Cluster Information
Title:
The arts are inherently experiential and actively engage learners in the processes of creating, interpreting, and responding to art.
Type:
Enduring Understanding
Big Idea
Skills, Techniques, and Processes
Cluster Access Points
This cluster includes the following Access Points.
- TH.912.S.1.In.a : Describe the proper audience etiquette at live and recorded performances.
- TH.912.S.1.In.b : Use defined criteria to apply to selection of theatrical performances.
- TH.912.S.1.In.c : Evaluate and critique theatrical performances of self and others.
- TH.912.S.1.In.d : Create, re-create, and refine a variety of theatrical performances.
- TH.912.S.1.Pa.a : Recognize a characteristic of proper audience etiquette at live and recorded performances.
- TH.912.S.1.Pa.b : Use a teacher-selected criterion to apply to selection of theatrical performances.
- TH.912.S.1.Pa.c : Indicate preferred theatrical performances.
- TH.912.S.1.Pa.d : Contribute to the creation, or re-creation, and refinement of a variety of theatrical performances.
Cluster Resources
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Lesson Plans
- Constructive Criticism, Evaluation, and Feedback: Students will be filmed while doing a performance in class. They will then watch the video and evaluate their individual performances, as well as the class performance as an ensemble.
- Shifting Objects of Attention: One of the primary ways students can maintain their focus and concentration on stage is using the shifting of object of attention within a scene to stay in truthful moments while sustaining a character. In this lesson, the students will pre-assess how they focus in real life, students will be introduced to examples of people using object of attention. Students will use stream of conscious speaking/writing to describe the object of attention shifting in their pre-rehearsed scene.
- Unlocking the Playwright Within: Statues: The students will explore playwriting that encourages creative risk-taking. Throughout the unit, students learn to develop ideas for writing plays.