MS Theater Instructional Guide

Identifying & Utilizing Theatrical Elements Middle School Theatre Course

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:

Read, view, and analyze scripts for performance, staging, or technical requirements. Identify and utilize: appropriate stage spaces, stage directions, areas of a stage, blocking techniques, and staging solutions.

Example Learning Intention and Success Criteria ​ Learning Intention: ●​ I am learning proper terms for stage areas, stage directions, and key technical theatre elements. ●​ I am learning how technical theatre elements can influence audiences. ●​ I am learning how stage position, level, and focus communicate meaning to audiences. ●​ I am learning to read and analyze a script for staging requirements, so I can identify and apply stage directions and blocking techniques. ●​ I am learning how to use experimentation and refinement to develop staging and blocking choices in a performance. ​ ●​ I can develop a performance through analysis, exploration, and revision of staging choices. ●​ I can apply appropriate stage directions and blocking techniques when directing or performing. ​ Example Learning Progression ​ 1. ​ Read a script while identifying and annotating staging requirements. 2. ​ Analyze and consider scripted stage directions. 3. ​ Adjust any stage directions as needed for the requirements of the performance blocking. 4. ​ Utilize appropriate stage directions and blocking when directing or staging a performance of the script. Success Criteria : I will know I have learned it when: ●​ I can properly identify stage areas and stage positions. ●​ I can identify technical theatre elements in a performance.

CONCEPTS:

PRIORITY VOCABULARY:

SKILLS:

●​ Technical Requirements ●​ Stage Spaces ●​ Stage Directions ●​ Stage Areas ●​ Blocking Techniques ●​ Staging Solutions

●​ Technical Requirements ●​ Stage ●​ Stage Directions ●​ Stage Areas

●​ Read, view, and analyze scripts for performance, staging, or technical requirements. ●​ Identify and utilize: appropriate stage spaces, stage directions, areas of a stage, blocking techniques, and staging solutions.

●​ Blocking ●​ Staging