Drama Curriculum

The  6th grade curriculum is designed for the student to meet the following goals: Students will

• Be able to EXPLAIN the importance of the Actor’s Tools (mind, body and voice) to  the art form.
• Be able to DEMONSTRATE the Actor’s Tools to communicate ideas and feelings to the audience.
• Be able to IDENTIFY exposition, conflict and resolution in a story to dramatize.
• Be able to DEMONSTRATE the elements of story making
• Be able to DESCRIBE the Acting Process (plan, practice and perform) with a focus on planning.
• Be able to DEMONSTRATE the planning process

6th Grade Units

• Welcome to Drama!
• Actor’s Tools (mind, body voice)
• Once Upon a Time (story elements)
• Fairy Tales go to Court (plan, practice, perform)
• It’s all Greek to Me (introduction to Greek theatre)

The  7th-grade curriculum is designed for the student to meet the following goals: Students will

• Be able to DESCRIBE how actors use their Mind, Body and Voice to create a character.
• Be able to DEMONSTRATE the Actor’s Tools (mind, body and voice) to  communicate ideas and feelings to the audience.
• Be able to ANALYZE the sequence of events in a story using Literary Terms.
• Be able to DEMONSTRATE the sequence of events in a story using Literary term.
• Be able to EXPLAIN the process of planning and practicing (the acting process).
• Be able to DEMONSTRATE the process of planning and practicing (the acting process)

7th Grade Units

• Mum’s the Word! (pantomime)
• Testing, Testing 1,2,3…(voice)
• Only the Shadow Knows! (shadow puppets/theatre history/voice)
• All the World’s a Stage (intro to the stage)
• The Play’s the Thing (one act play)

The  8th-grade curriculum is designed for the student to meet the following goals: Students will:

• Be able to COMPARE the use of the Actor’s Tools (Mind, Body and Voice) in a drama to real life.
• Be able to DEMONSTRATE the Actor’s Tools: Mind , Body and Voice
• Be able to ANALYZE the sequence of events in a story using Literary Terms to a drama.
• Be able to ANALYZE the sequence of events using Dramatic Terms to a drama.
• Be able to EXPLAIN the process of planning, practicing and performing (The Acting Process).
• Be able to DEMONSTRATE the process of planning, practicing and performing (The Acting Process.

8th Grade Units

• Review of the Actor’s Tools
• Whose Line is it Anyways? Improvisation (exercising the actors tools: mind, body and voice)
• Scene Study (characterization, scene performance, using theatre to solve real world problems- Authentic Learning Unit)
• Brush up Your Shakespeare (theatre history, story elements)