Visual and Performing Arts Framework-Complete - Free Downloads (CA Dept of Education)

Chapter 4

Guidance

for Visual and

Performing Arts

Programs

Theatre

PROFICIENT LEVEL

First year of instruction

Students read, view, and research

the theatre of a specific period,

playwright, genre, or style

(e.g., Restoration, Shaw, post-

colonial). Research includes the

function of theatre in the culture.

Students learn and present teacher-

directed scenes from the plays of a

given period, playwright, genre,

or style.

Students choose a monologue from

a given period, playwright, genre,

or style and use research information

to present it in an appropriate style.

Students and teacher develop a Students demonstrate the ability to

rubric to evaluate the scenes and achieve a director’s stylized concept

monologues. The performance is by serving as director, actor, or de-

videotaped and assessed by the signer in a play from a given period,

student, classmates, and teacher. playwright, genre, or style.

ADVANCED LEVEL

Two or more years of

additional instruction

After studying theatre from several

different periods or cultures,

students explain the social, cultural,

and political influences on several

different styles of theatre and the

influence of each style on society.

In addition, they compare how one

period of theatre influenced another.

In class students learn and present

teacher-directed scenes from plays

of a given period, playwright, genre,

or style, using highly developed

acting techniques.

Students develop a presentation

for their portfolio that includes a

director’s concept for the production

of a play from a given period, play-

wright, genre, or style. They then

choose two production areas, such

as costumes, lighting, or blocking,

and develop a complete design or

director’s production notes.