State Curriculum - Theatre

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Grade 7 Grade 8
Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.:
1. Describe and interpret characteristics of dramatic forms
1. Describe and interpret characteristics of dramatic forms
a. Analyze the characteristics of melodrama, farce, tragedy, and comedy
a. Compare the characteristics of melodrama, farce, tragedy, comedy, and mixed forms
b. Compare the rendering of themes by analyzing dramatic form in a variety of dramatic works
b. Interpret themes and issues addressed in dramatic works and compare them to personal experiences or historical events
c. Explain ways in which conflict and action are used to develop characters and plot in dramatic works
c. Use selected forms, themes, conflicts, and action to create improvised and scripted dramatic works
2. Describe ways that the manipulation of theatrical elements influences aesthetic response
2. Describe ways that the manipulation of theatrical elements influences aesthetic response
a. Describe the visual, aural, or kinesthetic elements of a theatrical production using vocabulary from dance, music, and visual arts
a. Apply vocabulary from dance, music, and visual arts, to discuss the visual, aural, or kinesthetic elements of a theatrical production
b. Explain and demonstrate ways in which the script, properties, scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound communicate character, time, place, mood, and theme in theatrical productions
b. Analyze and illustrate ways in which the script, properties, scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound are manipulated to communicate character, time, place, mood, and theme in theatrical productions
c. Describe techniques and conventions used in the presentation of characters, settings, and action in film, video, television, and radio
c. Interpret the application of techniques and conventions used in the presentation of characters, settings, and action in film, video, television, and radio
 

 

November 5, 2008