Drama/Theater: Grade 4

Creating

Producing/Performing

Responding/Reflecting

Connect events in a story to sustain a storyline and achieve resolution.

Explore dramatic, theatrical and storytelling traditions in the cultures or ethnic groups throughout the history of Ohio.

Explain how certain characters reflect time periods and cultures.

Use a variety of dramatic and theatrical vocabulary (e.g., theme, author, conflict, resolution) to describe a dramatic experience.

Explain the plot, characters, conflict, resolution and theme of a dramatic and theatrical work or experience using descriptive language.

Identify where dramatic and theatrical activities occur in the school or community.

Create the movement and voice of a character to convey the character's decisions, actions and motivation.

Manipulate voice, movement, space, design and physical objects to communicate thoughts, feelings and ideas in both improvised and scripted activities.

Create a variety of improvisations based on a dramatic theme.

Direct peers in performing a dramatic task or action in two different ways.

Use vivid, descriptive language to create a script around one or more elements of theatre (e.g., character, action, prop, setting).

Use problem-solving and cooperative skills to dramatize stories, historical events or concepts from Ohio history.

Use the elements of theatre in combination with art elements from at least one other art form.

Explain how manipulation of dramatic and theatrical elements brings about changes in performances

Apply creative and critical reasoning processes to make personal connections to the drama material they encounter.

Explain how a theatrical experience (e.g., live theatre production, film, video and media) impacts its audience.

Justify personal opinions about a play or theatre experience.

Establish criteria to critique the portrayal of a character based on voice, gesture, facial expression and movement.