Unit
in Middle School Curriculum
Unit Seven: Directed Scenes Take 2: A Variety of Scenes
Created by Lindsay Johnson
10 lessons
middle school friendly
Students will have another opportunity to participate in student-directed scenes, only this time each director will be assigned a different script, and actors for each group will be chosen by the teacher based on individual strengths and challenges, rather than holding auditions.
Actors will take a deeper dive into character physicality and use of levels in staging this unit. Directors will continue to create a set design and block the scenes, adding props as well in this unit.
The unit culminates in actors presenting their directed scenes to the class.
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The overview lays out the goals for the unit, outlines the lessons and provides context for the assessment tools.
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1Lesson 1Reflection and New Scene RankingIn this lesson, students complete self and peer reflections for Unit 6. They also apply for an actor or director role and rank scenes for their work in this unit.
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2Lesson 2Introduction to PhysicalityIn this lesson, students start working on physicality elements. They will complete an Introduction to Physicality Notes sheet and give peer observational feedback.
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3Lesson 3Scene Assignments and Close ReadingIn this lesson, students start working on their specific scene and complete a close reading.
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4Lesson 4Actor Memorization and Director PlanningIn this lesson, student directors and actors have their own task. Actors will complete their cheat sheet and memorize 10+ lines with the cheat sheet. Directors will complete set design, props list, and 4+ blocking notes for each character.
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5Lesson 5Objectives, Tactics, and BlockingIn this lesson, students will complete a rehearsal checklist, focusing on objectives, tactics, and blocking.
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6Lesson 6Character PhysicalityIn this lesson, students will complete a rehearsal checklist, focusing on character physicality.
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7Lesson 7Levels and Movement ReviewIn this lesson, students will rehearse their scenes using a rehearsal checklist, focusing on level changes and movement in the scene.
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8Lesson 8Voice Expression and ProjectionIn this lesson, students will rehearse their scenes using a rehearsal checklist, focusing on vocal expression and projection.
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9Lesson 9Final RehearsalIn this lesson, students will rehearse their scenes using a rehearsal checklist, focusing on the skills of their choice.
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10Lesson 10Performance AssessmentIn this lesson, students will perform their final scene for assessment in front of the class. They will also complete an audience feedback sheet where they give their peers feedback on rubric skills.
Standards Addressed
Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work - Grade 6
Perceive and analyze artistic work - Grade 6
Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work - Grade 7
Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation - Grade 7
Perceive and analyze artistic work - Grade 7
Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work - Grade 8
Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation - Grade 8
Perceive and analyze artistic work - Grade 8
Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work - High School Proficient
Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation - Grade HS Proficient
Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation - Grade 6
Organize and develop artistic ideas and work - Grade 8
Organize and develop artistic ideas and work - Grade HS Accomplished
Refine new work through play, drama processes and theatre experiences using critical analysis and experimentation - Grade 6
Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work - Grade 7
Refine new work through play, drama processes and theatre experiences using critical analysis and experimentation - Grade 8
Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work - Grade 8
Refine new work through play, drama processes and theatre experiences using critical analysis and experimentation - Grade HS Proficient
Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work - Grade HS Proficient
6.TH:Cr1 Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work
6.TH:Re7 Perceive and analyze artistic work.
7.TH:Cr1 Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work
7.TH:Pr4 Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
7.TH:Re7 Perceive and analyze artistic work.
8.TH:Cr1 Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work
8.TH:Pr4 Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
8.TH:Re7 Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Prof.TH:Cr1 Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work
Prof.TH:Pr4 Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
6.TH:Pr5 Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
8.TH:Cr2 Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Acc.TH:Cr2 Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
6.TH:Cr3 Refine and complete artistic work.
7.TH:Pr6 Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
8.TH:Cr3 Refine and complete artistic work.
8.TH:Pr6 Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
Prof.TH:Cr3 Refine and complete artistic work.
Prof.TH:Pr6 Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
Sixth Grade
- DT.6.1.1.a Students Can: Identify possible solutions to staging challenges in a drama/theatre work.
- DT.6.1.4.b Students Can: Identify and employ effective physical and vocal traits of characters in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.
- DT.6.2.2.b Students Can: Articulate how technical elements are integrated into a drama/theatre work.
- DT.6.3.1.a Students Can: Describe and record personal reactions to artistic choices in a drama/theatre work.
Seventh Grade
- DT.7.1.1.a Students Can: Integrate multiple perspectives and solutions to staging challenges in a drama/theater work.
- DT.7.2.1.a Students Can: Experiment various staging choices to enhance the story in a drama/theatre work.
- DT.7.2.1.b Students Can: Apply various character objectives in a drama/theatre work.
- DT.7.2.4.a Students Can: Participate in rehearsals for a drama/theatre work that will be shared with an audience.
- DT.7.3.1.a Students Can: Compare recorded personal and peer reactions to artistic choices in a drama/ theatre work.
Eighth Grade
- DT.8.1.1.a Students Can: Imagine and explore multiple perspectives and solutions to staging problems in a drama/theatre work.
- DT.8.1.2.b Students Can: Share leadership and responsibilities to develop collaborative goals when preparing or devising drama/theatre work.
- DT.8.1.4.b Students Can: Refine effective physical, vocal, and physiological traits of characters in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.
- DT.8.2.1.b Students Can: Apply and justify various character objectives and tactics in a drama/theatre work to overcome an obstacle.
- DT.8.2.4.a Students Can: Perform/present a rehearsed/designed drama/theatre work for an audience.
- DT.8.3.1.a Students Can: Apply criteria to analyze artistic choices in a drama/theatre work.
High School - Fundamental Pathway
- DT.H1.1.1.c Students Can: Generate ideas about a character that are believable and authentic using script analysis.
- DT.H1.1.4.b Students Can: Explore physical, vocal, and physiological choices to develop a performance that is believable, authentic, and relevant to a drama/theatre work.
- DT.H1.2.1.a Students Can: Examine how character relationships assist in telling the story of a drama/theatre work.
High School - Advanced Pathway
Language
Reading: Literature
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Critical Thinking & Reflection
- TH.68.C.1.2 Develop a character analysis to support artistic portrayal. Create, refine, and sustain complex and believable
- TH.68.C.1.4 Create and present a design, production concept, or performance and defend artistic choices.
- TH.68.C.1.5 Describe how a theatrical activity can entertain or instruct an audience.
- TH.68.C.2.2 Keep a rehearsal journal to document individual performance progress.
- TH.68.C.2.3 Ask questions to understand a peer's artistic choices for a performance or design.
- TH.912.C.1.1 Devise an original work based on a global issue that explores various solutions to a problem.
- TH.912.C.1.2 Create, refine, and sustain complex and believable characters for performance through the integration and application of artistic choices based on research, rehearsal, feedback, and refinement.
- TH.912.C.1.5 Make and defend conscious choices in the creation of a character that will fulfill anticipated audience response.
- TH.912.C.1.7 Justify personal perceptions of a director's vision and/or playwright's intent.
- TH.912.C.2.1 Explore and describe possible solutions to production or acting challenges and select the solution most likely to produce desired results.
- TH.912.C.2.6 Assess a peer's artistic choices in a production as a foundation for one's own artistic growth.
- TH.912.C.2.8 Improve a performance or project using various self-assessment tools, coaching, feedback, and/or constructive criticism.
Historical & Global Connections
Innovation, Technology & the Future
- TH.68.F.1.1 Manipulate various design components to imagine the world of the character.
- TH.68.F.1.2 Use vocal, physical, and imaginative ideas, through improvisation, as a foundation to create new characters and to write dialogue.
- TH.68.F.3.1 Practice safe, legal, and responsible use of copyrighted, published plays to show respect for intellectual property and the playwright.
- TH.912.F.2.4 Apply the skills necessary to be an effective director, designer, stage manager, and/or technician in the mounting of a theatrical performance.
- TH.912.F.3.3 Exhibit independence, discipline, and commitment to the theatre process when working on assigned projects and productions.
Organizational Structure
- TH.68.O.1.1 Compare different processes an actor uses to prepare for a performance.
- TH.68.O.1.2 Discuss how color, line, shape, and texture are used to show emotion in technical theatre elements.
- TH.68.O.1.3 Explain the impact of choices made by directors, designers, and actors on audience understanding.
- TH.68.O.1.4 Discuss how the whole of a theatre performance is greater than the sum of its parts.
- TH.68.O.2.4 Perform a scene or pantomime to demonstrate understanding of blocking and stage movement.
- TH.68.O.3.3 Discuss the collaborative nature of theatre and work together to create a scene or play, respecting group members' ideas and differences.
- TH.912.O.1.1 Research and analyze a dramatic text by breaking it down into its basic, structural elements to support development of a directorial concept, characterization, and design.
- TH.912.O.1.3 Execute the responsibilities of director, designer, manager, technician, or performer by applying standard theatrical conventions.
Skills, Techniques & Processes
- TH.68.S.1.1 Describe the responsibilities of audience members, to the actors and each other, at live and recorded performances and demonstrate appropriate behavior.
- TH.68.S.1.2 Invent a character with distinct behavior(s) based on observations of people in the real world and interact with others in a cast as the invented characters.
- TH.68.S.1.3 Describe criteria for the evaluation of dramatic texts, performances, direction, and production elements.
- TH.68.S.2.1 Discuss the value of collaboration in theatre and work together to create a theatrical production.
- TH.68.S.2.2 Discuss and apply the theatrical production process to create a live performance.
- TH.68.S.2.3 Analyze the relationships of plot, conflict, and theme in a play and transfer the knowledge to a play that contrasts in style, genre, and/or mood.
- TH.68.S.2.4 Memorize and present a character's lines from a monologue or scene.
- TH.68.S.3.1 Develop characterizations, using basic acting skills, appropriate for selected dramatizations.
- TH.68.S.3.2 Use the elements of dramatic form to stage a play.
- TH.68.S.3.3 Lead rehearsals of improvised and scripted scenes, communicating with cast and crew to create appropriate characterization and dramatic environments.
- TH.68.S.3.4 Lead small groups to safely select and create elements of technical theatre to signify a character or setting.
- TH.912.S.1.8 Use research to extract clues in dramatic texts to create performances or technical elements, choosing those that are most interesting and that best convey dramatic intent.
- TH.912.S.2.3 Demonstrate an understanding of a dramatic work by developing a character analysis for one or more of its major characters and show how the analysis clarifies the character's physical and emotional dimensions.
- TH.912.S.2.8 Strengthen acting skills by engaging in theatre games and improvisations.
- TH.912.S.3.2 Exercise artistic discipline and collaboration to achieve ensemble in rehearsal and performance.
- TH.912.S.3.3 Develop acting skills and techniques in the rehearsal process.
- TH.912.S.3.8 Direct a scene or one-act play.
Grade 6 - Creating
- TA6.CR.1 Organize, design, and refine theatrical work.<br/>a. Identify artistic choices, utilize theatre vocabulary, and demonstrate non-verbal communication skills in the rehearsal process.<br/>b. Interpret a character’s motivation by understanding the relationship between their background and their behavior.<br/>c. Identify the variety of relationships between characters.<br/>d. Identify, define, and classify character traits.<br/>e. Recognize and demonstrate the roles, responsibilities, and skills associated with collaborative performance.<br/>f. Use resources to identify and create technical elements of theatre.
- TA6.CR.2 Develop scripts through theatrical techniques.<br/>a. Identify the elements of a story.<br/>b. Identify the theme and structure of a play.<br/>c. Articulate creative ideas in oral and written forms.<br/>d. Use the dramatic writing process to generate a script.<br/>e. Demonstrate the conventions of dialogue and stage directions.
Grade 6 - Performing
- TA6.PR.1 Act by communicating and sustaining roles in formal and informal environments.<br/>a. Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills (e.g. rate, pitch, volume, inflection, posture, facial expression, physical movement).<br/>b. Execute character creation in a performance.<br/>c. Demonstrate a variety of types of theatre performances.
- TA6.PR.2 Execute artistic and technical elements of theatre.<br/>a. Incorporate technical elements in performance.
Sixth Grade Connect
Sixth Grade Create
Sixth Grade Present
- 6.PR.1.1 Apply feedback to refine choices in devised or scripted theatrical works.
- 6.PR.1.2 Communicate ideas and feelings through physical and vocal choices during presentations.
- 6.PR.2.1 Develop stories or scripts for presentation.
- 6.PR.2.2 Identify the responsibilities of an audience in a live performance.
- 6.PR.2.3 Identify simple technical theatre elements that enhance productions in various spaces.
- 6.PR.2.4 Identify how a performer responds to an audience during a live performance.
Sixth Grade Respond
Seventh Grade Connect
Seventh Grade Create
- 7.CR.1.1 Improvise characters and situations for developing original scripts or devised theatre.
- 7.CR.1.2 Create original works using elements of dramatic structure.
- 7.CR.1.3 Create a variety of simple props and set pieces to support and enhance dramatic presentations.
- 7.CR.2.1 Adapt stories using a variety of theatrical styles or genres for theatre.
Seventh Grade Present
- 7.PR.1.1 Refine choices in devised or scripted performances based on objective feedback and criteria.
- 7.PR.1.2 Communicate character and story using physical and vocal control, observation, and concentration during theatrical performances.
- 7.PR.2.1 Apply dramatic styles to formal or informal performances.
- 7.PR.2.2 Compare the expectations of an audience in different venues.
- 7.PR.2.3 Present a variety of simple technical elements to reflect dramatic styles and choices in theatrical productions.
- 7.PR.2.4 Compare the theatrical modifications needed by performers in different venues.
Seventh Grade Respond
- 7.RE.1.1 Compare dramatic structures in various genres and styles.
- 7.RE.1.2 Recognize the creative choices made in theatrical works crafted by peers and others.
- 7.RE.2.1 Compare personal preferences in theatrical works as it relates to social or cultural background.
- 7.RE.2.2 Evaluate choices made in devised or scripted performance, based on objective criteria.
Eighth Grade Connect
Eighth Grade Create
- 8.CR.1.1 Improvise conflict and resolution scenarios for original scripts or devised theatre.
- 8.CR.1.2 Create original characters and situations using background knowledge and research.
- 8.CR.2.1 Adapt historical or current events applying background knowledge and research to develop character and situations for theatre.
Eighth Grade Present
- 8.PR.1.1 Apply critical elements of objective feedback and criteria for improvement in performance.
- 8.PR.1.2 Communicate various styles of character, conflict, and resolution through blocking as given by directors or indicated by playwrights.
- 8.PR.2.1 Develop various styles of literature into formal or informal presentations.
- 8.PR.2.2 Embody audience etiquette appropriately as a participant in productions.
- 8.PR.2.3 Employ technical elements in various theatrical presentations.
- 8.PR.2.4 Demonstrate performance etiquette during theatrical experiences.
Eighth Grade Respond
Beginning High School Create
- B.CR.1.1 Devise a variety of scenarios and scenes through improvised and scripted activities.
- B.CR.1.2 Create scenarios that communicate character, setting, plot, and conflict.
- B.CR.1.3 Incorporate introductory technical elements using available facilities, technology, and tools to enhance theatrical works.
- B.CR.2.1 Adapt theatrical works using personal experiences through a collaborative process.
Beginning High School Present
Beginning High School Respond
Intermediate High School Present
Accomplished High School Present
Accomplished High School Respond
Advanced High School Present
- AD.PR.1.1 Implement justified choices made in response to feedback and specific criteria.
- AD.PR.1.2 Apply conventions of acting, directing, and technical theatre to refine theatrical works for presentation.
- AD.PR.2.1 Develop contrasting theatrical works for diverse genres, audiences, auditions, or productions.
Beginning High School Standards - Communication
- B.C.1.1 Use non-verbal expression to illustrate how human emotion affects the body and is conveyed through the body.
- B.C.1.2 Apply vocal elements of volume, pitch, rate, tone, articulation, and vocal expression.
- B.C.1.3 Understand how to read and write scripts that communicate conflict, plot, and character.
- B.C.2.1 Use improvisation and acting skills, such as observation, concentration, and characterization in a variety of theatre exercises.
- B.C.2.2 Interpret various selections of dramatic literature through formal and informal presentations.
Beginning High School Standards - Analysis
Beginning High School Standards - Aesthetics
Beginning High School Standards - Culture
Intermediate High School Standards - Communication
- I.C.1.1 Use non-verbal expression to illustrate how human motivations are prompted by physical and emotional needs.
- I.C.1.2 Apply vocal elements of volume, pitch, rate, tone, articulation, and vocal expression appropriately to theatrical texts, such as monologues and scenes.
- I.C.2.2 Interpret scenes through formal and informal presentations.
Intermediate High School Standards - Aesthetics
Intermediate High School Standards - Culture
Proficient High School Standards - Communication
Proficient High School Standards - Analysis
Advanced High School Standards - Communication
- A.C.1.1 Use non-verbal expression and physical self-awareness to communicate movement elements and characterization, including differentiation between multiple characters.
- A.C.1.3 Use constructive criticism to improve original works both written and read orally.
- A.C.2.2 Interpret scripts through formal and informal presentations.
MS 117.211 LI - Creative Expression: performance
MS 117.211 LI - Creative Expression: production
MS 117.211 LI - Critical evaluation and response
MS 117.212 LII - Foundations: Inquiry and Understanding
MS 117.212 LII - Creative Expression: production
MS 117.213 LIII - Creative Expression: performance
MS 117.213 LIII - Creative Expression: production
HS 117.315 LI - Foundations: Inquiry and Understanding
HS 117.315 LI - Creative Expression: performance
- C.2.A demonstrate safe use of the voice and body.
- C.2.C employ effective voice and diction to express thoughts and feelings.
- C.2.D use physical, intellectual, emotional, and social awareness to portray believable characters and convey a story when applying acting concepts, skills, and techniques.
- C.2.E employ physical techniques consistently to express thoughts, feelings, and actions non-verbally.
HS 117.316 LII - Foundations: Inquiry and Understanding
HS 117.316 LII - Creative Expression: performance
HS 117.316 LII - Critical evaluation and response
HS 117.317 LIII - Foundations: Inquiry and Understanding
HS 117.317 LIII - Creative Expression: performance
HS 117.317 LIII - Creative Expression: production
- C.3.A experiment with technical elements of theatre safely and effectively in improvisation or scripted scenes or plays.
- C.3.C cast and direct duet scenes.
- C.3.D perform a role such as actor, director, designer, technician, or editor in production decision making and collaborate with others to tell a story through live theatre or media performance.
- C.3.E perform the role of actor, director, or technician, demonstrating responsibility, artistic discipline, and creative problem solving.
HS 117.318 LIV - Foundations: Inquiry and Understanding
HS 117.318 LIV - Creative Expression: performance
HS 117.318 LIV - Creative Expression: production
Speech Drama 10
Speech Drama 20
Speech Drama 30
Improvisation Drama 10
Acting Drama 20
- 1 analyze a script for explicit character clues
- 2 create, select and sustain physical details of the character from scripted material
- 3 demonstrate understanding of and identity motivation and objectives (overall, main and immediate).
- 5 demonstrate a character’s main objective within a scene
- 6 demonstrate a character’s immediate or moment-to-moment objectives within a scene
- 8 demonstrate the ability to memorize required text
Acting Drama 30
Movement Drama 10
Technical Theatre/Design 10-20-30 - Management - Properties
Technical Theatre/Design 10-20-30 - Management - Set
Junior Goal III Objectives
Junior Orientation
- communicate through use of voice and body
- demonstrate a willingness to take calculated and reasonable risks
- focus concentration on one task at a time
- generate imaginative and creative solutions to problems
- listen effectively
- meet deadlines and follow through on individual and group commitments
- move in a variety of ways
- offer and accept constructive criticism, given specific guidelines, with a desire to improve
- recognize the purposes of and participate in warmup activities
- share ideas confidently with others
- support positivity the work of others
- work cooperatively and productively with all members of the class in pairs, small groups and large groups
Movement Level I - Beginning
Movement Level II - Intermediate
Movement Level III - Advanced
Speech Level I - Beginning
Improvisation/Acting Level I - Beginning
Junior Goal I Objectives
- develop a sense of responsibility and commitment
- develop self-confidence
- develop self-discipline
- develop the ability to initiate, organize and present a project within a given set of guidelines
- develop the ability to interact effectively and constructively in a group process
- develop the ability to offer and accept constructive criticism
- develop the willingness to make a decision, act upon it and accept the results
- explore and develop physical and vocal capabilities
- extend development of sensory awareness
- extend the ability to explore, control and express emotions
- extend the ability to think imaginatively and creatively
- strengthen powers of concentration
Senior Goal I Objectives
- apply imaginative and creative thought to problem-solving situations
- demonstrate a sense of responsibility and commitment, individually and to the group
- demonstrate the ability to considered decisions, act upon them and accept the results
- demonstrate the ability to contribute effectively and constructively to the group process
- extend physical and vocal capabilities
- extend the ability to concentrate
- increase self-confidence
- increase self-discipline
Orientation Drama 10
- concentrate on the task at hand
- demonstrate effective use and management of time
- listen to self and others
- offer and accept constructive criticism with a desire to progress
- positively support the work of others
- share ideas confidently
- solve problems imaginatively and creatively
- work cooperatively and productively
- work with abstract concepts
GRADE 6 - ARTS - Exploring and creating
- Create artistic works collaboratively and as an individual using ideas inspired by imagination, inquiry, experimentation, and purposeful play
- Intentionally select and apply materials, movements, technologies, environments, tools, and techniques by combining and arranging artistic elements, processes, and principles in art making
GRADE 6 - ARTS - Reasoning and reflecting
GRADE 6 - ARTS - Communicating and documenting
- Adapt learned skills, understandings, and processes for use in new contexts and for different purposes and audiences
- Describe, interpret and respond to works of art and explore artists’ intent
- Experience, document and present creative works in a variety of ways
- Express, feelings, ideas, and experiences through the arts
- Take creative risks to express feelings, ideas, and experiences
GRADE 7 - ARTS - Exploring and creating
- Create artistic works collaboratively and as an individual using ideas inspired by imagination, inquiry, experimentation, and purposeful play
- Intentionally select and apply materials, movements, technologies, environments, tools, and techniques by combining and arranging artistic elements, processes, and principles in art making
GRADE 7 - ARTS - Reasoning and reflecting
GRADE 7 - ARTS - Communicating and documenting
- Adapt learned skills, understandings, and processes for use in new contexts and for different purposes and audiences
- Describe, interpret and respond to works of art
- Experience, document, choreograph, perform, and share creative works in a variety of ways
- Express, feelings, ideas, and experiences through the arts
- Take creative risks to express feelings, ideas, and experiences
GRADE 8 - ARTS - Exploring and creating
- Create artistic works collaboratively and as an individual using ideas inspired by imagination, inquiry, experimentation, and purposeful play
- Intentionally select and apply materials, movements, technologies, environments, tools, and techniques by combining and arranging artistic elements, processes, and principles in art making
GRADE 8 - ARTS - Reasoning and reflecting
GRADE 8 - ARTS - Communicating and documenting
- Adapt learned skills, understandings, and processes for use in new contexts and for different purposes and audiences
- Experience, document, choreograph, perform, and share creative works in a variety of ways
- Take creative risks to express feelings, ideas, and experiences
- Use the arts to communicate, respond to and understand environmental and global issues
Grade 6 - Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing
Grade 6 - Creating and Presenting
Grade 7 - Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing
- B2.2 analyse and describe, using drama terminology, how drama elements are used to communicate meaning in a variety of drama works and shared drama experiences
- B2.3 identify and give examples of their strengths, interests, and areas for improvement as drama creators, performers, and audience members
Grade 7 - Creating and Presenting
Grade 8 - Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing
- B2.2 evaluate, using drama terminology, how effectively drama works and shared drama experiences use the elements of drama to engage the audience and communicate a theme or message
- B2.3 identify and give examples of their strengths, interests, and areas for improvement as drama creators, performers, and audience members
Grade 8 - Creating and Presenting
Grades 9 & 10 - Foundations - Responsible Practices
- C.3.2 identify and apply the skills and attitudes needed to perform various tasks and responsibilities in producing drama works (e.g., use active listening and cooperative problem-solving skills; practise punctuality; use tact in suggesting changes and improvements; demonstrate willingness to accept criticism and build consensus)
- C.3.3 demonstrate an understanding of theatre and audience etiquette, in both classroom and formal performance contexts (e.g., as a performer: show willingness to take direction and behave appropriately towards other actors; as a viewer: demonstrate respect for performers and other audience members by paying attention, not interrupting or talking, and applauding when appropriate)
Grades 9 & 10 - Foundations - Concepts and Terminology
- C.1.2 demonstrate an understanding of and use correct terminology to refer to the forms, elements, conventions, and techniques of drama, with a focus on ensemble drama works (e.g., chorus, protagonist, ingénue, supporting role, act, scene, climax, resolution, improvisation, mask, freeze-frame image)
- C.1.3 demonstrate an understanding of production roles, practices, and terminology when planning and presenting drama works (e.g., set design, costume design, lighting plot, light cue sheet, sound cue sheet, prompt book, set sketch, set model)
Grades 9 & 10 - Creating and Presenting - Presentation Techniques & Technologies
- A.3.2 use a variety of voice and movement techniques to support the creation of character or atmosphere during rehearsal (e.g., use voice and movement to suggest an airport, circus, or factory environment)
- A.3.3 use a variety of technological tools (e.g., light, sound, set design, props, models) to enhance the impact of drama works
Grade Six
Grade Six
Grade Six
Grade Six
- 6.12 The student will demonstrate how meaning is expressed both physically (through movement, gesture, and other forms of physical expression) and verbally (through vocal choices).
- 6.13 The student will identify techniques and skills for actor preparation, including memorization and warm ups for performance.
- 6.14 The student will demonstrate theatre as dramatized storytelling by preparing and presenting short scenes that include characters, setting, properties, conflict, and a progressive chain of events.
- 6.15 The student will identify functions of a theatre director.
- 6.16 The student will develop technical theatre and production skills.
Grade Seven
Grade Seven
Grade Seven
Grade Seven
- 7.12 The student will develop physical and vocal technique for theatre performance.
- 7.13 The student will explain techniques and skills for actor preparation, including concentration, discipline, preparation, and imagination for theatrical performance.
- 7.14 The student will research, analyze, rehearse, and present a scripted character in a memorized scene and/or monologue.
- 7.15 The student will identify functions, skills, and responsibilities of the creative team and production staff.
- 7.16 The student will develop technical theatre and production skills
Grade Eight
Grade Eight
Grade Eight
- 8.12 The student will develop physical and vocal technique for theatre performance.
- 8.13 The student will use character analysis techniques to research, develop, and present a scripted character.
- 8.14 The student will demonstrate the mental and physical discipline necessary for creating and maintaining an imagined reality during performance.
- 8.15 The student will fulfill the duties and responsibilities of a production staff member.
- 8.16 The student will develop technical theatre and production skills.
Theatre Arts I: Introduction to Theatre
Technical Theatre
Technical Theatre
- TT.3 The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate aspects of technical theatre.
- TT.4 The student will explain and justify personal preferences for theatre design using appropriate vocabulary.
- TT.5 The student will identify, describe, and apply collaboration and communication skills for technical theatre.
Technical Theatre
Technical Theatre
- TT.12 The student will identify and apply safety guidelines for all aspects of technical theatre work.
- TT.13 The student will describe the different types of theatre spaces (e.g., proscenium, thrust, area), suggesting specific design considerations for each.
- TT.14 The student will identify the components of the theatre facility.
- TT.15 The student will identify the responsibilities of the running crews.
- TT.17 The student will demonstrate scenic design.
- TT.18 The student will design, produce, and manage props to enhance production elements.
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