Theater: Grade 3

Communication

Analysis

Aesthetics

Culture

Use movement, voice, and writing to communicate ideas and feelings.

Use performance to communicate ideas and feelings.

Analyze literary texts and performances.

Understand how to design technical theatre components, such as costumes, sets, props, makeup, lighting, and sound.

Analyze theatre in terms of the social, historical, and cultural contexts in which it was created.

Understand the traditions, roles, and conventions of theatre as an art form.

Use non-verbal expression to communicate elements of characterization, including age and physicality.

Apply appropriate volume and variation in pitch, rate, and tone to express character.

Understand how to transform stories into written dialogue.

Use improvisation to present a variety of simple stories or situations.

Interpret stories from given texts by acting them out.

Differentiate specific character traits in texts or scripts.

Evaluate informal or formal theatre productions in terms of the emotions or thoughts they evoke.

Organize spaces to reflect the settings of stories.

Understand how to use costumes, props, masks, and set pieces to support dramatic presentations.

Exemplify how theatre arts are used by various groups for artistic expression within the local community

Explain how theatre, film, and television impact our society.

Illustrate theatre etiquette appropriate to the performance situation.

Understand the role of the actor in relation to performance responsibilities, such as memorization, blocking, and characterization.