Drama/Theater: Grade 6

Creating

Producing/Performing

Responding/Reflecting

Consider and discuss how the characters, events and theme of a story contribute to its meaning and storyline.

Differentiate between character types and explain the relationship among characters.

Discuss how history and culture affect the production style and performance of plays.

Use dramatic and theatrical vocabulary accurately when discussing and creating dramatic works.

Compare and contrast the creative processes of other art forms (e.g., dance, music, visual and media arts) to those of drama and theatre.

Examine and describe the roles, skills and responsibilities of scenic, lighting, technology and sound designers and backstage crew.

Create and perform improvisations and scripted scenes based on personal experience, imagination or heritage.

Construct a scripted or improvised scene with developed characters that uses a plot curve.

Construct and produce the technical components for a script, using art or electronic media to present design ideas.

Compose and perform an informal production influenced by a contemporary or cultural issue.

Use dramatic and theatrical skills to demonstrate concepts or ideas from other academic areas.

Express and compare personal reactions to comedy, tragedy and other dramatic forms.

Describe, analyze and evaluate the artistic choices in a dramatic production using specified criteria.

Explain how changes in a production concept (such as time period or modernization) would alter the presentation of a work.

Critique the effectiveness and quality of an actor's interpretation of a role.

Justify a personal interpretation to a theatre performance with reference to the dramatic elements.

Establish criteria and use it to evaluate personal progress and determine the quality of their dramatic works.

Discuss the role and value of drama and theatre to the school and larger community.