AE17.TH.3.4

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 3 - Theatre

AE17.TH.3.4
Participate in methods of investigation to devise original ideas for a drama/theatre work.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Theatre artists work to discover different ways of communicating meaning.
EQ: How, when, and why do theatre artists' choices change?

Skills Examples

Brainstorm ideas for roles, imaginary worlds, and stories.
Explore and articulate ideas for costumes for an improvised dramatic/ theatrical work.
Explore and articulate ideas for props for an improvised dramatic/ theatrical work.
Explore and articulate ideas for sets for an improvised dramatic/ theatrical work.
Explore and articulate ideas for setting for an improvised dramatic/ theatrical work.
Explore and articulate characters for an improvised dramatic/ theatrical work.
Collaborate to determine how characters might move in the dramatic/ theatrical work. Use high, medium, and low levels made by crouching, crawling, leaping, stretching to reach something high, etc.
Collaborate to determine how characters might speak in the dramatic/ theatrical work by improvising dialogue and the specific traits of various characters' voices (i.e., pitch, speed, volume).
Determine what the given circumstances are of a character in a dramatic/ theatrical work which include the elements that affect a character: his personal situation, the setting, events that are related to the character or historical period, and the character's motivation.
Use different methods (i.e., improvisational theater games, research) to devise original ideas for dramatic/ theatrical work.
Compare ideas with peers.
Make choices with peers that will improve and deepen the group's dramatic/ theatrical work through the use of constructive criticism.
Collaborate with the group to fit within the parameters of the dramatic/ theatrical work. Staging choices may vary (i.e., Reader's Theater use of tableau, etc.).
Collaborate with peers to polish the group work to fit the parameters of the work.
Participate in vocal exploration (perhaps by using vocal exercises and theater games) in improvised or scripted dramatic/ theatrical work.
Make design choices to support a improvised or scripted work.
Make technical choices to support a improvised or scripted work.
Practice and refine or polish the design and technical choices for a devised or scripted dramatic/ theatrical work.

Vocabulary

Research

6 journalistic questions: (who, what, when, where, why)
peers

Analysis

levels
setting
real
imaginary
constructive criticism

Voice

speed
pitch
volume

Movement

improvise
gesture
tableau

Characterization

motivation

Directing
Design

sets
props

Theatrical production

collaborate
polish
rehearse

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

COS Examples

Example: Interview a grandparent to create a monologue from the perspective of someone born in another time period.

Aligned Learning Resources

Talking Pictures