Drama & Theater Arts: Grade 4

Create

Perform

Critically Respond

Create characters from scripts or improvisation using voice, gestures, and facial expressions

Create and write simple dramas and scenes

Design a scene through an inventive process, and perform the scene

Participate collaboratively with partners and groups

Demonstrate safe use of voice and body to communicate characters

Develop selected criteria to critique what is seen, heard, and understood

Examine character dynamics and relations

Utilize gesture and movement to create a character

Use voice such as diction, enunciation, projection, and tonal modulation to communicate characterization effectively )

Apply facial expression to communicate motivation and mood

Plan and record improvisations based on the five W's — who, what, where, when, and why

Understand and apply the creative process of playwriting to create an original drama such as a puppet play, scene, or story

Use existing literature, and adapt it by creating alternate endings or by altering the characters or settings

Create a design such as scenery, props, and costumes for an informal presentation through an inventive process

Collect, make, or borrow materials that could be used for scenery, props, or costumes for informal presentations

Demonstrate problem-solving skills through group interaction

Demonstrate respect for others in dramatic activities

Communicate characters through the safe use of vocal intonation and breathing techniques

Respect the personal space of other actors in dramatizations

Develop character using safe body control techniques

Develop criteria to critique a performance or script

Critique a performance or script using the developed criteria

Demonstrate an understanding of character dynamics and relationships in real-life settings

Read scripts and stories to identify and analyze character dynamics and relationships