Content Area: Visual and Performing Arts

 

Index: 1.3C Grade 2 CPI 2

 

Standard: 1.3 - Elements and Principles

 

Strand: C - Theater

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 - The student will explore the use of voice, movement and facial expression in conveying emotions in creative drama and storytelling.

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

Emotion in Play - Improvise scenes using an emotion.
·        Use the alphabet as a script. For example, first person says "ABCD." Their partner continues with "EFG." The conversation continues back and
forth. Any number of letters can be used.
·        Give an emotion which will inform the scene (anger, excitement).
·        Add in physical motions or gestures which show the emotion.
·        Discuss how volume, rhythm, pitch, and color communicate emotion.
·        Using prompts (e.g. "What are you doing here?" or "I knew you would come back"), the students will express these simple phrases in different ways as if they are angry, happy, worried, or sad.

 

Essential Questions:
·        What is the relationship between the voice, the emotion, and the movement?
 

Reflective Practice:
·        How could you apply these elements to performing a character in a play?