ELEMENTS OF DRAMA 

State Goal 25. A. 2b Drama:  Understand the elements of acting, scripting, speaking, improvising, physical movement, gesture, picturization (shape, line, and level); the principles of conflict/resolution and theme; and the expressive characteristics of mood and dynamics. 

The Leaner Will. . . 

 1. Understand the elements of drama: 

  a. Acting 
  b. Scripting and Playwriting 
  c. Speaking 
  d. Improvising 
  e. Moving (including Dance) 
  f. Gesturing 
  g. Blocking 
  h. Directing 
  i. Charades 

TOOLS OF DRAMA 

State Goal 26. A. 26 Drama: Describe the various ways body, mind, and voice are used with acting, scripting, and staging processes to create or perform drama/theatre. 

The Learner Will. . . 

1. Describe what body, mind, and voice tells about a character in a performance. 

State Goal 26. A. 3b Drama: Describe the use of the primary tools (body, mind, and voice) and the support tools (costumes, scenery, props, lights, make-up, sound) to convey an idea through acting, playwriting, and designing a drama or threatre activity. 

The Learner Will. . . 

1. Describe how the following support tools of a dramatic work reinforce and enhance the thematic impact of a performance. 

 a. Costumes 
 b. Scenery 
 c. Props 
 d. Lights 
 e. Make-up 
 f. Sound 

ROLE OF DRAMATIC PERFORMING ARTS 

State Goal 27. B. 2  Identify and describe how the arts communicate the similarities and differences among various people, places, and times. 

State Goal 27. B. 3  Know and describe how artists and their works shape cultures and increase understanding of societies, past and present. 

The Learner Will. . . 

1. Identify and describe the role of drama in civilizations past and present.