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1.) Use the primary tools of mind, body, and voice in an appropriate characterization for a simple classroom production.
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2.) Identify the purpose of movement in a dramatic production.
• Using high-, medium-, and low-level areas in space
Examples: leaping for joy, running in fear, kneeling to be knighted, slithering like a snake
• Using body sculpture or the freeze technique to create a tableau by freezing the action of a scene
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3.) Create ideas for alternate settings, characters, and endings for a dramatic production.
• Staging classroom dramatizations in a variety of ways
Examples: protean staging, Reader's Theatre
• Demonstrating movement to explore thoughts, feelings, and roles from literature, life, and history
Examples: Native American rain and cloud dances, Russian wedding dance
• Working cooperatively in a group setting to plan a dramatic production
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4.) Dramatize universal subjects and ideas in stories from different cultures.
Examples:
- friendship--Charlotte's Web, The Secret Garden;
- greed--Why the Sky is Far Away, A Christmas Carol
• Depicting characters from diverse historical periods and cultures
Examples: Johnny Appleseed, Pocohantas, Harriet Tubman
• Explaining how theatre reflects life
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5.) Identify an emotion evoked by performers during a production.
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6.) Identify different elements in a theatrical performance.
• Describing characters, their relationships, and their environments
• Analyzing a classroom dramatization or theatre production to determine how movement, music, and visual elements are used to enhance mood
Examples: joy in finding gold at the end of the rainbow; fear when the big, bad wolf appears
• Distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate audience behavior
Examples:
- appropriate--applauding,
- inappropriate--booing in a noninteractive production
• Explaining differences between audience space and performance space
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7.) Evaluate the effectiveness of the theatrical elements of a performance using accurate, respectful, supportive, and constructive comments.
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8.) Describe effects that sounds, movements, and visual images have on an audience.
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9.) Identify various forms of dramatic media and ways in which they have evolved over time.
Examples: theatre, film, television, electronic media
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10.) Identify ways in which the arts are used for personal pleasure and enrichment.
Examples: plays, art exhibits, concerts
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11.) Illustrate concepts from other content areas through the use of dramatization.
Examples: acting out simple machines studied in science, depicting the migration of animals or people studied in science or social studies, illustrating Reader's Theatre from reading and English language arts classes
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