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Learning Activities (2) Building blocks of a lesson plan that include before, during, and after strategies to actively engage students in learning a concept or skill.

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   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] THEAP (9-12) 5 :
6) Practice and revise a devised or scripted drama/theatre work using theatrical staging conventions.

Example: Identify and use basic stage areas and stage directions in rehearsal: upstage, downstage, stage right, stage left, cross, enter, exit, stage balance, composition, and picturization.

Subject: Arts Education (9 - 12)
Title: Stage Directions Simon Says
Description:

Students will play Simon Says to practice their knowledge of the nine general stage directions in Theatre. With this activity, students will become proficient in learning the areas of the stage.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.



   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] THEAP (9-12) 5 :
6) Practice and revise a devised or scripted drama/theatre work using theatrical staging conventions.

Example: Identify and use basic stage areas and stage directions in rehearsal: upstage, downstage, stage right, stage left, cross, enter, exit, stage balance, composition, and picturization.

Subject: Arts Education (9 - 12)
Title: Solo Blocking Exercise
Description:

In this exercise, each student will cross from Stage Right to Center Stage. The teacher will guide the students in their crosses by providing different justifications (reasons for moving from one space to another). This exercise will reinforce stage directions and the awareness that there must be a reason for all movement on the stage.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.



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