Theatre: Grade 2

Creating

Performing

Responding

Connecting

Organize, design, and refine theatrical work.

Develop scripts through theatrical techniques.

Act by communicating and sustaining roles in formal and informal environments.

Execute artistic and technical elements of theatre.

Engage actively and appropriately as an audience member.

Critique various aspects of theatre and other media.

Explore how theatre connects to life experience, careers, and other content.

Examine the role of theatre in a societal, cultural, and historical context.

Use imagination to create characters.

Contribute and collaborate in planning a theatre experience.

Use theatre vocabulary (e.g. character, setting, dialogue, plot, problem, resolution, cause, effect).

Use and apply sensory elements to create characters.

Explore the dramatic writing process.

Collaborate to generate story ideas.

Develop dialogue based on stories (e.g. personal, imaginary, real).

Develop character and setting through action and dialogue.

Sequence plot events for dramatizations.

Use imagination and vocal elements (e.g. inflection, pitch, volume, articulation) to communicate a character's thoughts, emotions, and actions.

Use imagination and physical choices to communicate a character's thoughts and emotions.

Collaborate and perform with an ensemble to share theatre with an audience.

Explore character choices and relationships in a variety of dramatic forms (e.g. narrated story, pantomime, puppetry, dramatic play).

Identify and explore theatre design elements (e.g. costumes, props, sets, sound, lighting).

Explore artistic and technical elements in theatre experiences.

Participate as audience.

Demonstrate appropriate theatre etiquette.

Recognize artistic choices through what is seen, felt, and heard in a theatre or performance experience.

Express personal preferences about theatre or performance experiences.

Identify plot, character choices, and themes in a story or theatre experience.

Connect theatre experiences to life experiences and other content areas.

Identify the skills and knowledge needed by actors, stage managers, designers, and directors in theatre.

Draw conclusions regarding the connections between theatre and careers outside of theatre.

Identify how theatre arts connect to self and the present world.

Compare and contrast stories from diverse communities in a guided drama experience.

Relate character experiences to personal experiences.

Experience dramatic work and theatre styles of the past and present.