AE17.TH.5.19

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 5 - Theatre

AE17.TH.5.19
Assess how technical elements represent the theme of a drama/theatre work.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Theatre artists apply criteria to investigate, explore, and assess drama and theatre work.
EQ: How are the theatre artist's processes and the audience's perspectives impacted by analysis and synthesis?

Skills Examples

Participate in or observe a dramatic/ theatrical work.
Reflect on artistic choices that reveal the purpose, mood, and theme of a dramatic/ theatrical piece.
Explain reactions to artistic choices made in the dramatic/ theatrical piece and justify response with evidence.
Participate in or observe a dramatic/ theatrical work which presents different cultures.
Respond to the differing cultures and explain personal responses to differences. Find commonalities amidst the differences.
Using theater games and observation, study the effects of emotions on posture.
Using theater game and observations, study the effects of emotions on gesture.
Using theater games and reflection, study the effects of emotions on breathing.
Using the theater games and reflection, study the effects of emotions on vocal intonation.
Transfer what has been learned through the study of emotion to study the effects of these skills on a dramatic/ theatrical work that a student has seen or in which the student has participated. Describe the effects of these skills on the piece.
Make or use a plan for evaluating a dramatic or theatrical work. Students should use accurate theater vocabulary to articulate the plan.
Watch or participate in a dramatic/ theatrical work.
Determine the theme of that dramatic/ theatrical work.
Implement the evaluation tool created in #11 in order to assess how the technical elements represent the theme of the work.
After watching or participating in a theatrical/dramatic. identify and enumerate what a character's given circumstances entail in the dramatic/ theatrical work. Include inferred inner thoughts of the character.
Identify various perspectives on the work (e.g., how the protagonist and antagonist might perceive the outcome; how a rich or poor, old or young person might differ in their perceptions of the piece).
Discuss how the character's given circumstances impact the audience's perspective.

Vocabulary

Research

justify
evidence
academic language

Analysis

commonality
infer

Voice

breathing
intonation

Movement

posture
gesture

Characterization
Directing
Design
Theatrical production

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.