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Students will be able to stage and rehearse an adaptation of a classical greek play, using theatrical masks as a group.

Students will be able to perform an adaptation of a classical greek play, using theatrical masks as a group.

The Comedy of Manners is a style of comedy that uses satire to highlight the behaviours, actions, fashions, and “manners” of a segment of society. In this lesson students discuss the nature of comedies that make fun of a group of people and the definition of satire. They are taken through a slide deck that introduces the background and style elements of the comedy of manners. Students also complete a Viewing Quiz.

The comedy of manners is a style of comedy that uses satire to highlight the behaviours, actions, fashions, and “manners” of a segment of society. Students will explore the element of manners and codes of behaviour in a modern context, and then look at how the element is applied to a scene from The Importance of Being Earnest.

The comedy of manners is a style of comedy that uses satire to highlight the behaviours, actions, fashions, and “manners” of a segment of society. Students will explore aspects of verbal comedy in a modern context and then look at how the element is applied to a scene from The Importance of Being Earnest.

The Comedy of Manners is a style of comedy that uses satire to highlight the behaviours, actions, fashions, and “manners” of a segment of society. Students will explore characters in the comedy of manners and then create a comedy of manners character profile with one of the characters from The Importance of Being Earnest.

In this culminating assignment, students will apply what they have learned throughout this unit to a modern devised scene.

In this lesson, students have an opportunity to explore all the different areas of the stage and the positions which an actor uses to command attention.

During this lesson, students will explore how the five senses can be used by actors as a technique to create a character.

During this lesson, the student will perform open scenes to practice using multiple tactics to achieve the character’s objectives in a scene.

During this lesson, students are challenged to devise interesting characters by creating a character history and then using that information in a character improv. This exercise will allow students to practice a portion of the necessary work to build a multi-dimensional character.

In this culminating exercise, students will prepare a scene using what they have learned throughout the unit.

For the final project, give students an assigned scene to analyze as if they were going to perform it. One option is to have students continue working on the “Still as Stone” scene. Alternatively, you could provide a selection for them to choose from, or have students choose their own scenes.

Students will be able to summarize the plot of a story from Ancient Greek Theatre using a description of a classical Greek tragedy.

Students will be able to identify elements of Ancient Greek Theatre through a group research activity.

In this lesson, students will use the act of entering and exiting a scene in character to demonstrate character choice.

The voice is a powerful instrument. Beyond being the vehicle with which an actor delivers their dialogue, the voice can suggest emotion, subtext, character personality, location, and more. There are a variety of vocal tools an actor can use to communicate effectively with an audience. This lesson covers tone.

Students will demonstrate their ability to project. Projection is speaking loudly without yelling. It is the technique actors use to be heard when performing without damaging their voices. Students learn how to project and practice the skill culminating in an assessed exercise.

Students will demonstrate how to use vocal aspects in character creation. The lesson teaches students how to create a specific character voice,considering volume, rate and pitch.

Students explore Characterization and One Focus by participating in activities and playing Ding, Emotional Waiter and Party Quirks.