AE17.TH.PRO.13

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 09-12 - Theatre

AE17.TH.PRO.13
Perform a scripted drama/theatre work for a specific audience.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Theatre artists share and present stories, ideas, and envisioned worlds to explore the human experience.
EQ: What happens when theatre artists and audiences share a creative experience?

Skills Examples

Students will discuss in a classroom setting the differences in dealing with friends, family, fellow workers, employees or a boss: how you speak, listen and react differently in each of those relationships.
Students will have improvisational scenes using those roles as starting points in the scenes.
Students will study Viola Spolin techniques in class and use those techniques in classroom scene work.
Students will research scenic painting and how it can enhance scene aesthetic for their various plays and performances.
Students will create Living Newspapers for their classroom audience, using modern articles, various roles for each student and rehearsal to refine the final performance.

Vocabulary

Research

motivation
origin

Analysis

rising actions
climax
protagonist vs antagonist

Vocal

Alexander Technique
diction
consonants
vowels

Movement

motivated movement
blocking

Characterization
Design
Theatrical production

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

COS Examples

Example: Perform a children’s theatre piece for students in grades K-2 in their school system.

Aligned Learning Resources

Acting: How to Memorize Your Lines for Your Scene, Monologue, or Play