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To introduce the Aristotelian element of Thought.

To continue applying the Aristotelian element of Thought.

To introduce the Aristotelian element of Character.

To introduce the Aristotelian element of Diction.

To introduce the Aristotelian element of Music.

To introduce the Aristotelian element of Spectacle.

Students will demonstrate their understanding of the body’s importance to an actor.

Students will demonstrate their understanding of actable verbs by using them in a scene. They will be introduced to the concepts of motivation, objective, and tactics.

Students will demonstrate their ability to physically achieve an objective by using their bodies in a musical scene.

Students will demonstrate their ability to move like an inanimate object by performing a scene.

Students will demonstrate their ability to use physical variety by utilizing three levels of physicalizing emotions to music.

Students will demonstrate their understanding of simple action by performing or coaching the performer to deliver a love poem while using three simple actions.

Students will demonstrate their understanding of situational movement by performing a scene.

Students will demonstrate their ability to find occupation while waiting by performing a scene.

Students will rehearse and perform a scene plus song incorporating specific movement. After the performance, students will complete a self-assessment checklist.

In this compare and contrast lesson, students will read a dramatization of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of Red Death. This story is the ultimate example of “social distancing.” Students will compare and contrast the dramatization to the current events surrounding Coronavirus and then write an adaptation focusing on modern viruses.

In this pre-reading lesson, students reflect on their day-to-day life and look for the connection between the ordinary and universality. It’s important to have them connect the ordinary and universality in a modern context, before moving to the same connections in the text.

In this lesson, students will be introduced to Our Town through positive and negative reviews of the original production, examine and discuss a facts sheet on the play, and learn more about the world the playwright was writing in through a research activity.

You can add an additional three or four lessons to this unit by adding another performance opportunity.

Students are given time to write their own plays, and gain feedback from their peers.