Objective:Students will demonstrate their ability to manipulate voice to clearly portray an objective-driven character through the design and development of a puppet character in a short scene.
Learning Level:7th-9thgrade, beginning for junior high
Student Prior Experience: none
2014 Standards:
TH:Pr5.1.7.a. Participate in a variety of acting exercises and techniques that can be applied in a rehearsal or drama/theatre performance.
TH:Cr.1.1.7.b. Explain and present solutions to design challenges in a drama/ theatre work.
TH:Cr.1.1.7.c. Envision and describe a scripted or improvised character’s inner thoughts and objectives in a drama/theatre work.
TH:Pr4.1.7.b. Use various character objectives in a drama/theatre work
TH:Cr3.1.7.b. Develop effective physical and vocal traits of characters in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work
TH:Cr2-7.b. Demonstrate mutual respect for self and others and their roles in preparing or devising drama/theatre work.
TH:Cr3.1.7.a. Demonstrate focus and concentration in the rehearsal process to analyze and refine choices in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.
TH:Re9.1.7a. Explain preferences, using supporting evidence and criteria to evaluate drama/theatre work.
Essential Questions:
What happens when theatre artists use their imaginations and/or learned theatre skills while engaging in creative exploration and inquiry?
How do theatre artists transform and edit their initial ideas?
How are the theatre artist’s processes and the audience’s perspectives impacted by analysis and synthesis?
Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings:
Theatre artists rely on intuition, curiosity, and critical inquiry.
Theatre artists refine their work and practice their craft through rehearsal.
Theatre artists apply criteria to investigate, explore, and assess drama and theatre work.
Key Knowledge & Skills:
Basic puppetry, Use of Voice in Portraying Character, Projection, Diction, Design, Anatomy, Feedback, Objective, Creativity, Respect, Interpreting, Analysis
Authentic Performance Tasks:
Design of a puppet.
Demonstration of puppet character’s objective and voice.
Teaching peers about vocal characteristics.
Demonstrating projection onstage.
Demonstrating diction through a tongue-twister battle.
Charting basic vocal anatomy.
Giving peer-feedback in a guided rehearsing workshop
Improvising and developing a 2-3 minute puppet scene
Giving and responding to peer-criticism post-performance
Objective: Students will demonstrate an emerging understanding of vocal technique by charting human anatomy, miniature exercises, and a game which practices projection.
Objective: Students will demonstrate an understanding of vocal characteristics and their application to character by teaching and modeling characteristics in preparation for analyzing a live performance ‘s use of characteristics in its creation of character.
Objective: Students will demonstrate an ability to use diction through a tongue-twister competition. They will also demonstrate their ability to imagine and create characters through the design of a puppet.
Objective: Students will demonstrate an ability to choose and apply a specific objective to their puppet character’s scene through observed practice and communication with the teacher.
