Theater
Grade 5-8 Theater Standard 2
Content Standard
Acting by developing basic acting skills to portray characters who interact in improvised and scripted scenes
Achievement Standard
- Students analyze descriptions, dialogue, and actions to discover, articulate, and justify character motivation and invent character behaviors based on the observation of interactions, ethical choices, and emotional responses of people
- Students demonstrate acting skills (such as sensory recall, concentration, breath control, diction, body alignment, control of isolated body parts) to develop characterizations that suggest artistic choices
- Students in an ensemble, interact as the invented characters
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