# Year 11 Drama · Queensland opening fortnight

Ten original 25-minute starts for **Unit 1: Share** under the current [QCAA Drama General senior syllabus 2025 v1.3](https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior-qce/syllabuses/snr_drama_25_syll.pdf), January 2026. Unit 1 has an inquiry **Area of study: How does drama promote shared understandings of the human experience?** There is **no “Topic 1.”** These 250 minutes open a notional 55-hour unit; they are not a whole unit, finished production, live-theatre experience or school assessment program.

Start with the [ten teacher scripts](LESSONS.md), [original practice scenes A–F](SCENE-CARDS.md), [learner desk](LEARNER.md), [three routes per day](DAILY-CHOICES.md), [two worked swaps per day](DAILY-EXTRAS.md), [twenty context bridges](EXAMPLE-BANK.md) and [spoken/quiet prompts](SPOKEN-PROMPTS.md). Two [fresh public checks G/H](STUDENT-CHECKS.md) have a separate [worked teacher key](teacher/ANSWER-AND-NEXT.md). Six original A4 [script, blocking and sequencing aids](print/TEXT-ALTERNATIVES.md) and two fresh check sheets come as SVG and searchable PDF, with exact text and tactile build directions. Two optional original tone cues explore a staging choice; no device is required.

Every task can be completed by acting, directing with cards/objects, or annotating and analysing a script. **Role-play, public speaking, movement, touch, recording and personal disclosure are opt-in.** Learners can stop or change route without explaining why. A neutral reader or scribe can help without choosing the dramatic decision. These routes support the same opening target of making and justifying a purposeful dramatic-language choice; they do not claim to replace an eventual assessed acting performance. Keep all stories fictional and low stakes. Ask before using peers’ words, image, voice or personal history.

The [curriculum crosswalk](CURRICULUM-CROSSWALK.md) and [source/cultural-rights ledger](SOURCE-AND-RIGHTS.md) name the important hold: the QCAA unit requires Australian voices and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and/or Asia–Pacific perspectives, selected published texts and professional live or recorded live theatre. This pack’s original neutral exercises **do not meet those requirements on their own**. The [first-authority source slot](SOURCE-PATHWAY.md) links a First Nations-led theatre company and Creative Australia protocols for teacher planning; it does not reproduce or perform their stories. A school must select authorised texts, consult cultural authority where relevant, arrange access and teach the wider unit.

Our authored text, diagrams, check scenes and generated tones © NeuroForgeIO Pty Ltd 2026, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). External material is linked and attributed, not copied. The [desk QA](QA-RUN-THROUGH.md) records teacher/learner/assessor review and limits. No classroom pilot, student performance, cultural review, QCAA endorsement or learning-outcome claim has occurred. Regenerate assets with `python3 generate_assets.py --write`, audit with `python3 verify_pack.py`, and update hashes after intentional edits with `python3 verify_pack.py --write-manifest`.