Content Area: Visual and Performing Arts

 

Index: 1.3C Grade 4 CPI 1

 

Standard: 1.3 - Elements and Principles

 

Strand: C - Theater

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will recognize basic stage directions in the dramatization of stories/plays.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

Stage Directions - Become aware of basic stage directions and locations.
·        Using the stage, define concepts of basic stage directions (stage left, stage right, upstage, downstage) and locations (apron, wings, backstage, offstage)
·        In response to verbal commands, students move to various parts of the stage and identify locations.
·        Distribute a diagram of the stage. Label the parts of the stage.

      ·        Speculate how to incorporate this vocabulary into performance.

 

Essential Questions:
·        What are the basic stage directions and locations?
·        How can you put theses essential terms into practice?

 

Reflective Practice:
·        What do you think a playwright should use in their stage directions?

 

The contents of the CPI's and Framework Activites come from the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS) - CD-ROM (Version 1.0), which was developed collaboratively by the Newark Teachers Union (NTU) and Seton Hall University (SHU)

For more information on this CCCS search engine contact Mitchel Gerry - mg@ntuaft.com or Mike Maillaro - mm@ntuaft.com.

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