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High School Drama Courses: Recommended Unit Areas; Introduction to the Theatre; Stage Movement; Acting; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print Copy; Class Activities; Masterpiece Theatre; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; "This is not a Stick"; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Time for Tag-line; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; "Throw the Bum Out!"; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Secret Observation; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Mirror, Mirror on the Wall; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Let's Take a Vacation; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Three-way Writing; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Get the Picture?; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Swat Tag; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; You and Me Are Family; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; How Old Am I?; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; What's the Object?; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Once Upon a Time....; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; A Child's Point of View; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Partner Piece; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Teenage Drama; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Family Heritage; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Who Am I?; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Cut-Off Lines...; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Ode to an Oreo; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Tag Lines; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Inside Out; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Quote Pull; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; "Yes, and . . ."; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Improve Your Improv; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; There's Nothing Like a Song; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Interview; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; The Hitchhiker; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Freeze; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Social Quirks; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; "What Cha Doin"; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; The Object of the Game; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Deliver a Monologue; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; The Question Please!; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Standing, Sitting, . . .; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Improvisational Situations; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; 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

From a Child's Point of View

Unit(s): Acting

Purpose:

To emphasize that both good writing and good acting begin with one's own experiences

To introduce the techniques of sense recall and emotional memory

Objectives:

The students will write and perform monologues.

The students will demonstrate skill at characterization and movement.

Materials:

Paper and pen/pencil

Define or review the following terms with students:

A. Monologue
B. Characterization
C. Sense recall
D. Emotional memory

Present the following list of topics to students:

A. "As a child I was always afraid of..."
B. "When I was a child, the funniest
      thing that happened to me was.."
C. "The saddest day of my life was
      when..."
D. "As a child, my deepest, darkest
      secret was..."
E. "The happiest day of my life was...."

Ask students to write a monologue recalling an event they experienced at approximately five to ten years old. Remind them to recall their exact feelings and to be very specific.

When the monologues have been polished on paper, ask students to memorize and perform them in class.

Provide students with an evaluation of the written monologues as well as a critique of their performances.