Content Standard(s):
Arts Education 6) Identify characters and setting in dramatic play or a guided drama experience.
Unpacked Content
Artistic Process: Performing
Anchor Standards:
Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
Process Components: Select
Essential Questions:
EU: Theatre artists make strong choices to effectively convey meaning.
Concepts & Vocabulary:
Research
Analysis
Voice
Movement
Characterization
Directing
Design
Theatrical production
Skill Examples:
Brainstorm ideas for artistic works for presentations by examining the characters who students find most relatable.
Compare characters seen in a chosen artistic work to a certain animal. Ask what animal that character resembles. Students should be able to articulate this characterization to the best of their ability.
Identify the setting for a chosen artistic work (coloring sheets, games, matching, etc.).
Identify the characters for a chosen artistic work (coloring sheets, games, matching costume to character, etc.).
Discuss the importance of speaking loudly and clearly when performing.
Refine artistic techniques by experimenting with color choices, costume choices, and lighting choices in a chosen artistic work.
Explore and articulate information about characters for a chosen artistic work, focusing on the importance of voice and sound.
Collaborate to determine how characters should speak in the artistic work by improvising dialogue and the specific traits of various characters' voices (i.e., pitch, speed, volume).
Participate in vocal exploration (perhaps by using vocal exercises and theater games) in improvised or scripted dramatic/ theatrical work.
Use learned vocal and sound techniques to perform a chosen work.
View a performance and articulate the differences between participating as an artist and participating as an audience member. (The teacher should ask questions such as: As an artist, how do you think the audience should act? As an audience member, what do you want from the artist?)
Students observe or participate in a dramatic/ theatrical work with appropriate behavior (e.g., applauding, remaining attentive, avoiding distracting behaviors, etc.).
Make design choices to support a improvised or scripted work.
Make technical choices to support a improvised or scripted work.
English Language Arts 27. Identify and describe the main story elements in a literary text.
a. With prompting and support, retell a text orally, including main character(s), setting, and important events in logical order.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
27.
Identify
Describe
Characters
Settings
Important events
Literary text
27a.
Retell
Text
Orally
Main character(s)
Setting
Events
Logical order
Prompting
Support Knowledge:
27. Students know:
Main story elements in a literary text.
27a.
Techniques for retelling a text orally using key details.
How to sequence events in logical order (first, next, last). Skills:
27. Students are able to:
Identify the main story elements (characters, settings, and important events) in a literary text.
Describe the main story elements (characters, settings, and important events) in a literary text.
27a. With prompting and support,
Recall key details and important events in a text.
Orally retell a text, including main character(s), setting, and important events in logical order. Understanding:
27. Students understand that:
Identifying the characters, setting, and important events in a text help them better understand the overall meaning of the text.
27a.
Recalling important events and details of a text helps to retell the story and understand the meaning of the text.
