Theatre Performance 1

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Course Details:

Grades: 9-12

Length: one semester

Prerequisites: none

Course Description:

This is a performance-based class designed to introduce learners to the use of performance to express theatre literature. Learners should be aware that some colleges may not accept this performance course as an English course towards entrance requirements.

Required Activities

Reading:

Not all works are appropriate for all grades and all readers.

At least 3 from the list below:
- - A Book of Plays (Holt, Rinehart and Winston) includes :
  - The Glass Menagerie (Williams)
  - Our Town (Wilder)
  - Trifles (Glaspell)
  - The Bear (Chekhov)
  - Sorry Wrong Number (Fletcher)
  - Twelve Angry Men (Rose)
  - Thunder on Sycamore Street (Rose)
  - Riders to the Sea (Synge)
  - The Mousetrap (Christie)
  - Arsenic and Old Lace (Kesselring)
  - The Importance of Being Earnest (Wilde)
See film suggestions in Theater Performance II

Writing:

Write detailed observations of settings, people, etc. as appropriate for acting exercises.
Write subtext for character’s dialogue.
Write and present for one of the following:
- - Theatre history
  - Theatre performance styles

Speaking and Listening:

Verbal response to presentations.
Oral presentations.
Perform scenes, monologues, experimental pieces, and children’s theatre.
Practice voice and articulation skills, as well as projection.
Develop and practice physical movement on stage, including identifying appropriate areas of the stage.
Learning, applying, and notating on script (if applicable) stage directions to stage movement as it relates to exits, entrances, and dialogue driven movement (crossing upstage/downstage etc.).

See the appendix for the Suggested Supplemental Reading List.

Literature

Graduate - Level Competency:

Literature

GS.2 Learners will demonstrate the ability to comprehend, analyze, and engage with a variety of complex print and non-print literary texts, both teacher and self-selected.

Course/Grade Competency:

HS.2 The learner will demonstrate the ability to comprehend, analyze, and engage with a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print literary texts.

Content Objectives:

The learner will:

- Read complete plays which encompass conflict, cause-and-effect sequences, protagonists, and antagonists.
- Understand Aristotle’s characteristics of the tragic form and the importance of unity of place, time, and action.
- Become familiar with major periods of theatre history.
- Become familiar with at least one major theory of acting: Stanislavski, Hagen, or Meisner.
- Become familiar with styles of theatre performance, comedy and tragedy, and their appropriate sub-headings.
- Learn basic theatre terminology - specific terms as they apply to the physical parts of the theatre, as well as terminology applicable to the actor, director playwright, and designers in the physical staging, interpretation, and performance of the text.

Standards:

AKSS

E/LA. B.1-3

Performance: R3.2; R4.1,4-6,9

Cultural: CS.B.1, E.1,3-8

AASL

I.A.1-2, II.A.1-3, III.A.1-3, IV. A.1-3, V.A.1-3, VI.A.1-3, I.B.1-3, II.B1-3, III.B.1-2, B.IV.1-4, B.V.1-3, B.VI.1-2, I.C.1-4, II.C.1-2, III.C.1-2, IV.C.1-3, V.C.1-3, VI.C.1-2, I.D.1-4,II.D.1-3,III.D.1-2, IV.D.1-3, V.D.1-3, VI.D.1-3

ISTE

1.d, 3, 7.a-b

AK Digital Literacy

6-12. EL.4, 6-12. KC. 1-4, 6-12. GC.1-4

Writing

Graduate - Level Competency:

Writing

GS.3 Learners will write in a variety of modes, including analytical, narrative, explanatory, and expressive, using complex reasoning, structure, and language.

Course/Grade Competency:

HS.3 The learner will write in a variety of modes (including analytical, narrative, explanatory, and expressive), and use increasingly complex reasoning, structure, and language.

Content Objectives:

The learner will:

- Write critical analyses of theatrical writings and presentations.
- Experiment with writing a comedic or tragic monologue or scene.
- Learn character analysis including, but not limited to, the following elements: motivation, effect of setting and time, action within the play, effect on other characters, description of the character, props or other items associated with the character, interpreting the subtext in the character’s dialogue, and author’s attitude toward the character.
- Construct imaginative scripts, and collaborate with actors to refine scripts so that story and meaning are conveyed to an audience.

Standards:

AKSS

W4.1-5

Cultural: CS.A.1-5 C.1-5 E.1,3-8

AK Digital Literacy

6-12.ID.3, 6-12.ID.4

AASL

I.B1-3, II.B.1-3, III.B.1-2, IV.B.1-4, V.B.1-3, VI.B.1-2, I.C.1-4, II. .1-2, III.C.1-2, IV.C.1-3, V.C.1-3, VI.C.1-2, I.D.1-4,.II.D.1-3, III.D.1-2, IV.D.1-3, V.D.1-3, VI.D.1-3

ISTE

4.c-d

Speaking and Listening

Graduate - Level Competencies:

Speaking

GS.4 Learners will demonstrate the ability to speak purposefully and effectively, strategically making complex decisions about content, language use, and discourse style.

Listening

GS.5 Learners will demonstrate the ability to listen critically and reflectively in a variety of settings and purpose.

Course/Grade Competency:

HS.4 The learner will demonstrate the ability to speak purposefully and effectively, strategically making increasingly complex decisions about content, language use, and discourse style.

Content Objectives:

The learner will:

- Learn and apply techniques of dramatic interpretation and performance.
- Learn how to read a play aloud using playwright’s notes, stage directions, etc.
- Perform from professional scripts.
- Learn basics of improvisation as a method of warming up.
- Analyze the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of characters found in dramatic texts from various genre and media.
- Compare and demonstrate various classical and contemporary acting techniques and methods.
- In an ensemble, create and sustain characters that communicate with audiences.
- Construct social meanings from informal and formal productions and from dramatic performances from a variety of cultures and historical periods, as well as relate to current personal, national, and international issues.
- Articulate and justify personal aesthetic criteria for critiquing dramatic texts and events that compare perceived artistic intent with the final aesthetic achievement.
- Constructively evaluate their own and others' collaborative efforts and artistic choices in informal and formal productions
- Compare how similar themes are treated in drama from various cultures and historical periods, illustrate with informal performances, and discuss how theatre can reveal universal concepts.
- Identify and compare the lives, works, and influence of representative theatre artists in various cultures and historical periods.
- Identify cultural and historical sources of American theatre and musical theatre.
- Analyze the effect of their own cultural experiences on their dramatic work.

Standards:

AK Digital Literacy

6-12.EL.1, 6-12.DC.3

AASL

I.A.1-2, II.A.1-3, III.A.1-3, IV. A.1-3, V.A.2-3, VI.A.1-3, I.B.1-3, II.B.1-3, III.B.1-2, IV.B.1-4, V.B.1-3, VI.B.1-2, I.C.1-4, II.C.1-2, III.C.1-2, IV.C.1-3, V.C.1-3, VI.C.1-2, I.D.1-4, II.D.1-3, III.D.1-2, IV.D.1-3, V.D.1-3, VI.D.1-3

ISTE

1.a, 6.a,c-d

AKSS

E/LA.D.1-4

Cultural: CS.A.5,7

Course/Grade Competency:

HS.5 The learner will demonstrate the ability to listen critically and thoughtfully in a variety of settings and purposes.

Content Objectives:

The learner will:

- Learn appropriate audience protocol.
- Provide written and/or verbal feedback for any performances seen.
- Analyze and critique the whole and the parts of dramatic performances, taking into account the context, and constructively suggest alternative artistic choices.

Standards:

AKSS

SL.2, 3

AKSS

E/LA.B.1-3, C.1-5, D.1-4

Cultural: CS.A.1,3, D.5, E.3-8

AASL

I.A.1-2, II.A.1-3, III.A.1-3, IV. A.1-3, V.A.1-3, VI.A.1-3, I.A.1-3, II.B.1-3, III.B.1-2, IV.B.1-4, V.B.1-3, VI.B.1-2, I.C.1-4, II.C.1-2, III.C.1-2, IV.C.1-3, V.C.1-3, VI.C.1-2, I.D.1-4, II.D.1-3, III.D.1-2, IV.D.1-3, V.D.1-3, VI.D.1-3

AK Digital Literacy

6-12.DC.3

ISTE

1.c, 2.b, 3, 4.b, 5.c, 6, 7.b-c

Research

Graduate - Level Competency:

Research

GS.6 Learners will demonstrate the ability to conduct research to investigate self-selected and given topics, evaluate sources, utilize databases, and synthesize information independently and collaboratively.

Course/Grade Competency:

HS.6 The learner will demonstrate the ability to conduct research to investigate topics, evaluate sources, utilize databases, and synthesize information in an increasingly complex manner.

Content Objectives:

The learner will:

Create an essay, presentation, or project that incorporates research.

Standards:

AKSS

W.6, SL.5

AASL

AK Digital Literacy

6-12.DC.3

ISTE

1.c, 2.b, 3, 4.b, 5.c, 6, 7.b-c

Technology

Graduate - Level Competencies:

Technological

GS.7 Learners will demonstrate the ability to appropriately use the tools of technology to gather, interpret, collaborate, and analyze information and create shareable products.

Media Literacy

GS.8 Learners will engage in independent critical thinking through accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating a complex variety of media.

Course/Grade Competency:

HS.7 The learner will demonstrate the ability to appropriately use the tools of technology (including digital media and the Internet) to gather, interpret, and analyze information and create shareable products.

Content Objectives:

The learner will:

- Understand the uses and limitations of search engines.
- Use library and professional databases with teacher guidance.
- Make choices from a limited range about technology platforms, and use the appropriate tools (e.g., an app or program) to present material.
- Select technology from a curated list to demonstrate learning and present material.

Standards:

AKSS

RI.5, 6, and 7, RL.7

SL.3 and 5, L.5

ISTE

1.d, 3, 4, 5.c, 6

AK Digital Literacy

6-12.EL.4, 6-12.KC.1-4, 6-12.ID.1-4, 6-12.CT.3, 6-12.CC.1-4

AASL

I.A.1-2, II.A.1-3, III.A.1-3, IV. A.1-3, V.A.1-3, VI.A.1-3, I.B.1-3, II.B.1-3, III.B.1-2, IV.B.1-4, V.B.1-3, VI.B.1-2, I.C.1-4, II.C.1-2, III. .1-2, IV.C.1-3, V.C.1-3, VI.C.1-2, I.D.1-4, II.D.1-3, III.D.1-2, IV.D.1-3, V.D.1-3, VI.D.1-3

Media Literacy

Graduate - Level Competency:

Media Literacy

GS.8 Learners will engage in independent critical thinking through accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating a complex variety of media.

Course/Grade Competency:

HS.8 The learner will engage in critical thinking through accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating an increasingly complex variety of media. (The term “media” refers to all electronic or digital means and print or artistic visuals used to transmit messages.)

Content Objectives:

The learner will:

Write about, present on, discuss, or create his/her own media.

Standards:

AKSS

RI.5, 6, 7, RL.7 SL.3, 5 L.5

AASL

I.A.1-2, II.A.1-3, III.A.1-3, IV. A.1-3, V.A.1-3, VI.A.1-3, I.B.1-3, II.B.1-3, III.B.1-2, IV.B.1-4, V.B.1-3, VI.B.1-2, I.C.1-4, II.C.1-2, III.C.1-2, IV.C.1-3, V.C.1-3, VI.C.1-2, I.D.1-4, II.D.1-3, III.D.1-2, IV.D.1-3, V.D.1-3, VI.D.1-3

AK Digital Literacy

6-12.DC.3

ISTE

1.c, 2.b, 3, 4.b, 5.c, 6, 7.b-c5

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