Theatre Arts Education — Grade 5

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Goal 1

The learner will write based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.

Objective 1.01

Participate in partner and small group playwriting.

Objective 1.02

Create and enact short stories, poetry or personal experiences.

Objective 1.03

Describe lessons related through multicultural literature.

Objective 1.04

Expand upon and use creative drama vocabulary.

Objective 1.05

Utilize playwriting skills to indicate the sequence of events.

Objective 1.06

Create dialogue in which characters attempt to resolve conflicts.

Objective 1.07

Apply playwriting skills by writing monologues, dialogues and short scenes.

Goal 2

The learner will act by interacting in improvisations and assuming roles.

Objective 2.01

Identify characters and cast roles from a variety of scripts.

Objective 2.02

Use vocal expression to demonstrate the thoughts and feelings of real and non-real characters.

Objective 2.03

Participate in dramatic activities that deal with conflict and emotions.

Objective 2.04

Create characters and events to use in the dramatic process.

Objective 2.05

Utilize improvisational skills to create a scene based on a script.

Objective 2.06

Utilize gestures, blocking and movement to display ideas and emotions.

Objective 2.07

Assume the role of a variety of real and non-real characters.

Objective 2.08

Refine improvisational skills through dramatic exercises.

Objective 2.09

Define the significance of the beginning, middle and end of a story or play.

Goal 3

The learner will design and produce theatre by conceptualizing and realizing artistic interpretations for informal or formal productions.

Objective 3.01

Participate in making artistic choices in a small group.

Objective 3.02

Employ the basic concepts of time, space, and action in the dramatic process.

Objective 3.03

Collaborate to create simple scenery and costumes for acting out dramas.

Objective 3.04

Use blocking to non-verbally convey character, mood and actions to the audience.

Objective 3.05

Respond to and build upon ideas of others on stage.

Objective 3.06

Integrate the technical theatre elements of sound, props, costumes, scenery, stage management and directing.

Objective 3.07

Identify the technical theatre roles in a production.

Goal 4

The learner will direct through planning and presenting informal or formal productions.

Objective 4.01

Recite or adapt dialogue from a script to show different interpretations.

Objective 4.02

Demonstrate responsible behavior such as sharing, flexibility, leadership, negotiating and teamwork.

Objective 4.03

Make decisions and accept responsibilities in the dramatic process.

Objective 4.04

Apply sound and movement to display character, mood and actions.

Objective 4.05

Compromise with peers in small group decision making about artistic choices.

Objective 4.06

Enact monologues, dialogue and asides within a story or drama.

Objective 4.07

Use the role of narrator to guide, prompt and assist actors

Objective 4.08

Understand characters' thought processes during dramatic scenes.

Objective 4.09

Recognize ways to display characters' thought processes.

Objective 4.10

Use rehearsal time effectively to brainstorm, experiment, plan and rehearse.

Objective 4.11

Recognize diversity within a group contributes to artistic growth.

Goal 5

The learner will research by finding information to support informal or formal productions.

Objective 5.01

Express through characterization meaning inferred from a text.

Objective 5.02

Articulate how artistic choices support the portrayal of the character.

Objective 5.03

Adapt and use information about character traits derived from a text.

Objective 5.04

Organize parts of a story to be used as dialogue or narration.

Objective 5.05

Reference stories to determine and justify technical needs to support the character or story.

Objective 5.06

Investigate text to determine Who, What, When, Where, Why and How.

Objective 5.07

Reference various forms of literature other than scripts to support dramatic presentations.

Objective 5.08

Use emotional recall as the basis for character choices.

Goal 6

The learner will compare and integrate art forms by analyzing traditional theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and new art forms.

Objective 6.01

Adapt music, sound, movement, dance, and design into the dramatic process.

Objective 6.02

Incorporate the art forms of puppetry, pantomime and mask making into simple dramas.

Objective 6.03

Understand that a variety of art forms are infused in theatre and come from different cultures.

Objective 6.04

Observe that different art forms reflect upon the diversity of society.

Objective 6.05

Read with dramatic expression a variety of simple scripts.

Goal 7

The learner will analyze, critique, and construct meaning from informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions.

Objective 7.01

Display skills to critique self and others in a respectful and constructive manner.

Objective 7.02

Question artistic choices in order to understand the dramatic process.

Objective 7.03

Justify artistic choices.

Objective 7.04

Listen to constructive criticism and react in a positive way.

Objective 7.05

Realize that the character and actor may have different personalities.

Objective 7.06

Correlate personal experiences to stage experiences.

Objective 7.07

Communicate emotions and thoughts evoked by performances.

Objective 7.08

Show that cause and effect teach characters and audience members life lessons.

Objective 7.09

Suggest and implement alternative characters, settings or events after viewing or participating in a performance.

Goal 8

The learner will understand context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the past and present.

Objective 8.01

Understand and describe the role of theatre at different times.

Objective 8.02

Discuss the role of film and television.

Objective 8.03

Discuss the role of technology and electronic media.

Objective 8.04

Experience live or recorded performances.

Objective 8.05

Discuss the similarities and differences between live and recorded theatrical events.

Objective 8.06

Discuss the similarities and differences between acting for the theatre and camera.

Objective 8.07

Participate in presentations.