Jr. Kindergarten Drama Students will:
I.) DEVELOP INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PERSONAL RESOURCES
A.) Develop body awareness and spatial perception.II.) DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND AWARENESS1.) Imitate physical movement.B.) Develop sensory awareness.
2.) Express moods and concepts through movement.1.) Analyze and imitate sounds.
A.) Join with and respond to others in group dramatic activities.III.) DEVELOP AESTHETIC SENSITIVITY AND THEATRE SKILLS1.) Learn control activities.
2.) Interact with puppets.
A.) Compare and contrast performance forms.IV.) CREATE THEATRE THROUGH ARTISTIC COLLABORATION1.) View and discuss live theatre performances.
2.) Recognize and analyze important dramatic concepts.
A.) ACT/role-play.V.) USE DRAMA AS A LEARNING TOOL1.) Assume roles and interact in improvisations.
A.) Create theatre based on themes from other subjects.Back to top.1.) Participate in narrative pantomime based on monthly themes.
I.) DEVELOP INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PERSONAL RESOURCES
A.) Develop body awareness and spatial perception.II.) DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND AWARENESS1.) Analyze and imitate physical movement.B.) Develop sensory awareness.
2.) Express moods and concepts through movement.1.) Analyze and imitate sounds.C.) Develop personal creativity.
2.) Incorporate sensory information into story.1.) Create original statue performances.
2.) Play charades-based games.
A.) Join with and respond to others in group dramatic activities.III.) DEVELOP AESTHETIC SENSITIVITY AND THEATRE SKILLS1.) Improvise group scenes and dialogue.B.) Cooperate in teams to solve problems.1.) Master simple mirror techniques.C.) Place self in other contexts--walk in others' shoes.
2.) Interact within dramatizations.1.) Draw parallels between drama activities and real life.
A.) Compare and contrast performance forms.IV.) CREATE THEATRE THROUGH ARTISTIC COLLABORATION1.) View and discuss live theatre performances.B.) Analyze and explain personal preferences and personal resources.
2.) Describe the aspects of visual art, music and dance that exist in theatre.
3.) Recognize and analyze important dramatic concepts.1.) Explain how the characters' situation, needs, goals, etc. are similar to or different from their own.
A.) Create/WRITE scripts.V.) USE DRAMA AS A LEARNING TOOL1.) Create very simple improvisations based on personal experience, imagination, literature and history.B.) ACT/role-play.1.) Assume roles and interact in improvisations.
2.) Use variations in movement and voice for different characters.
A.) Use role-play to place self into the context of other subjects.Back to top.B.) Create theatre based on themes from other subjects.
I.) DEVELOP INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PERSONAL RESOURCES
A.) Develop body awareness and spatial perception.II.) DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND AWARENESS1.) Develop rhythmic sense.B.) Develop sensory awareness.
2.) Analyze and imitate physical movement.
3.) Express moods and concepts through movement.1.) Analyze and imitate sounds.C.) Develop personal creativity.
2.) Recall and express personal sensory experiences.
3.) Incorporate sensory information into story.1.) Create original statue performances.
2.) Play charades-based games.
3.) Begin to create stories from musical and movement sources.
A.) Join with and respond to others in group dramatic activities.III.) DEVELOP AESTHETIC SENSITIVITY AND THEATRE SKILLS1.) Improvise group scenes and dialogue.B.) Cooperate in teams to solve problems.
2.) Observe and criticize one another's work.1.) Learn mirror techniques.C.) Place self in other contexts--walk in others' shoes.
2.) Interact within dramatizations.1.) Draw parallels between drama activities and real life.
A.) Compare and contrast performance forms.IV.) CREATE THEATRE THROUGH ARTISTIC COLLABORATION1.) View and discuss live theatre performances.B.) Analyze and explain personal preferences and personal resources.
2.) Describe the aspects of visual art, music and dance that exist in theatre.
3.) Compare the ways ideas and emotions are expressed in theatre, television and film, dance, music, and visual art.
4.) Recognize important dramatic concepts.1.) Identify and describe the visual, aural, and kinetic elements of dramatic performances.
2.) Explain how the characters' situation, needs, goals, etc. are similar to or different from their own.
A.) Create/WRITE scripts.V.) RELATE DRAMA TO ITS LARGER CONTEXT1.) Create improvisations based on personal experience, imagination, literature and history.B.) ACT/role-play.
2.) Collaborate to select and create characters, situations, and environments.1.) Assume roles and interact in improvisations.C.) DESIGN environments for theatre.
2.) Use variations in movement and voice for different characters.1.) Visualize environments and create designs to communicate locale and mood.
2.) Collaborate to create playing spaces for classroom theatre.
A.) Use role-play to place self in other contexts.VI.) USE DRAMA AS A LEARNING TOOL1.) Create drama from concepts from social studies, English, science, etc.B.) Recognize the role of theatre, film, television and other media in daily life.
2.) Engage in role drama.1.) Identify and compare similar characters and situations in stories and dramas from various cultures.
2.) Discuss how theatre reflects life.
A.) Use role-play to place self into the context of other subjects.Back to top.B.) Create theatre based on themes from other subjects.
I.) DEVELOP INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PERSONAL RESOURCES
A.) Develop body awareness and spatial perception.II.) DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND AWARENESS1.) Develop rhythmic sense.B.) Develop sensory awareness.
2.) Analyze and imitate physical movement.
3.) Express moods and concepts through movement.1.) Analyze and imitate sounds.C.) Develop personal creativity.
2.) Recall and express personal sensory experiences.
3.) Incorporate sensory information into story.1.) Create original dialogue.
2.) Create original statue performances.
3.) Create stories from musical and movement sources.
A.) Join with and respond to others in group dramatic activities.III.) DEVELOP AESTHETIC SENSITIVITY AND THEATRE SKILLS1.) Improvise group scenes and dialogue.B.) Cooperate in teams to solve problems.
2.) Observe and criticize one another's work.1.) Master mirror techniques.C.) Place self in other contexts--walk in others' shoes.
2.) Interact within dramatizations.1.) Draw parallels between drama activities and real life.
2.) Use drama as metaphor.
A.) Compare and contrast performance forms.IV.) CREATE THEATRE THROUGH ARTISTIC COLLABORATION1.) View and discuss live theatre performances.B.) Analyze and explain personal preferences and personal resources.
2.) Describe the aspects of visual art, music and dance that exist in theatre.
3.) Compare the ways ideas and emotions are expressed in theatre, television and film, dance, music, and visual art.
4.) Recognize and analyze important dramatic concepts.1.) Identify and describe the visual, aural, and kinetic elements of dramatic performances.
2.) Explain how the characters' situation, needs, goals, etc. are similar to or different from their own.
3.) Articulate personal emotional responses to dramatic performances.
4.) Analyze their own and peers' dramatizations and put forth constructive ideas for improving both the product (result) and the process of getting to the product.
5.) Predict plot resolution in dramatic forms.
A.) Create/WRITE scripts.V.) RELATE DRAMA TO ITS LARGER CONTEXT1.) Create improvisations based on personal experience, imagination, literature and history.B.) ACT/role-play.
2.) Collaborate to select and create characters, situations, and environments.
3.) Improvise dialogue.
4.) Formalize improvisations by writing or otherwise recording the dialogue, stage directions, etc.1.) Assume roles and interact in improvisations.C.) DIRECT classroom theatre.
2.) Imagine and clearly describe characters.
3.) Use variations in movement and voice for different characters.
4.) Remain in role while contributing to the furtherance of a story.
5.) Build and manipulate puppets to create simple characters.1.) Collaboratively plan and prepare improvisations and other classroom dramatizations.D.) DESIGN environments for theatre.1.) Visualize environments and create designs to communicate locale and mood.
2.) Collaborate to create playing spaces for classroom theatre.
3.) Make aesthetic choices in selecting movement, music and other sound, and visual elements to enhance the mood of dramatizations.
A.) Use role-play to place self in other contexts.VI.) USE DRAMA AS A LEARNING TOOL1.) Create drama from concepts from social studies, English, science, etc.B.) Recognize the role of theatre, film, television and other media in daily life.
2.) Engage in role drama.1.) Identify and compare similar characters and situations in stories and dramas from various cultures.
2.) Discuss how theatre reflects life.
3.) Identify and understand the role of the audience in a live theatrical production, and how it differs from the role of the audience at other media.
A.) Use role-play to place self into the context of other subjects.Back to top.B.) Create theatre based on themes from other subjects.
I.) DEVELOP INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PERSONAL RESOURCES
A.) Develop body awareness and spatial perception.II.) DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND AWARENESS1.) Develop rhythmic sense.B.) Develop sensory awareness.
2.) Analyze and imitate physical movement.
3.) Express moods and concepts through movement.1.) Analyze and imitate sounds.C.) Develop personal creativity.
2.) Recall and express personal sensory experiences.
3.) Incorporate sensory information into story.1.) Create original dialogue.
2.) Create original statue performances.
3.) Learn and play charades-based games.
4.) Create stories from musical and movement sources.
5.) Create stories from sensory information.
A.) Join with and respond to others in group dramatic activities.III.) DEVELOP AESTHETIC SENSITIVITY AND THEATRE SKILLS1.) Improvise group scenes and dialogue.B.) Cooperate in teams to solve problems.
2.) Observe and criticize one another's work.1.) Master mirror techniques.C.) Place self in other contexts--walk in others' shoes.
2.) Interact within dramatizations.1.) Draw parallels between drama activities and real life.
2.) Use and understand metaphor.
3.) Use drama as metaphor.
A.) Compare and contrast performance forms.IV.) CREATE THEATRE THROUGH ARTISTIC COLLABORATION1.) View and discuss live theatre performances.B.) Analyze and explain personal preferences and personal resources.
2.) Describe the aspects of visual art, music and dance that exist in theatre.
3.) Compare the ways ideas and emotions are expressed in theatre, television and film, dance, music, and visual art.
4.) Recognize and analyze important dramatic concepts.
5.) Understand the relationship between audience and performer.1.) Identify and describe the visual, aural, and kinetic elements of dramatic performances.
2.) Explain how the characters' situation, needs, goals, etc. are similar to or different from their own.
3.) Articulate personal emotional responses to dramatic performances.
4.) Analyze their own and peers' dramatizations and put forth constructive ideas for improving both the product (result) and the process of getting to the product.
5.) Predict plot resolution in dramatic forms.
A.) Create/WRITE scripts.V.) RELATE DRAMA TO ITS LARGER CONTEXT1.) Plan and record improvisations based on personal experience, imagination, literature and history.B.) ACT/role-play.
2.) Collaborate to select and create characters, situations, and environments.
3.) Improvise dialogue.
4.) Formalize improvisations by writing or otherwise recording the dialogue, stage directions, etc..1.) Assume roles and interact in improvisations.C.) DIRECT classroom theatre.
2.) Imagine and clearly describe characters.
3.) Use variations in movement and voice for different characters.
4.) Remain in role while contributing to the furtherance of a story.
5.) Build and manipulate puppets to create fully realized characters.1.) Collaboratively plan and prepare improvisations and other classroom dramatizations.D.) DESIGN environments for theatre.1.) Visualize environments and create designs to communicate locale and mood.
2.) Collaborate to create playing spaces for classroom theatre.
3.) Organize materials for costumes, sets, props and lighting.
4.) Make aesthetic choices in selecting movement, music and other sound, and visual elements to enhance the mood of dramatizations.
A.) Use role-play to place self in other contexts.VI.) USE DRAMA AS A LEARNING TOOL1.) Continue role drama.B.) Recognize the role of theatre, film, television and other media in daily life.
2.) Create drama from concepts from social studies, English, science, etc.1.) Identify and compare similar characters and situations in stories and dramas from various cultures.
2.) Discuss how theatre reflects life.
3.) Identify and discuss reasons for creating dramas.
4.) Identify and discuss reasons for attending theatrical performances, and for viewing other media.
5.) Identify and understand the role of the audience in a live theatrical production, and how it differs from the role of the audience at other media.
A.) Use role-play to place self into the context of other subjects.Back to top.B.) Create theatre based on themes from other subjects.
C.) Do research.
1.) Communicate information to peers about people, places, times, and events related to dramatizations.
2.) Answer questions necessary for the creation of theatre by researching characters, history, etc.
I.) DEVELOP INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PERSONAL RESOURCES
A.) Develop body awareness and spatial perception.II.) DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND AWARENESS1.) Develop rhythmic sense.B.) Develop sensory awareness.
2.) Analyze and imitate physical movement.
3.) Express moods and concepts through movement.
4.) Build story from movement ideas.
5.) Create clear movement forms to express specific concepts and ideas.1.) Analyze and imitate sounds..C.) Develop personal creativity.
2.) Recall and express personal sensory experiences.
3.) Incorporate sensory information into story.1.) Create original dialogue.
2.) Create stories from musical and movement sources.
3.) Create complex dramatic forms, involving movement, sound and text.
4.) Create stories from sensory information, especially visual and sonic.
A.) Join with and respond to others in group dramatic activities.III.) DEVELOP AESTHETIC SENSITIVITY AND THEATRE SKILLS1.) Improvise group scenes and dialogue.B.) Cooperate in teams to solve problems.
2.) Observe and criticize one another's work.1.) Master mirror techniques.C.) Place self in other contexts--walk in others' shoes.
2.) Interact within dramatizations.
3.) Plan and execute complex scenes.1.) Draw parallels between drama activities and real life.
2.) Use and understand metaphor.
3.) Use drama as metaphor.
A.) Compare and contrast performance forms.IV.) CREATE THEATRE THROUGH ARTISTIC COLLABORATION1.) View and discuss live theatre performances.B.) Analyze and explain personal preferences and personal resources.
2.) Describe the aspects of visual art, music and dance that exist in theatre.
3.) Compare the ways ideas and emotions are expressed in theatre, television and film, dance, music, and visual art.
4.) Recognize and analyze important dramatic concepts, including:
5.) Understand the relationship between audience and performer.1.) Identify and describe the visual, aural, and kinetic elements of dramatic performances.
2.) Explain how the characters' situation, needs, goals, etc. are similar to or different from their own.
3.) Articulate personal emotional responses to dramatic performances.
4.) Analyze their own and peers' dramatizations and put forth constructive ideas for improving both the product (result) and the process of getting to the product.
5.) Learn formal criticism techniques.
6.) Predict plot resolution in dramatic forms.
7.) Analyze plot and narrative through-line.
A.) Create/WRITE scripts.V.) RELATE DRAMA TO ITS LARGER CONTEXT1.) Plan and record improvisations based on personal experience, imagination, literature and history.B.) ACT/role-play.
2.) Collaborate to select and create characters, situations, and environments.
3.) Improvise dialogue.
4.) Improvise monologue.
5.) Formalize improvisations by writing or otherwise recording the dialogue, stage directions, etc.1.) Assume roles and interact in improvisations.C.) DIRECT classroom theatre.
2.) Perform theatrical literature.
3.) Imagine and clearly describe characters.
4.) Use variations in movement and voice for different characters.
5.) Remain in role while contributing to the furtherance of a story.1.) Collaboratively plan and prepare improvisations and other classroom dramatizations.D.) DESIGN environments for theatre.
2.) Direct a partner in monologue performance.1.) Visualize environments and create designs to communicate locale and mood.
2.) Collaborate to create playing spaces for classroom theatre.
3.) Organize materials for costumes, sets, props and lighting.
4.) Make aesthetic choices in selecting movement, music and other sound, and visual elements to enhance the mood of dramatizations.
A.) Use role-play to place self in other contexts.VI.) USE DRAMA AS A LEARNING TOOL1.) Create drama from concepts from social studies, English, science, etc.B.) Recognize the role of theatre, film, television and other media in daily life.
2.) Engage in role drama.1.) Identify and compare similar characters and situations in stories and dramas from various cultures.
2.) Discuss how theatre reflects life.
3.) Identify and discuss reasons for creating dramas, including:
4.) Identify and discuss reasons for attending theatrical performances, and for viewing other media, including:
5.) Identify and understand the role of the audience in a live theatrical production, and how it differs from the role of the audience at other media.
A.) Use role-play to place self into the context of other subjects.Back to top.B.) Create theatre based on themes from other subjects.
C.) Do research.
1.) Communicate information to peers about people, places, times, and events related to dramatizations.
2.) Answer questions necessary for the creation of theatre by researching characters, history, etc.
I.) DEVELOP INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PERSONAL RESOURCES
A.) Develop body awareness and spatial perception.II.) DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND AWARENESS1.) Develop rhythmic sense.B.) Develop sensory awareness.
2.) Analyze and imitate physical movement.
3.) Express moods and concepts through movement.
4.) Build story from movement ideas.
5.) Create clear movement forms to express specific concepts and ideas.1.) Analyze and imitate sounds.C.) Develop personal creativity.
2.) Recall and express personal sensory experiences.
3.) Incorporate sensory information into story.1.) Create original dialogue.
2.) Create complex dramatic forms, involving movement, sound and text.
3.) Create stories from musical and movement sources, and from other sensory information.
4.) Write original short plays.
5.) Write letters and other artifacts for role drama.
A.) Join with and respond to others in group dramatic activities.III.) DEVELOP AESTHETIC SENSITIVITY AND THEATRE SKILLS1.) Improvise group scenes and dialogue.B.) Cooperate in teams to solve problems.
2.) Observe and criticize one another's work.1.) Master mirror techniques.C.) Place self in other contexts--walk in others' shoes.
2.) Interact within dramatizations.
3.) Plan and execute complex scenes.1.) Draw parallels between drama activities and real life.
2.) Use and understand metaphor.
3.) Use drama as metaphor.
A.) Compare and contrast performance forms.IV.) CREATE THEATRE THROUGH ARTISTIC COLLABORATION1.) View and discuss live theatre performances.B.) Analyze and explain personal preferences and personal resources.
2.) Describe the aspects of visual art, music and dance that exist in theatre.
3.) Compare the ways ideas and emotions are expressed in theatre, television and film, dance, music, and visual art.
4.) Recognize and analyze important dramatic concepts, including:
5.) Understand the relationship between audience and performer.1.) Identify and describe the visual, aural, and kinetic elements of dramatic performances.
2.) Explain how the characters' situation, needs, goals, etc. are similar to or different from their own.
3.) Articulate personal emotional responses to dramatic performances.
4.) Analyze their own and peers' dramatizations and put forth constructive ideas for improving both the product (result) and the process of getting to the product.
5.) Predict plot resolution in dramatic forms.
6.) Analyze plot and narrative through-line.
A.) Create/WRITE scripts.V.) RELATE DRAMA TO ITS LARGER CONTEXT1.) Plan and record improvisations based on personal experience, imagination, literature and history.B.) ACT/role-play.
2.) Collaborate to select and create characters, situations, and environments.
3.) Improvise dialogue.
4.) Improvise monologue.
5.) Formalize improvisations by writing or otherwise recording the dialogue, stage directions, etc.
6.) Create situations involving tension and dramatic action.1.) Assume roles and interact in improvisations.C.) DIRECT classroom theatre.
2.) Perform theatrical literature.
3.) Imagine and clearly describe characters.
4.) Make clear choices in creating and presenting characters and actions.
5.) Use variations in movement and voice for different characters.
6.) Remain in role while contributing to the furtherance of a story.1.) Collaboratively plan and prepare improvisations and other classroom dramatizations.D.) DESIGN environments for theatre.
2.) Direct a partner in monologue performance.
3.) Make clear choices in honing performances.
4.) Organize rehearsals and performances independently.1.) Visualize environments and create designs to communicate locale and mood.
2.) Collaborate to create playing spaces for classroom theatre.
3.) Organize materials for costumes, sets, props and lighting.
4.) Make aesthetic choices in selecting movement, music and other sound, and visual elements to enhance the mood of dramatizations.
5.) Explore rhythm, balance, emphasis, contrast, and unity in created environments.
6.) Make clear choices in selecting scenic and other elements.
A.) Use role-play to place self in other contexts.VI.) USE DRAMA AS A LEARNING TOOL1.) Create drama from concepts from social studies, English, science, etc.B.) Recognize the role of theatre, film, television and other media in daily life.
2.) Participate in role drama.1.) Identify and compare similar characters and situations in stories and dramas from various cultures.
2.) Discuss how theatre reflects life.
3.) Identify and discuss reasons for creating dramas, including:
4.) Identify and discuss reasons for attending theatrical performances, and for viewing other media, including:
5.) Identify and understand the role of the audience in a live theatrical production, and how it differs from the role of the audience at other media.
A.) Use role-play to place self into the context of other subjects.Back to top.B.) Create theatre based on themes from other subjects.
C.) Do research.
1.) Communicate information to peers about people, places, times, and events related to dramatizations.
2.) Answer questions necessary for the creation of theatre by researching characters, history, etc.
3.) Relate specific information learned through research to specific choices in design, acting, writing or directing.
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