Drama Curriculum Map Grades K – 12 - Abbotsford Christian School

characterization?7. How is improvisation both funny and serious atthe same time?8. How does comedy improve relate to real life? Mirrors Pass the Impulse Pass the Sound Hello Jello Dance Game Hug Game Lions, Tigers, and Bears, oh my.2. Short Scene creation based on the first week of school.3. Tableaux series based on one event and the effects of it.4. Serious improvised scenes based on given situations and conflicts (focus onthe four elements of theatre – focus, tension, contrast, and balance).5. Character creation through movement and vocal exercises. Scene creationbased on these characters (focus on the five parts of a scene – character,setting, problem, raising the stakes, solution).6. Improv. Comedy unit which focuses on rules and elements of Improv. and thefive parts of the scenes, includes the following improvised games andactivities:• Panic Squad “Your Title Here.”• Emotional Improv.• Freeze• Party Quirks• Moving People• Slideshow• Park Bench• Alphabet game• Six person Scene• Pick Up Lines• Unit also focuses on Schurtleef’s Guideposts for acting including:Moment Before, Importance, Place, and What are you Fighting For?”• Unit culminates with a completion displaying skills through activeparticipation in all of the games.7. Scripted Scene Study which includes:• Character development• Set design• Line memorization• Blocking• Teacher side-coaching• Discovery and implementation of motivations and intentions.• Discovery of theme.• The opportunity to learn from the rehearsal process of others – selfand peer assessment.Rehearsals, journaling, and performance in front of audience.It is expected that students will use body and voice expressively in the discipline ofdrama.4. DRAMA SKILLS (Role)It is expected that students will maintain concentration and focus while in role andexperience the duality of being both participant and observer within a dramatic context.5. DRAMA SKILLS (Drama as Metaphor)It is expected that students will develop the facility to move between the concrete and theabstract within a dramatic context.6. DRAMA SKILLS (Elements and Structures)It is expected that students will understand and apply the elements of drama and theatre.7. DRAMA SKILLS (Technique)It is expected that students will apply technical skills and knowledge to enhance dramaticcommunication.8. CONTEXT (Social and Cultural Context)It is expected that students will experience, understand, and develop sensitivity to thediversity of cultures through drama. Students will also interpret how drama celebrates,comments on, and questions the values, issues, and events of societies past andpresent.9. CONTEXT (Making Connections)It is expected that students will acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes through the studyof drama that enhance their understanding of other art forms and contribute to theirpersonal, educational, and career development.