Grade 3
Third grade drama is a semester long course that meets
once a week, for fifty minutes. The curriculum includes the following:
basic creative drama techniques; basic improvisation using teacher/student
ideas; pantomimes; poetry; clowning; movement; improving story; dramatic
structure, the play, and written material. A performance is planned for
other students at the end of the semester.
"A Pizza The Size of the Sun"
Grade 4
Fourth grade drama continues from the third grade experience with more
focus on a short play recital at the end of the semester. Theatre games
are included during the class and are more sophisticated in nature than
those at the third grade level. Students are encouraged to “find
out” about their character’s traits and personality, and what
makes the character behave as he does. Stage blocking is introduced and
students become comfortable with stage directions and movement. Voice
and diction control is introduced with particular attention to audibility
and pace of voice. Learning lines and cue lines, and the importance of
this to the production, is stressed. The ensemble of theatre, working
with the other cast members to achieve the best response, is part of the
program. The teacher works with each child’s particular interests
and talents and helps to develop these to the fullest. The play is presented
at the end of the semester to other students and invited guests.
"Squids Will Be Squids"
Grade 5 & 6
This is a course of creative drama and improvisation, using
primarily the students’ creative ideas. As the semester progresses,
a subject for a class project is selected; the teacher breaks the material
down into sections which the students then improvise in class. A play
scripted on the class project is introduced and each student performs
one or more parts. With the introduction of scripted material, the class
focuses on basic stage techniques, including the ensemble aspects of the
play, voice and diction, stage movement, and analysis of the play’s
characters and actions.
Fifth Grade
"Make Made Movies" |
Sixth Grade
"Phaeton and The Sun God" |
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