Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Theatre artists make strong choices to effectively convey meaning.
EQ: Why are strong choices essential to interpreting a drama or theatre piece?
EQ: Why are strong choices essential to interpreting a drama or theatre piece?
Skills Examples
- Recall and describe a character's actions in a chosen narrative.
- Recall and describe a character's dialogue (the way he or she speaks) in a chosen narrative.
- Determine through mime and improvisation games different gestures, facial expressions, and movements that communicate character traits and emotions.
- Determine a character's personality and emotions by using pictures of the character's expression and stance.
- Determine a character's personality and emotions based on the way that character moves/ walks.
- Articulate the importance of physical movement to the creation of a character in a guided drama experience.
- Use a card game/ worksheet to match a character to his/ her costume.
Vocabulary
Research
Analysis
Voice
Directing
Design
Analysis
Voice
- dialogue
- stance
Directing
Design
- costume
- narrative
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
