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8th grade Costume Design Links:
Something Rotten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G59KwOQN7FA
Wicked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIpRPv0Cfkw
Lion King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T57kzGQGto (360 video, use the arrow keys to move around points of view!)
SpongeBob: https://youtu.be/spPzfHTEbCQ?t=248 (starts partway through)
SpongeBob continued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X56y44meHl8 (short rehearsal video but LOOK at SQUIDWARD'S LEGS!)
6th grade pantomime Link
"The Little Ball" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9aLwy6pj-w
Lion King 360 Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T57kzGQGto
Something Rotten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G59KwOQN7FA
Wicked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIpRPv0Cfkw
Lion King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T57kzGQGto (360 video, use the arrow keys to move around points of view!)
SpongeBob: https://youtu.be/spPzfHTEbCQ?t=248 (starts partway through)
SpongeBob continued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X56y44meHl8 (short rehearsal video but LOOK at SQUIDWARD'S LEGS!)
6th grade pantomime Link
"The Little Ball" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9aLwy6pj-w
Lion King 360 Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T57kzGQGto
Curriculum
5th grade
First Trimester - Intro to Theater
Students will...
- work cohesively through theatre games to develop an ensemble
- apply the process of storytelling through tableaux
- be able to identify the parts of a stage using vocabulary
- identify the many jobs involved in putting on a theatrical production and describe their roles
- identify, exhibit, and create posters of appropriate audience behavior
Second Trimester - Improvisation
Students will...
- continue to develop an ensemble through theatre games
- increase their confidence performing in front of their peers through improvisation
- create characters through improvisation activities
- identify and employ the traits of a successful improv scene
- strengthen creativity and performance skills
Third Trimester - Collaboration with Art and Music - Commercials
Students will...
- create 30 second commercials with Keith Herring style art
- write a rough draft and final script for commercials in correct script format
- perform the dialogue for the commercial with appropriate volume, articulation, and tone
- write and perform a jingle for the commercial
6th grade
First Trimester - Acting
Students will...
- develop an ensemble through theatre games
- explore character objectives
- explore character tactics/actions
- give positive and critical feedback to peers during rehearsal process
- prepare and perform memorized monologue
- use voice and diction work to make vocal choices about their performance
- be able to speak clearly and confidently in front of peers
Second Trimester - Theater Workshop
Students will...
- read the play Wiley and the Hairyman by Suzan Zeder out loud as a class
- understand language used in the play
- analyze the play for understanding characters, plot points, objectives, obstacles, and subtext
- think creatively about the play's themes
- stage scenes from the play together as a class
- understand how a designer reads a script
- draw costume and makeup design for 3 characters from Wiley and the Hairyman
Third Trimester - Physical Theater: Movement and Pantomime
Students will...
- become more aware of their bodies in space
- understand and demonstrate body awareness: cheating out, levels, spatial relationships
- use shapes and tableaux to effectively tell stories
- identify the 5 qualities of objects and effectively demonstrate them in a pantomime
- explore pantomime in effective storytelling
7th grade
First Trimester - Scene Study
Students will...
- develop an ensemble through theatre games
- explore objective, obstacles, tactics and given circumstances for characters in short scenes
- develop well-rounded, complex character through text analysis
- design and draw a "dream set" for their scene
- choose practical classroom pieces to create the set for their performance
- continue to develop vocal and physical acting techniques, including eye contact, active listening, staging, improvisation
- work in 2 or 3 person groups to stage scenes for in-class performance
Second Trimester - World Theatre
Students will...
- study forms of drama from various parts of the world and time periods including: Ancient Greece, Italian Commedia Dell'Arte, Elizabethan England
- understand the differences in theater stages and purposes of drama around the world
- discover both trends and differences in theatre across various cultures
- research one time period/culture's theatre practices
- create a poster to present to the class
Third Trimester - Scene Writing/Stage Combat
Students will...
- understand the basics of scene writing including: proper format, conflict, and resolution
- write short scenes in pairs involving stage combat
- be able to demonstrate proper safety techniques when performing basic hand-to-hand combat skills such as: pushes, pulls, slaps, punches, falls
- rehearse written scenes with proper stage combat safety techniques
- utilize performance skills to perform memorized scenes in front of the class
8th grade
First Trimester - Shakespeare Appreciation
Students will...
- develop an ensemble through theatre games
- understand and translate Shakespearean text into modern English
- read A Midsummer Night's Dream, analyzing for understanding, characterization, language
- watch performance/rehearsal footage of sections of A Midsummer Night's Dream
- understand basic plot of A Midsummer Night's Dream
- understand character realtionships in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Second Trimester - Passion Projects
Students will...
- identify a topic they feel passionately about
- research their topic
- create a final project to present to the class with a public speaking element (including but not limited to: original song, video, mini-museum, board game, Power Point, poster)
Third Trimester - Electives
Past electives have included: advanced improvisation, costume and makeup design, accents and dialects, technical theatre, advanced stage combat, and theatrical production
5th grade
First Trimester - Intro to Theater
Students will...
- work cohesively through theatre games to develop an ensemble
- apply the process of storytelling through tableaux
- be able to identify the parts of a stage using vocabulary
- identify the many jobs involved in putting on a theatrical production and describe their roles
- identify, exhibit, and create posters of appropriate audience behavior
Second Trimester - Improvisation
Students will...
- continue to develop an ensemble through theatre games
- increase their confidence performing in front of their peers through improvisation
- create characters through improvisation activities
- identify and employ the traits of a successful improv scene
- strengthen creativity and performance skills
Third Trimester - Collaboration with Art and Music - Commercials
Students will...
- create 30 second commercials with Keith Herring style art
- write a rough draft and final script for commercials in correct script format
- perform the dialogue for the commercial with appropriate volume, articulation, and tone
- write and perform a jingle for the commercial
6th grade
First Trimester - Acting
Students will...
- develop an ensemble through theatre games
- explore character objectives
- explore character tactics/actions
- give positive and critical feedback to peers during rehearsal process
- prepare and perform memorized monologue
- use voice and diction work to make vocal choices about their performance
- be able to speak clearly and confidently in front of peers
Second Trimester - Theater Workshop
Students will...
- read the play Wiley and the Hairyman by Suzan Zeder out loud as a class
- understand language used in the play
- analyze the play for understanding characters, plot points, objectives, obstacles, and subtext
- think creatively about the play's themes
- stage scenes from the play together as a class
- understand how a designer reads a script
- draw costume and makeup design for 3 characters from Wiley and the Hairyman
Third Trimester - Physical Theater: Movement and Pantomime
Students will...
- become more aware of their bodies in space
- understand and demonstrate body awareness: cheating out, levels, spatial relationships
- use shapes and tableaux to effectively tell stories
- identify the 5 qualities of objects and effectively demonstrate them in a pantomime
- explore pantomime in effective storytelling
7th grade
First Trimester - Scene Study
Students will...
- develop an ensemble through theatre games
- explore objective, obstacles, tactics and given circumstances for characters in short scenes
- develop well-rounded, complex character through text analysis
- design and draw a "dream set" for their scene
- choose practical classroom pieces to create the set for their performance
- continue to develop vocal and physical acting techniques, including eye contact, active listening, staging, improvisation
- work in 2 or 3 person groups to stage scenes for in-class performance
Second Trimester - World Theatre
Students will...
- study forms of drama from various parts of the world and time periods including: Ancient Greece, Italian Commedia Dell'Arte, Elizabethan England
- understand the differences in theater stages and purposes of drama around the world
- discover both trends and differences in theatre across various cultures
- research one time period/culture's theatre practices
- create a poster to present to the class
Third Trimester - Scene Writing/Stage Combat
Students will...
- understand the basics of scene writing including: proper format, conflict, and resolution
- write short scenes in pairs involving stage combat
- be able to demonstrate proper safety techniques when performing basic hand-to-hand combat skills such as: pushes, pulls, slaps, punches, falls
- rehearse written scenes with proper stage combat safety techniques
- utilize performance skills to perform memorized scenes in front of the class
8th grade
First Trimester - Shakespeare Appreciation
Students will...
- develop an ensemble through theatre games
- understand and translate Shakespearean text into modern English
- read A Midsummer Night's Dream, analyzing for understanding, characterization, language
- watch performance/rehearsal footage of sections of A Midsummer Night's Dream
- understand basic plot of A Midsummer Night's Dream
- understand character realtionships in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Second Trimester - Passion Projects
Students will...
- identify a topic they feel passionately about
- research their topic
- create a final project to present to the class with a public speaking element (including but not limited to: original song, video, mini-museum, board game, Power Point, poster)
Third Trimester - Electives
Past electives have included: advanced improvisation, costume and makeup design, accents and dialects, technical theatre, advanced stage combat, and theatrical production