8th Grade Curriculum

Fall Semester - Playmaking Workshop

• 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

• Working with prompts –given a variety of prompts students will be asked to create short scenes, tableaus, monologues and movement pieces

• Discussion/Analysis – as a class, we will discuss the themes and concepts we would like to study and analyze in order to create our play

• Creating the script - students will combine scenes, tableaus, monologues, movement pieces, etc. to create a cohesive narrative or play surrounding a theme

• Rehearsal and Performance

Spring Semester - Drama Through Time

• 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

• Drama through time - we will touch briefly on a number of different genres and errors of theater (musical theater, theater for young audiences, improvisation, sketch comedy, Greek Drama, Melodrama, Shakespeare). There will final presentations for each unit.