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Distance Education Guidelines: Word Document copy; .PDF Print Copy

High School Drama Courses: Recommended Unit Areas; Introduction to the Theatre; Stage Movement; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print Copy; Class Activities; Walk the World Movement; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Small Group Choreography; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Movement for Film; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Now You See It, . . .; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Machine Mine; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Musical Mine; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Vacation Mime; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Stage Dubbing; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; The Question Please!; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Standing, Sitting, . . .; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Stage Pictures; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Pantomime and Mime; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Mime History; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Mime Moves; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Mime Nuances; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Mime Makeup; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Social Quirks; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; "What Cha Doin"; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Improvising . . .; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Acting; Voice and Diction; Theatre History; Play Production

High School Oral Comm Courses

ASCA Oral Comm Position Statement: Addendum

Arkansas Guidelines

Department of Education Curriculums: Theatre; Communication - One Semester; Communication - Full Year

Drama Units and Activities

The Question Please!

Unit(s): Stage Movement/Acting/Improvisation

Purpose:

To develop an improvisation and utilize only questions in the conversation

Objective:

Students will create improvisations and demonstrate characterization, proper stage movement, and demonstrate knowledge of the elements of drama.

Materials:

A prompt or topic is given to the performers before they begin.

Examples:

A. Two surgeons before a major operation

B. Two politicians before a major speech

C. Two dogs in search of archeological finds

Procedure:

Students will be selected for an improvisation.

They must communicate verbally with each other utilizing only questions.

The scene should develop and follow a plot and characters should be established.