Building Blocks of Acting
| Objective: | Students will demonstrate their understanding of basic acting skills by performing a scene with a partner. |
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| Subject: | Acting Skills & Techniques |
| Class Level: | Intermediate |
| Main Concepts: | Pushing through to objectives using different tactics and pushing through the obstacles |
| National Standards: | Content Standard 2: Acting by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in improvisations and informal or formal productions. |
| Description: | Curriculum Placement: Ninety-minute class periods for Drama II students Prior Skills/ Knowledge: comfortable performing in front of class, memorizing skills. |
| Author: | Amanda Swanson |
Lesson Plans
Students will demonstrate their understanding of objectives and tactics by performing a short scene with a partner.
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the use of their voice on stage by memorizing a short phrase and conveying it in four different ways.
Students will demonstrate their understanding of their character by completing a character background sheet and applying the information to a real life situation with their scene partner.
Students will demonstrate their understanding to this point of acting by practicing their scene for the another group and being evaluated
Students will demonstrate their understanding of internal and external obstacles by performing their scene working through their obstacles to get to their objective
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the use of a secret in a scene by performing a skit using secrets and reviewing it on video.
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the fundamentals of acting by performing their scene in the context of the play.