Alberta, Canada
Movement Drama 10

3 units • 7 professional development courses aligned to
24 - demonstrate understanding of mood, and communicate mood

24 demonstrate understanding of mood, and communicate mood

This page lists 3 units and 7 professional development courses aligned to 24 from the Alberta, Canada. Designed for drama teachers, these resources directly address 24 - demonstrate understanding of mood, and communicate mood

Introduction to Musical Theatre: Movement

by Annie Dragoo

9 lessons

Musical theatre performers use their bodies to sing, to dance, and to act. We must think of our bodies as instruments and learn to use our instruments properly in order to be better musical theatre performers. The overall objective with this unit, by Annie Dragoo, is for students to demonstrate an understanding of the use of good movement as it connects to musical theatre. Some of the activities include using action verbs, moving as animals and inanimate characters, nonverbal communication and situational movement. Students will then perform a scene that will allow them to put to practice all the movement techniques they have learned.

# musical theatre

The Autobiographical Monologue

by Gai Jones

4 lessons

All students have something to say and a story to tell. They can relate to their personal stories better than anyone else. All students have a lot of material which can be used as part of an original monologue. In this unit, students will write an autobiographical monologue based on their personal expertise, memories, distinct point of view, sense of truth, and life experiences. Through the process, students will be encouraged to explore past stories, objects, and images and other personal material.

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Scene Staging

by Lindsay Price

15 lessons

The goal for this unit is to give students a process to work primarily on their own to create a staged scene with specific, dynamic blocking and three-dimensional characters. This unit would work well as a culminating project for a semester. In this unit, students will work independently to analyze, block, build character, experiment, and rehearse a scene. Their performance can count as a summative assessment for the class. Material: This unit requires that students have access to scenes from plays. Ideally, students should work in pairs and prepare duet scenes.

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