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Grade 5 - Drama (2022)
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Drama
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Foundational Elements: Drama literacy is developed through knowledge and application of dramatic processes.
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Creating and Presenting: Ideas can be represented dramatically through artworks that draw upon foundational knowledge
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Appreciation: Recognizing beauty, goodness, and truth in drama can be developed by understanding the complexity and richness of great dramatic works, the artists who create and perform them, and the historical and cultural contexts from which they originate
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Students investigate voice and staging as a means of expression in drama.
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Students represent narratives based on a variety of inspirations and through the application of artistic choices
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Students investigate how changes in past societies have influenced the creation and sharing of drama.
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Knowledge
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Understanding
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Skills & Procedures
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Knowledge
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Understanding
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Skills & Procedures
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Knowledge
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Understanding
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Skills & Procedures
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Tone of voice includes volume emphasis accent intonation
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Production of the voice includes vocal pitch energy tone volume projection articulation phrasing pace
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The voice and the body can reflect stereotypes and characters in drama
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Stereotypes in drama are collections of personality traits or generalizations of what a character sounds like or looks like.
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An authentic character is an accurate and genuine representation of a person
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Articulators are vocal organs in the body that influence sound and can include the lips teeth tongue hard pallet soft pallet
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The articulators contribute to producing clear sounds and words and can be developed through vocal exercises, including tongue twisters
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The voice is what is heard, felt, and imagined by an audience.
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The voice can be used to represent thoughts feelings experiences imagination personal attributes
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The voice can represent the perspective of the character
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The amount of breath used in vocal production will vary according to the performance space.
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Stage whispers require an excess release of breath to project the voice effectively.
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Physical warm-ups for drama can include stretching extensions breath exercises cardiovascular exercise
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Vocal warm-ups for drama can include exercises for breath control pitch variation projection articulation
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Tension in the body and breath affects how the voice expresses thought and feeling.
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Staging includes the movement of actors and objects in a performance space
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Staging considerations include optimal audibility and visibility for an audience
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Blocking is a performer's movement and positioning on stage that can influence expression
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Body positions on stage can include full front, profile, and full back
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Not all dramatic forms can be staged in the same way
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A dramatization may include the audience as a participant in the performance
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Audiences may engage in a performance in a variety of ways, including singing using props verbally answering questions from the performer(s) suggesting ideas
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Staging can enhance a dramatization through the use of movement or stillness light or dark sound or silence
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Technical elements can be added to a performance to clarify ideas for an audience, and can include costumes props sounds sets lighting
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Technical elements can influence an audience's experience of a dramatization
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The voice is an expressive instrument that is capable of producing and reproducing sound
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The voice has a natural and distinguishable tone that can represent the uniqueness of an individual
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The voice conveys a performer's intention in the way that it is used
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The voice is released from the body with an appropriate amount of breath for the space, idea, and feeling
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The voice functions optimally when warmed up, exercised, and relaxed.
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Any space can be transformed into a performance space
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Staging supports expression in dramatic performances
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Staging reflects the relationship between the audience and performer(s) within a performance space
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Staging includes technical elements that can enhance a dramatization
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Experiment with how the voice can create a variety of sounds.
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Differentiate between stereotypes and authentic character.
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Explore the use of articulators in adjusting vocal sounds.
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Experiment with how the voice can shape the development of a character or situation
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Explore how vocal release is dependent on body and breath
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Participate in various ways to warm up the body and voice
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Discuss how proper body and vocal warm-ups can contribute to dramatic expression.
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Explore how tension in the body and breath can influence vocal quality
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Identify various ways an audience can participate in a drama
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Implement changes to a particular area to create a performance space
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Explore how blocking can contribute to presentations in drama
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Explore the effects that body positions can have on dramatic expression
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Explore the effects that technical elements have in a dramatization.
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Discuss the effectiveness of technical elements used in a dramatization
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The structure of a narrative can include a beginning, a problem, and a resolution.
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Dramatic tension in a narrative can build suspense and can give the audience something to anticipate
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Parts of a narrative may be excluded, leaving the audience to assume what happened before and after the narrative was presented
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Staging considerations can influence representation of a narrative
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Technical elements applied to staging can enhance how a narrative is represented
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Narrative can be represented individually or collectively.
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Dramatic forms can be used to structure how a narrative is told
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Narrative can be planned or improvised.
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A narrative can be based on stories, legends, myths, and poetry fictional or non-fictional events characters individuals or communities historical or cultural events
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There are universal themes that can occur in narratives, including redemption survival quest
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A narrative is represented in diverse ways across cultures
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Narrative can be expressed in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit stories and can be witnessed through the spirit or life of the storyteller
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Narrative in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit storytelling can originate from the land and include the wind water soil animals plants
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Artistic choices can revise and re imagine how a narrative is expressed and can include the use of voice body dramatic forms technical elements staging
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A character's status or feelings can be communicated and enhanced through narrative
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Status is the level of importance or power that a character holds in relation to other characters
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Status can change depending on how the body and voice is used
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Feedback from an audience can influence future performances
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Audience participation can enhance how a narrative is communicated in drama.
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A narrative can be structured to describe the past, the present, or the future
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A narrative can communicate knowledge and understandings about the world
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The exploration of a culture's narrative through drama can help the viewer to build cultural understanding
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A narrative can take an audience on a journey by entertaining and persuading
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A narrative may be perceived by an audience in a way that differs from what the performer intended
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Create a plan for structuring a narrative
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Experiment with improvisation as a way to structure a narrative
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Explore how the use of technical elements can enhance the structure of a narrative
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Choose a topic to communicate through a narrative
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Perform invented or scripted dramas based on a narrative
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Explore narratives in First Nations, Métis, or Inuit storytelling
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Make artistic choices in the creation of a narrative
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Express a character's status through role play
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Describe how feedback about the narrative was incorporated.
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Experiment with the possibilities of the voice and the body in communication of a narrative
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Demonstrate how to follow staging cues when clarifying positions and movement of performers in a narrative
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Participate as an audience member and as a performer in drama
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European and French playwrights inspired the subject matter of theatre in colonial Canada.
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Literary styles such as heroic epic were reflected in the drama and theatre of colonial Canada
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An epic is a long, narrative poem that reflects the heroic actions of a person or group of people in a certain time and place
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Heroic epics originated in ancient Greece and continue to be used in drama today
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Heroic epic was used to retell the story of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
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Professional actors began to arrive in colonial Canada from Europe and the Thirteen Colonies during the great migration (1815-1850)
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As more people immigrated to Canada from various parts of the world, they brought with them the dramatic traditions and cultures of their homelands
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Non-professional (amateur) drama evolved into a professional theatrical art form in colonial Canada.
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Non-professional theatre in colonial Canada influenced modern Francophone professional theatre companies.
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First Nations, Métis, and Inuit storytelling and languages were banned by Canadian government policies in colonial Canada.
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Stories told through drama in Canadian communities could be linked to a person's place of origin
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The Renaissance era was about all people bettering themselves through education, literature, science, and the arts
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Plays about morality during the European Renaissance evolved out of mystery plays from the Middle Ages.
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Mystery plays were dramatizations based on bible stories that were commonly performed at church or at celebrations such as religious festivals
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Palladian theatres were designed by the architect Palladio, and were the first indoor theatres to exist during the Renaissance
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The construction of Palladian theatres allowed for more elaborate scenes and sets to be used and influenced modern-day theatres
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Before the construction of the Palladian theatre, dramatizations were performed on simple outdoor stages with only curtains for a backdrop.
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The Teatro Olimpico is a Palladian theatre that still exists in Vincenza, Italy, today
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Commedia dell-arte was developed as a form of clowning in Italy during the Renaissance and used stock characters to develop improvisational and scripted scenes.
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Commedia dell-arte influenced the development of modern-day musical theatre, opera, and improvisational comedy.
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In 1517, the Protestant Reformation influenced traditional Renaissance views on arts and theatre, which included plays that gave actors more work with less emphasis on religion
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The term Elizabethan emerged from the English Renaissance to reflect the style of performance that was popular during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
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Elizabethan theatre performances were less informed by classical Roman influence and more informed by what was popular with British audiences
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Elizabethan theatre took place primarily outdoors in theatres, including the courtyards of inns The Rose Theatre The Curtain The Globe Theatre
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The thrust stage was developed during the Elizabethan period to bring the action closer to the common people, while the upper class sat in elevated boxes, as seen in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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During the Renaissance in England, theatres became public venues where all social classes could come together and enjoy performances.
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Famous playwrights who emerged and influenced drama during the Renaissance include Shakespeare (1564-1616), an English playwright, poet, and actor considered one of the greatest writers of the English language Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), a French playwright, actor, and poet known by the stage name Moliere and considered one of the greatest writers of the French language
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In 1642, many theatres and playhouses were shut down or burned down because some religious groups believed that drama was an inappropriate art form.
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Drama has changed over time as communities and cultures have evolved.
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Drama in colonial Canada was reflective of the changes that occurred in Europe at the same time
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Drama went through a significant change during the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation
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Explore the narrative of a heroic epic as an inspiration for creating dramatizations
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Observe dramatic works from modern-day professional theatre companies
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Investigate traditions or stories from Canadian communities as an inspiration for creating dramatizations
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Discuss how theatre evolved throughout the Renaissance in Europe and England
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Explore a variety of theatrical works that were performed during the Renaissance
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Research a famous playwright or dramatic work.
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