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Expressive use of the body and voice. Provide opportunities to:
1. develop body awareness
and spatial perception using rhythmic and
imitative
movement, sensory awareness, and pantomime
2. express concepts using
interpretative movement
3. create original dialogue
4. utilize sensory and emotional
recall in characterizations
Creative drama. Provide opportunities
to dramatize literary stories
and/or original stories using activities
such as:
1. shadow play
2. pantomime
3. imitative dialogue
4. improvisation
5. characterization
6. puppetry
7. situation role-play
8. storytelling
Aesthetic growth through appreciation
of theatrical events. Provide
opportunities to:
1. view theatrical events
emphasizing player-audience relationship;
audience
etiquette; recognition of similarities and
and
differences between television, film, and live theatre, and
evaluation
and aesthetice judgments
2. participate in group planning
for story dramatization incorporating
analysis
of character behavior, recognition of dramatic conflicts,
prediction
of plot resolutions, and suggestions for alternative course
of
action.
SEVENTH
AND EIGHTH GRADE DRAMA
(Eight is a continuation and progression of seven)
Expressive use of the body and voice. Provide opportunities to:
1. develop sensory and emotional
awareness;
2. experiment with imitative
and interpretive movement;
3. use pantomime; and
4. develop vocal expression.
Acting concepts and skills. Provide opportunites to:
1. utilize improvisation;
2. practice dramatic storytelling;
3. explore creative dramatization'
4. develop basic acting techniques;
and
5. experiment with dramatize
interpretation.
Theatre production concepts and skills. Provide opportunities to:
1. explore readers' theatre;
and
2. explore scene/play production
Aesthetic growth through appreciation
of theatrical events. Provide
opportunites to:
1. develop an appreciation
of theatre;
2. practice audience etiquette;
3. attend live theatrical
events (to be encourages); and
4. analyze and evaluated
theatrical experiences.