Drama+I

Theatre Content Standards: 1. Students will use theater as a means for creative self-expression and interpersonal communication.


 * Analyze and interpret the artistic meaning in various formal or informal productions.
 * Express ideas, feelings, and emotions through personal interpretation, creation, and improvisation.
 * Use dramatic presentations to communicate an understanding of themes and concepts from other disciplines.

2. Students will understand the technical and dramatic aspects used in the production and performance of theater.


 * Analyze the technical aspects of designing and directing a variety of theatrical productions.
 * Demonstrate and explain various classical and contemporary acting techniques and methods.
 * Analyze the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of characters in dramatic texts from various genres and media.

3. Students will understand the relationship between theater and history, culture, and society. >
 * Analyze the relationship between historical events and the development of theatre.
 * Analyze the role and evolution of dramatic art forms in reflecting and influencing society in various cultures throughout history.
 * Evaluate the influence of individual artists from various cultures and historical periods.
 * 4. Students will demonstrate a capacity for critical and sensitive response to various theater experiences. **
 * Analyze the literary content and production of various forms of dramatic works according to distinct and appropriate criteria.
 * Justify preferences for dramatic works using personal aesthetic criteria.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of personal dramatic work using specific criteria.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Drama I Objectives: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1. Students will observe the importance of nonverbal communication. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2. Students will utilize nonverbal communication to tell a story. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">3. Students will work in groups, using nonverbal communication between actors to tell a story. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">4. The student will utilize pantomime in order to create a world with objects that aren't there. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">5. Students will analyze the use of tonality and its effect on a message. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">6. Students will evaluate the effect theatre has had on society through history. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">7. Students will examine the structure and elements of a dramatic play. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">8. Students will prepare and use the elements of tonality along with nonverbal communication to present a monologue.

__**Drama I Documents**__ || Pantomime Notes || || Voice and Diction Notes || || Seven W's of Acting || Varieties of Drama Notes || Structure of Drama Notes Structure of Drama Exam || || Elizabethan Theatre Notes || || Character Analysis || Practice Quiz Over Improvisation
 * Improvisation Notes
 * Acting Notes
 * Play Production Notes
 * Rubric for Monologues
 * Other Varieties of Drama Notes
 * Short History of Drama Notes


 * Important Terms**:

**Aesthetic criteria**: Criteria developed about the visual, aural, and oral aspects of the witnessed event, derived from cultural and emotional values and cognitive meaning. **Aesthetic qualities**: The emotional values and cognitive meanings derived from interpreting a work of art; the symbolic nature of art. **Aural qualities**: Includes pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, expression. **Classical Acting**: Acting techniques and methods considered traditional and were significant in earlier times. **Classical Drama**: Dramatic form and production techniques considered of significance in earlier times, in any culture or historical period. **Contemporary Acting**: Acting techniques and methods which are presently used and are oftentimes impacted by various modern electronic technologies or media forms. **Contemporary Technical aspects**: Those aspects which may be influenced by modern science, chemistry, and technologies. **Dramatic media**: Includes film, television, electronic media, e.g., virtual reality. **Pretend Play**: Children create situations to play and assume roles; children use pretend play as a means of making sense of the world around them, e.g., children learn from their parents, peers, viewing television, etc. and use pretend play as a way to emulate what they see and hear. **Role/Role Playing**: The characteristic and expected social behavior of an individual in a given position (such as mother, employer). Role portrayal is likely to be more predictable and one-dimensional than character portrayal. **Role**: The impact, influence, or reflective nature of theater in select aspects of a culture, e.g., occupations, politics, societal trends, etc. **Scripted Scenes**: Scenes which have written dialogue; scenes which allow very limited alteration of the dialogue. **Technical aspects of theatre production**: Those aspects of theatre pertaining to production, set design, stage use, etc. **Visual elements**: Includes line, texture, color, space. **Visual principles**: Includes repetition, balance, emphasis, contrast, unity.