OCG - Theatre 1

South Carolina Standards:  (List the standards students are expected to master in this course)

1. Story Making/Playwriting Students will:
2. Analyze scripts to describe the relationship among the structural elements and the impact of changing one or more of them
3. Construct imaginative scripts and collaborate with actors to refine scripts so that story and meaning are conveyed to the audience
4. Work individually or in groups to create and perform short plays that are based on familiar story plots and/or current events.
5. Acting Students will:
6. Demonstrate acting skills such as memorization, sensory recall, concentration, breath control, effective vocal expression, and control of isolated body parts.
7. Compare and demonstrate various classical and contemporary acting techniques and methods
8. Analze the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of characters found in a variety of dramatic texts.
9. Use a range of emotional, psychological, and physical characteristics and behaviors to portray complex, believable characters in improvised and scripted monologues, scenarios, scenes, and plays
10. Act in an ensemble to create and sustain charcters that communicate with an audience.

III. Designing/Stage Craft  Students will:

1. Explain the basic physical and chemical properties of technical theatre (e.g., light, color, electricity, paint, and makeup).
2. Analyze a variety of dramamtic texts from cultural and historical perspectives to determine production requirements.
3. Construct designs that use visual and aural elements to convey environments that clearly support the text.
4. Design coherent stage management, promotional, and business plans.
5. Directing Students will:
6. Describe and demonstrate appropriate responses to a variety of directing styles.
7. Explain and compare the roles and interrelated responsibilities of the various personnel involved in theatre, film, television, or electronic media productions.
8. Interpret dramatic texts to make artistic choices regarding stage movement, character development, language (e.g.. dialect, regionalism, rhythm, meter, connonation), and theme for a production.
9. Communicate and justify directorial choices to an ensemble for improvised or scripted scene work.
10. Researching Students will:
11. Apply research from printed and nonprinted sources to plan writing, acting, designing, and directing activities.
12. Use documented research sources to evaluate and synthesize cultural, historical, and symbolic themes in dramatic texts.
13. Describe and explain the role of the dramaturge.
14. Connecting Students will:
15. Intergrate the vocabulary of theatre into classroom discussions, planning, and informal and formal performances.
16. Compare and contrast the relationships and interactions among theatre, visual arts, dance, music, literature, film, television, and electronic media.
17. Explain how the content and concepts of theatre are interrelated with those of other disciplines and careers.
18. Incorporate elements of visual arts, dance, musi, and electronic media into an improvised or scripted scene.
19. Demonstrate an understanding of the colloaborative nature of theatre.
20. Identify and utilize basic theatre conventions (e.g., costumes, props, puppets, masks).

VII. Valuing and Responding  Students will:

1. Demonstrate audience etiquette during theatrical performances.
2. Construct and analyze social meaning from theatre performances and dramatic texts.
3. Use published critiques of a theatre performance to create a plan for improving that performance.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate criteria to be used in critiques and evelop personal criteria for evaluating a performance (live or electronic) and dramatic texts in terms of artist intent and final achievement.
5. Analyze, critique, and respond to artworks in areas other than theatre.

VIII. Historical/Cultural  Students will:

1. Identify theatrical contributions from a variety of historical periods and cultures for use in informal and formal productions.
2. Analyze the relationship of historical and cultural contexts to published plays and improvisations.
3. Analyze and explain theatre as an expression of the social values, cultural precepts, and accomplishments of a civilization.
4. Identify ways in which theatre practitioners in different cultures and historical periods have used concepts, motifs, and themes that remain appropriate and prominent today.

 

 

 

 

 

Other Standards:  (List national or local standards students are expected to master in this course)

TH:Cr1.1.I. a.Apply basic research to construct ideas about the visual composition of a drama/theatre work.

1. Explore the impact of technology on design choices in a drama/theatre work.
2. Use script analysis to generate ideas about a character that is believable and authentic in a drama/theatre work.

TH:Cr2-I. a. Explore the function of history and culture in the development of a dramatic concept through a critical analysis of original ideas in a drama/theatre work.

1. Investigate the collaborative nature of the actor, director, playwright, and designers and explore their interdependent roles in a drama/theatre work

TH:Cr3.1.I. a. Practice and revise a devised or scripted drama/theatre work using theatrical staging conventions

1. Explore physical, vocal and physiological choices to develop a performance that is believable, authentic, and relevant to a drama/theatre work.
2. Refine technical design choices to support the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted drama/ theatre work.

TH:Pr4.1.I. a. Examine how character relationships assist in telling the story of a drama/theatre work.

1. Shape character choices using given circumstances in a drama/theatre work.

TH:Pr5.1.I. a. Practice various acting techniques to expand skills in a rehearsal or drama/theatre performance.

1. Use researched technical elements to increase the impact of design for a drama/theatre production.

TH:Pr6.1.I. a. Perform a scripted drama/theatre work for a specific audience.

TH: Re7.1.I. a. Respond to what is seen, felt, and heard in a drama/theatre work to develop criteria for artistic choices

TH:Re8.1.I. a. Analyze and compare artistic choices developed from personal experiences in multiple drama/theatre works.

1. Identify and compare cultural perspectives and contexts that may influence the evaluation of a drama/theatre work
2. Justify personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs through participation in and observation of a drama/theatre work.

TH:Re9.1.I. a. Examine a drama/ theatre work using supporting evidence and criteria, while considering art forms, history, culture, and other disciplines.

1. Consider the aesthetics of the production elements in a drama/theatre work.
2. Formulate a deeper understanding and appreciation of a drama/ theatre work by considering its specific purpose or intended audience

TH:Cn10.1.I. a. Investigate how cultural perspectives, community ideas and personal beliefs impact a drama/theatre work.

TH:Cn11.1.I a. Explore how cultural, global, and historic belief systems affect creative choices in a drama/theatre work.

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Required Instructional Materials and Resources: (List required materials including SDOC provided textbooks, including any fees that apply, etc.)

• Exploring Theatre (text book)
• Notebook/Journal/spiral notebook
• Pens/pencil/markers/crayons
• Highlighters
• Notecards

Optional Materials and Resources:

• Ponytail holders, rubber bands, bobby pins