Theatre Arts: Grade 3

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

Create characters, imagined worlds and improvised stories in a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Explore and explain ideas of technical elements (e.g., scenery, props, costumes) for the environment and characters in a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Collaborate on how characters might use various elements of physical expression (e.g., voice, gestures and movement) to support the story and given circumstances in a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Participate and compare original ideas with peers to make selections that enhance the group for a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

With peers, revise, refine and adapt ideas to fit the set guidelines of a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Participate in the exploration of physical expression (e.g. voice, movement, gestures) in an improvised or scripted dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Create and design technical elements to support an improvised or scripted dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Apply the elements of dramatic structure to a story and create an original dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Investigate how the elements of physical expression are used in a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Participate in exercises that incorporate elements of physical, vocal, and cognitive expression that can be used in a group setting for dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Identify the basic technical elements that can be used in a drama/theatre work.

Rehearse a dramatic or theatrical work and reflect individually and in small groups.

Comprehend the artistic choices that are made in a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Relate personal experiences when participating or observing a dramatic or theatrical work.

Explore various ways to develop a character using elements of physical expression and props and costumes to reflect multiple cultural perspectives.

Identify the connections that are made between oneself and a character.

Understand how and why groups evaluate dramatic/theatric works.

Consider and analyze technical elements from multiple dramatic/theatric works.

Identify and interpret problems and situations in a dramatic work from an audience perspective.

Make connections to community and culture by using personal experiences and knowledge.

Identify the connection of real life situations and other content areas to a theatrical work.

Explore how stories are adapted from literature to a dramatic work.

Explore how artists have historically presented similar stories using a variety of art forms.