Arkansas State Communication Association

" A good play is a play which when acted upon the boards makes an audience interested and pleased. "

-- Maurice Baring

High School Drama Courses: Recommended Unit Areas; Introduction to the Theatre; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print Copy; Class Activities; Why Am I Here?; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Looney Tunes; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; The Object of the Game; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; How Not to Monolgue; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Reviewing Play Productions; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; New York Theatre Tour; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; The Turning Point; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Vacation Mime; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; The Hitchhiker; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Creating a Morality Play; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Stage Movement; Acting; Voice and Diction; Theatre History; Play Production

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

Stage language and conventions
Types of drama: Tragedy, comedy, special styles (i.e. melodrama, theatre of the absurd, etc.)
Elements of drama: Exposition, plot/climax, character, dialogue, action, situation, theme, spectacle
Theatrical events
Actors, audience, place, scenario

Students should be able to ...

identify the differences between comedy and tragedy.

list examples of theatrical conventions.

demonstrate mastery of the elements of drama by correctly identifying them in a work of dramatic literature.

list four factors necessary for a theatrical event to occur.

use the correct terminology when describing the theatre.