High School Theatre 2
Fall Semester | |||||||
| Unit Title | Intro/Procedures/ Warmups (Ice breakers), Etiquette | Terminology Stages/Drapes/Movement/Stance | Movement / Improv Monologues | Class Production or Scenes (Haunted House, Fall play, Class scenes. etc) Tech for class production | Script to Screen Comparison | Script Analysis | Character Analysis |
| Time | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 6 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Understandings | Students will understand class procedures, expectations, and policies. Students will understand the effects of appropriate behavior as an actor and audience. Students will understand the actor's significance of warming up the voice, body, and mind on a daily basis. | Students will understand areas of the stage. | Students will understand the proper ways to move, cross, and stand on stage. Students will understand stage right, stage left, upstage, downstage, cross, counter cross, above, below, body positions (profile right, profile left, full front, full back, 1/4 right, 1/4 left, 3/4 right, 3/4 left), etc. Students will understand how to create improvisation scenes based on the rules of improvisation. Students will create, write, devise, and refine original monologues, to convey meaning to the audience. | Students will perform the role of actor with others to tell a story through live theatre. Students will perform the jobs involved in theatre to create a live production. | Students will read a play and then watch the movie. | Students will break down scripts to analyze. | Students will analyze various characters from the script/screen. |
| TEKS | TEKS : 1A-C,1E-F and 2A, 2D-F | TEKS : 1A-C,1E-F and 2A, 2D-F | TEKS : 1A-C,1E-F and 2A, 2D-F | TEKS: 1A-G, and 2A-E, and 3A-E | TEKS: 1D, 2D, 3B | TEKS: 1D, 2D, 3B | TEKS: 1D, 2D, 3B |
Spring Semester | |||||||
| Unit Title | Theatre History/Influences | Theatre History Performance | Research acting styles | Presentations and/or performances based on styles | Intro to Screenwriting/ Playwrighting | Script work/Feedback Story Board Rehearse | Perform/Film/Edit Final Film Evaluation |
| Time | 3 weeks | 3 weeks | 3 weeks | 3 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Understandings | Students will understand the innovations and contributions of performing arts such as theatre, melodrama, musical theatre, radio, film, television, technology, or electronic media. Students will understand and appreciate the cultural heritages of world drama and theatre and identify key figures, works, and trends in dramatic literature. | Students will understand and share the significant impacts theatre history has played in the development of modern theatre by selecting and performing scripts from their assigned time period. | Students will research knowledge of various acting styles. | Students will demonstrate knowledge of various acting styles | Students will review/learn the basics of screenwriting and structure. Students will begin creating a script. | Students will complete scripts and receive feedback. Students will create a shot list via story board. Students will cast and rehearse chosen scripts | Students will perform and film original script, then edit. Students will understand the significance of offering and receiving constructive criticism of peer performances |
| TEKS | TEKS: 4A,B,C,D,E,F | TEKS: 4A,B,C,D,E,F | TEKS: 1A-E, 1G, 2A-E | TEKS: 1A-E, 1G, 2A-E | TEKS: 1A,2A-B,2E-F,2A-B,2G,3A,3C,4A,4C, 5C-E | TEKS: 1A,2A-B,2E-F,2A-B,2G,3A,3C,4A,4C, 5C-E | TEKS: 1A,2A-B,2E-F,2A-B,2G,3A,3C,4A,4C, 5C-E |