Theatre Arts: Grade 1

Creating

Performing

Responding

Connecting

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Analyze, interpret and select artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

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

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, historical, cultural, and personal context to deepen understanding

Propose potential choices characters could make in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama)

Collaborate with peers to explore ideas for costumes and props within a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

Identify ways in which elements of physical expression (e.g. voice, gestures and movement) may be used to create or retell a story in guided drama experiences (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

Contribute to the development of a sequential plot by collaboration in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

Contribute to the adaptation of literary elements (plot and/or dialogue) within a story for a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

Identify similarities and differences in elements of physical expression (e.g., sounds, movements, gestures) in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

Collaborate to imagine multiple representations of a single object in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

Describe a story's character actions and dialogue in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

Using elements of physical expression to communicate character traits and emotions in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

With Prompting and support recognize the elements of physical expression that are fundamental to dramatic play and guided drama experiences.

With prompting and support Identify technical elements that can be used in a guided drama experience.

With prompting and support use a variety of physical expressions that communicate emotion in a guided drama experience.

Recall choices made in a guided drama experience.

Explain preferences and emotions in an age appropriate theatre performances.

Explore causes of character actions in a guided dramatic experience.

Utilize words and images to describe how personal emotions and choices compare to those of characters in a guided drama experience.

Build on others ideas in a guided drama experience.

Consider what props and costumes might be used in a guided drama experience.

Observe the experiences of characters in a guided drama experience.

Identify characters and emotions and relate it to personal experience.

Experience from other art forms and other content areas in a guided drama experience.

Identify similarities and differences in stories from one's own community in a guided drama experience.

Collaborate on the creation of a short scene based on a fictional literary source in a guided drama experience.