fell down and hit his head. Now, he’s in the hospital and doesn’t remember
             who he is.
Friend:      Oh, Morgan. I came as soon as I heard! How is he?

Morgan:      He’s still sleeping. The nurse just took his temperature. He has a fever.

Friend:      Look! He’s getting up!

Chad:        What a headache! Where am I? Who am I? Who are you?

Morgan:      Chad, it’s me, Morgan, your wife. Don’t you remember?

Friend:      Here comes the doctor.

Morgan:      Doctor, I’m so worried. What are we going to do?

Doctor:      You must relax. It is important to stay calm… It seems that we’ll have to operate.

Morgan:      Oh,no!

Friend:      Oh,no!

Chad:        Oh,no!

Narrator:    Will Chad get well? Will he get his memory back? Does he have health insurance? Tune in
             tomorrow for the next episode of “Hospital Adventures.”
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8.1 Which character spoke these words?
YOU NEED TO GET ALL 4 NAMES CORRECT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A MARK!                                   (1)
Dialogue                                                             Character

    1. “What a headache! Where am I? Who am I? Who are
       you?”
    2. “Will Chad get well? Will he get his memory back?”

    3. “It seems that I will have to operate”.

    4. “He is still sleeping. The nurse just took his temperature.
       He has a fever.”

8.2 What type of genre is the Hospital Adventures? Highlight the appropriate picture.            (2)

8.3 Complete the following by circling true or false to help Mr. Bean make sense of the rules of
mime.                                                                                            (5)

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Mime is the "silent" art of using body movement to            True or False
                        create an illusion of reality.

                        Pantomime does not use mime technique                         True or False

                        Non-verbal communication is communication without             True or False
                        words

                        3 rules of mime: Silence, show size and detail                True or False

                        Visualize: images you leant to project to your audience       True or False

8.4 Use the word bank to complete the sentences below.                                              (4)

                                               Word Bank
      actors    actresses    playwright      character   rehearsal   script      scene      stage

                The person who writes a play is a _____________________________

               The people who perform in a play are _____________ and______________

               People practice a play on a ___________________________________

               The text used in a theatre is called a ___________________________

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Extension activity: this is not for marks!

Here is a drama wordsearch you may do when you are finished with your exam

Find these words!

      Actor
      Actress
                                 I   D       I   R   E   C   T   O   R   L   U      I   G      S   T   W
      Articulation
      Aside                     R   E       H   E   A   R   S   A   L   E   O     P    J   O      O   B

      Audience                  D   L       I   G   H   T   S   S   E   R   T     C    A      Y   K   I
      Climax                    T    I      M   P   R   O   V   I   S   A   T      I   O      N   A   R
      Dialogue
                                 E   S       E   Z   S   S   E   N   I   L   A     C    T   O      R   B
      Director
      Exposition                S   S       I   V   U   A   U   D   I   E   N     C    E   O      T   F

      Gesture                   C   E       C   N   R   X   S   G   E   S   T     U    R      E   I   I
      Improvisation
                                 P   L       T   R   O   P   E   R   F   O   R     M    A      N   C   E
      Lights
                                 D   L       I   T   I   G   I   I   E   N   E     C    S      N   U   I
      Line
      Performance               T   G       O   M   I   P   A   P   R   O   P     S    A      I   L   Y
      Playwright                E   E       B   T   A   N   T   T   A   H   A     C    E   O      A   E
      Plot
                                W    U       A   N   L   X   G   S   O   L   T     E    R      A   T   S
      Prop
                                 D    I      A   L   O   G   U   E   E   R   E     N    Z      S   I   T
      Protagonist
      Rehearsal                G    D       O   L   R   F   E   E   P   T   P     E    A      I   O   A
      Scene                     E   X       P   O   S   I   T   I   O   N   R     R    E      D   N   G
      Scenery
                                 P   L       A   Y   W   R   I   G   H   T   E     Y    N      E   A   E
      Script
      Setting
      Stage

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