5-5-2012 Drama Developing Character

Teching the CCCS
Visual and Performing Arts
Grades 5-8
Performance: Theatre

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1.3 Performance: All students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and technologies appropriate to creating, performing, and/or presenting works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
C.  By the end of grade 8, those students choosing THEATRE as their required area of specialization demonstrateCOMPETENCY in the following content knowledge and skills.			RESOURCES
Effective scripted and improvisational performances require informed, supported, and sustained choices by actors, directors, and designers. Techniques for communicating a character’s intent vary in live performances and recorded venues.	1.3.8.C.1	Create a method for defining and articulating character   objectives, intentions, and subtext, and apply the method to the portrayal of characters in live performances or recorded venues.	Arts Alive Meaning of Character Analysis How to Write a Character Analysis Character Analysis Essay Lessons About Character Study Developing Character Character Analysis Study Tips Character Portrayal List of Acting Skills Stanislavski Chekhov Voice Training 101 Things to Do to Train Your Voice Project Your Voice Owning the Stage
Dramatic context and active listening skills inform development of believable, multidimensional characters in scripted and improvised performances. Mastery of physical and vocal skills enables actors to create dramatic action that generates a sense of truth and credibility.	1.3.8.C.2	Create and apply a process for developing believable, multidimensional characters in scripted and improvised performances by combining methods of relaxation, physical and vocal skills

4-21-2012 Integrating Theatre and Voice

Teching the CCCS

Visual and Performing Arts

Grades 5-8

Creative Process: Theatre

1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the elements and principles that govern the creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art. 

C.  By the end of grade 8 those students choosing THEATRE as their required area of specialization demonstrate COMPETENCY in the following content knowledge and skills.			RESOURCES
Distinct pieces of dramatic literature and theatrical trends reflect cultural traditions and periods in history.	1.1.8.C.1	Analyze the structural components of plays and performances from a variety of Western and non-Western theatrical traditions and from different historical eras.	Art of Storytelling Arts Alive Museum Without Walls Theatre Spaces Introduction to Theatre Acting Techniques Industry Tips Audio Drama Talk The Audio Drama Directory 10 Tips to Improve Your Speaking Voice Correct Use of Voice Speaking as a Performing Art Running a Theatre
Actors exercise their voices and bodies through a wide variety of techniques to expand the range and the clarity of the characters they develop.	1.1.8.C.2	Determine the effectiveness of various methods of vocal, physical, relaxation, and acting techniques used in actor training.
Emotion and meaning are often communicated through modulations of vocal rate, pitch, and volume.	1.1.8.C.3	Differentiate among vocal rate, pitch, and volume, and explain how they affect articulation, meaning, and character.
A team of artists, technicians, and managers who collaborate to achieve a common goal uses a broad range of skills to create theatrical performances.	1.1.8.C.4	Define the areas of responsibility (e.g., actor, director, producer, scenic, lighting, costume, stagehand, etc.) and necessary job skills of the front and back-of-house members of a theatre company.

1-9-2012 CCCS for Reading - Standard 7 Grades 6-8

Continuing my way through the standards, offering links, lessons, and ideas to help teach the 

Core Curriculum Content Standards,

the first 10 days are Reading. 

Day Seven - CCCS for Reading - Standard 7 Grades 6-8

	LITERATURE	INFORMATIONAL TEXT
unpacked skill	6- Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.7- Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).8- Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.	6- Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.7- Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).8- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.
compare/contrast	Inanimate Alice Guide to Drama What is Poetry Oral Storytelling Lesson How are Hollywood Films Made? Evaluating Visuals Movie Scripts Cinema Framing and Point of View Film English http://writecomics.com/ http://chogger.com/ KidsSpace Comparing Mediums Mood and Tone Theme, Tone, and Presentation Mood & Tone in Poetry, Music, & Film Audience Analysis In Search of an Audience Writing Guide: Audience All About Special Effects Critical Media Literacy Special Effects with a Camera Elements of Messages Images as Persuasion Media Elements VozMe LibriVox LoudLit Google Lit Trips Digital Book Talk American Rhetoric Famous Speeches Speech and Public Speaking Choosing a Medium Teaching Students to Critique Critiquing Primary and Secondary Sources Compare and Contrast Lesson Compare and Contrast Compare and Contrast Art - Essay Once Upon a Genre Thinking Maps The Compare/Contrast Essay Compare Contrast Essay Lesson  Analyze the News Photo Analysis Guide Advertising Tricks
critique
mood/tone
voice
poetry
drama
print media
audio
video

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