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Students continue their exploration of scenic design by designing the dream bedroom of their partner.

There are 4 projects and written work that are provided as possible final assignments for this unit.

Students continue their exploration of scenic design by taking on the role of the set designer, talking to “the director,” and analyzing a set description for a play.

Students continue their exploration of scenic design by taking the drawing they made for The Glass Menagerie and turning it into a ground plan.

Students hand in script notes, ground plan, and renderings. An assessment rubric is included, as well as ideas for unit reflection and an extra credit project.

Students continue their exploration of scenic design by learning about and applying the concept of scale. Students will create a ground plan of their classroom.

In this introductory lesson, students learn about Kabuki theatre, discuss its primary elements, and then do an exercise that puts those elements into practice.

In this introductory lesson, students learn about Noh Theatre, discuss its primary elements, and then do an exercise that puts those elements into practice.

Students continue their exploration of scenic design by creating a color rendering of their set design.

Students begin their exploration by learning about the who’s who in theatre and are introduced to the front of house role.

In this introductory lesson, students learn about Bunraku theatre, discuss its primary elements, and then do an exercise that puts those elements into practice.

This lesson will focus on the forehead and temples. Students will work with a partner to examine the structures of the forehead and temples. Once students identify where the highlights and shadows are located in that portion of the face, they will use the appropriate makeup to enhance the highlights and shadows.

This lesson will focus on the nose, lips, and chin. Students will work with a partner to examine the structures of the nose, lips, and chin. Once students identify where the highlights and shadows are located in that portion of the face, they will use the appropriate makeup to enhance the highlights and shadows.

Students continue their exploration by learning about elements of a marketing poster and applying that information by designing a poster.

In this culminating lesson, students will apply what they have learned with a capstone performance featuring their original characters.

In this lesson, students will spend one class rehearsing their characters. In the second class period, students will receive three additional assignments that they will use as part of their capstone performance. They will have two class periods (Classes 2 and 3) to work on these assignments, with the understanding that they will have to complete any unfinished work on their own time. In the fourth class period, students will participate in a Character Showoff.

In this lesson, students will return to the Laban technique. They will practice applying the elements and efforts before taking on a specific exercise that will give students another tool for their toolbox in working on a scene.

As a class, students will explore the tools of context, meaning of words, and imagery to unlock meaning in a Shakespearean text. Students will then use these tools to create a modern translation for their text. Students will also be introduced to resources and begin work on a monologue that they will continue to use throughout the unit.

Students will explore Outbursts, Action Words, and Emotion Words through structured activity and textual analysis.

Students will demonstrate their understanding of textual analysis, painting with words and imagery, and physicalizing punctuation by preparing and performing a staged reading of a Shakespearean monologue in a group presentation.