Theater: Grade 7

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 physical movement and acting skills to express a variety of characters to an audience.

Apply appropriate vocal elements, such as pitch, volume, and projection, effectively in formal and informal presentations.

Use playwriting skills to communicate conflict, plot, and character.

Use acting skills, such as observation, concentration, and characterization, to perform original scenes.

Interpret a character from literature through formal and informal presentations.

Analyze plays in terms of theme, characters, conflict, and dialogue.

Analyze styles of informal and formal theatre productions.

Illustrate the major technical elements, such as lights, sound, set, and costumes.

Understand how to use technical theatre components of costumes, props, masks, set pieces, and lighting to support dramatic presentations.

Understand theatre arts in relationship to the geography, history, and culture of modern societies from the emergence of the First Global Age (1450) to the present.

Create theatrical works that exemplify the style and culture of Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Compare the rules and expectations of audience etiquette for different venues.

Understand the role of the playwright in relation to scripting theatre.