Template Theatre Arts 1 2012

Lesson Plans, Pacing Guide, Essential Standards & Literacy

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Pacing Guide: August (First Week) Objective: Essential Standard B.C.1.1-B.C.2 

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The Students will review the syllabus and expectations for this course. The students will also complete many improv activities during the first week of the class.

Activity Focus and Review Teacher Input Independent Practice

Description Review course syllabus Talk about expectations Students begin performing improv scenes.

Literacy Create Improv Story

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Pacing Guide: September (First Week) Objective: B.A.1 Analysis: The students will begin to understand and discuss the components of acting. Activity Description Literacy

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Focus and Review Teacher Input Guided Practice

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Independent Practice

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Improvisation Students will learn self-awareness, ensemble ethic, movement, voice, and telling a story. Complete worksheets

Students will read and take notes about the different areas. Students will write three things they have learned. Students will include major and minor details.

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Pacing Guide: September (Week Two) Objective: B.A.1 Analysis- The students will understand and discuss the components of directing and producing. Activity Description Literacy

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Focus and Review

Assessment Vocabulary Quiz

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Guided Practice

Students will learn the roles of director, producer, production team and the performance space.

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Independent Practice

Worksheet activity, write short essay on historical profile on Sophocles.

Students will work in groups and discuss the importance of the director.

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Pacing Guide: September (Week Three) Objective: Aesthetics B.A.E.1- The students will understand and discuss the components of technical theatre. Activity Description Literacy

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Focus and Review

Assessment- Test

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Guided Practice

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Independent Practice

Students will learn about stage Watch video clip. crew, set construction, props, Students will write lighting, sound crew, short essay explaining costume and makeup crew what they have learned.

Exploration Projects: students will work together in groups and begin to construct a model of a stage.

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Pacing Guide: September (Week Four & First week in October) Objective: Communication B.A.E.1-2: The Students will be introduced to performing. Activity Description Literacy

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Focus and Review

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Teacher Input

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Guided Practice

Vocabulary Assessment, Chapter test 1-3 Begin to talk about the characterization process, motivation, behavior, and creating specific characters. Students will begin to work Students will answer on a Shakespeare play. Questions pertaining to the reading.

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Pacing Guide (October week two and three, more time if needed) Objective: Communication B.A.E.1-2: The students will begin selecting a scene group and research on a play. The students must research the author and read the entire play as a group before rehearsal begins. Activity

Description

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Focus and Review

Hand-out “Approaching the Play”

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Teacher Input

Instructor will discuss the importance of approaching the play, character development.

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Independent Practice

Students will read about Stanislavsky’s approach to a play. They will learn that Stanislavsky’s calls the main action “the play’s spine”. They will also learn Uta Hagen’s Analysis of the given circumstances of a play.

Literacy

Students will learn different theatre terms about the play Objective, Tactics, given circumstances, super objective

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Pacing Guide: November (Week one and two, more time if needed) Objective: Communication P.C.1.3: Students will continue to work on scenes, monologues for their informative and formative performances. Activity Description Literacy

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Focus and Review

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Independent Practice

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“Approaching the Play” Students will work in scene groups and continue the rehearsal process.

Students will discuss their Approach and motivation in dealing with their character.

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Pacing Guide: December-January Objective: Culture A.C.U.2.2: The students will continue the rehearsal process and prepare for their formal performance. Activity Description Literacy

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Focus and Review

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Independent Practice

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Assessment on vocabulary and review on theatre curriculum for final written exam. Students will prepare for tech dress rehearsal for their final performance of the semester.

Student’s notebook and portfolio will be due the day of their performance.

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Theatre Art in Action Text book Drama Projects Text book Uta Hagen’s acting class DVD Theatre arts I power point lessons Theatre arts II power point lessons Theatre arts III & IV power point lessons