Drama/Theatre: Seventh Grade

Creating (CR)

Performing (PR)

Responding (RE)

Connecting (CN)

Generate and conceptualize dramatic ideas and work. 

Organize, develop, and rehearse dramatic ideas and work.

Revise, refine, and complete dramatic work. 

Select, analyze, and interpret dramatic work for presentation.

Develop and refine dramatic techniques and work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of a dramatic work.

Perceive and analyze dramatic work. 

Interpret intent and meaning in dramatic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate dramatic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to drama/theatre. 

Relate dramatic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

Research and relate dramatic ideas/works and societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

Conceptualize a unified piece of drama/theatre by experimenting with possible solutions to playwriting, improvisation, and staging.

Conceptualize and craft technical elements for a unified drama/theatre concept and use theatre vocabulary to describe the most appropriate and meaningful choices.

Develop characters authentic to the drama/theatre work by: demonstrating physical and vocal character traits; engaging in character analysis; and formulating or interpreting dialogue and actions.

Imagine, develop, and refine artistic choices through research and the application of Aristotle’s six elements of drama during the dramatic writing process.

Demonstrate collaborative skills by assuming roles, identifying responsibilities, and being receptive to a variety of artistic ideas in an original or scripted drama/theatre work.

Prepare choices (performance, design, tech) contributing to a unified drama/ theatre work.

Develop and identify effective physical and vocal traits of characters through the use of acting techniques (character analysis, character morgue, Stanislavski, Strasberg, Meisner, Hagen, etc.).

Integrate technical elements to have emotional impact or convey meaning by considering multiple elements to communicate mood, period, culture, and locale.

Develop performance and technical choices (e.g., dramatic structure/plot, characters, setting, theme, design elements, props, sound, etc.) contributing to the most supportable and convincing drama/theatre work.

Evaluate and apply meaningful, effective, and appropriate physical and vocal traits of characters in improvised, original, or scripted drama/theatre work and select the most supportable choices.

Assume roles (performance and technical) in a variety of dramatic and theatrical forms and develop expertise through a personalization of techniques.

Incorporate available technology and technical elements (e.g., music, sound effects, images, text, etc.) to convey or enhance meaning in a drama/theatre work.

Present a rehearsed original or scripted drama/theatre work for a classroom or community audience and engage in shared reflection.

Employ a variety of self-evaluation processes (including journaling, rubrics, and aesthetic responses) to analyze choices made in live or recorded drama/theatre work.

Identify the artistic choices made based on personal experiences relevant to plot events in a performance.

Identify and explain responses to character and technical elements based on cultural perspectives when participating in, contributing to, or observing drama/theatre.

Research the concept of a personal aesthetic and recognize and share artistic preferences when contributing to or observing drama/theatre works.

Determine the similarities and differences between criteria necessary for the evaluation of various genres and styles of theatre produced in a variety of historical periods and cultures.

Evaluate the contributions and effectiveness of the technical elements, while keeping in mind the limitations and/or possibilities inherent in the architecture, stage types, and staging, in a drama/theatre work.

Observe and analyze formal and informal audience response and identify the moments in drama/theatre work that elicited an audience reaction.

Develop respect for theatre, its practitioners, and conventions such as copyright law.

Research and dramatize stories from Oklahoma culture or history and stories of other histories and cultures to discover similarities and differences.

Identify universal themes or common social issues and express them through a drama/ theatre work.

Evaluate the overall impact on drama/theatre as influenced by the history and culture of Oklahoma (including the stories and storytelling contributions of the Oklahoma American Indian Tribes) and other cultures.

Research and discuss how the historical and cultural context influenced the perception of the work.

Examine artifacts from a time period and geographic location to better understand performance and design choices in a drama/theatre work.