7th Grade Curriculum

Fall Semester - Introduction to Scenework

• Confidence building – students will learn to work together in an open and collaborative environment; we will play theater games and create small scenes in order to feel comfortable within the classroom

• Methodology – students will learn about the different methods actors utilize within the rehearsal process

• Character Work – using their given scenes, students will learn how actors must study their script and create a character

• Final Scene Presentations – in partners, students will memorize, block and perform their scenes for their classmates

• Process Drama - students will utilize the skills they learned to work through a process drama, wherein they develop the culture of two fictional islands over time and work together to solve conflicts between the islands.

Spring Semester - Character Development

• Confidence building – students will learn to work together in an open and collaborative environment; we will play theater games and create small scenes in order to feel comfortable within the classroom

• Auditioning - students will learn about common audition practices and practice choosing audition pieces (monologues)

• Studying the monologue – as a class, we will look at written monologues and monologue performances so that students understand what goes into creating and performing a monologue. Students will then choose their own monologue to work on.

• Methodology – students will learn about the different methods actors utilize within the rehearsal process

• Rehearsing and performing the monologue - students will memorize, block and perform their monologues for their classmates