MS Theater Instructional Guide

●​ Standard 7-8.T.P.5: Communicate meaning using the voice through volume, pitch, tone, rate, and clarity.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.P.6: Use imagination to inform artistic choices.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.P.7: Identify appropriate stage properties and technical elements for a given production.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.P.8:. Identify and use appropriate vocabulary to describe kinds of stage spaces, stage directions, areas of the stage, and basic blocking techniques.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.P.9: Perform a variety of dramatic works for peers or invited audiences.

RESPOND

Students will perceive and analyze artistic work and process. They will interpret intent and meaning, and apply criteria to evaluate artistic work and process. (Standards 7-8.T.R.1-7).

●​ Standard 7-8.T.R.1: Describe and demonstrate audience skills of observing attentively and responding appropriately in classroom presentations, rehearsals, and live performance settings.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.R.2: Justify responses based on personal experiences when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.R.3: Formulate a deeper understanding and appreciation of a drama/ theatre work by considering its specific purpose or intended audience.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.R.4: Demonstrate the ability to receive and act upon coaching, feedback, and constructive criticism.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.R.5: Examine a drama/theatre work using supporting evidence and criteria, while considering art forms, history, culture, and other disciplines.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.R.6: Describe and analyze how artists make choices based on personal experience in a drama/theatre work.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.R.7: Identify and explain why artistic choices are made in a drama/theatre work.

CONNECT

Students will synthesize and relate knowledge from personal and collaborative experience to make and receive art. They will relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding. (Standards 7-8.T.CO.1-3).

●​ Standard 7-8.T.CO.1: Examine a community issue through multiple perspectives in a drama/theatre work.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.CO.2: Research how other theatre artists apply creative processes to tell stories in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work, using theatre research methods.

●​ Standard 7-8.T.CO.3: Examine contemporary social, cultural, or global issues through different forms of drama theatre work.