Lesson Plans, Pacing Guide,
Essential Standards
& Literacy
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Pacing Guide: August (First Week)
Objective: Essential Standard B.C.1.1-B.C.2
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The Students will review the syllabus and expectations for this
course. The students will also complete many improv activities
during the first week of the class.
Activity
Focus and Review
Teacher Input
Independent Practice
Description
Review course syllabus
Talk about expectations
Students begin performing
improv scenes.
Literacy
Create Improv Story
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Pacing Guide: September (First Week)
Objective: B.A.1 Analysis: The students will begin to
understand and discuss the components of acting.
Activity
Description
Literacy
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Focus and Review
Teacher Input
Guided Practice
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Independent Practice
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Improvisation
Students will learn
self-awareness, ensemble
ethic, movement, voice,
and telling a story.
Complete worksheets
Students will read and
take notes about the
different areas.
Students will write three
things they have learned.
Students will include major
and minor details.
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Pacing Guide: September (Week Two)
Objective: B.A.1 Analysis- The students will understand and
discuss the components of directing and producing.
Activity
Description
Literacy
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Focus and Review
Assessment Vocabulary
Quiz
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Guided Practice
Students will learn the
roles of director,
producer, production
team and the performance
space.
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Independent Practice
Worksheet activity, write
short essay on historical profile
on Sophocles.
Students will
work in groups and discuss
the importance of the
director.
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Pacing Guide: September (Week Three)
Objective: Aesthetics B.A.E.1- The students will
understand and discuss the components of technical
theatre.
Activity
Description
Literacy
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Focus and Review
Assessment- Test
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Guided Practice
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Independent Practice
Students will learn about stage Watch video clip.
crew, set construction, props,
Students will write
lighting, sound crew,
short essay explaining
costume and makeup crew
what they have learned.
Exploration Projects:
students will work together
in groups and begin to construct
a model of a stage.
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Pacing Guide: September (Week Four & First week
in October)
Objective: Communication B.A.E.1-2: The Students
will be introduced to performing.
Activity
Description
Literacy
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Focus and Review
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Teacher Input
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Guided Practice
Vocabulary Assessment,
Chapter test 1-3
Begin to talk about the
characterization process,
motivation, behavior, and
creating specific characters.
Students will begin to work Students will answer
on a Shakespeare play.
Questions pertaining to
the reading.
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Pacing Guide (October week two and three, more time if needed)
Objective: Communication B.A.E.1-2: The students will begin selecting a scene
group and research on a play. The students must research the author and read
the entire play as a group before rehearsal begins.
Activity
Description
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Focus and Review
Hand-out “Approaching the
Play”
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Teacher Input
Instructor will discuss the
importance of approaching
the play, character development.
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Independent Practice
Students will read about
Stanislavsky’s approach to
a play. They will learn that
Stanislavsky’s calls the main action
“the play’s spine”. They will also learn
Uta Hagen’s Analysis of the given
circumstances of a play.
Literacy
Students will
learn different theatre
terms about the play
Objective, Tactics,
given circumstances,
super objective
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Pacing Guide: November (Week one and two, more
time if needed)
Objective: Communication P.C.1.3: Students will
continue to work on scenes, monologues for their
informative and formative performances.
Activity
Description
Literacy
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Focus and Review
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Independent Practice
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“Approaching the Play”
Students will work in
scene groups and continue
the rehearsal process.
Students will
discuss their
Approach and motivation
in dealing with their character.
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Pacing Guide: December-January
Objective: Culture A.C.U.2.2: The students will
continue the rehearsal process and prepare for their
formal performance.
Activity
Description
Literacy
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Focus and Review
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Independent Practice
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Assessment on vocabulary
and review on theatre curriculum
for final written exam.
Students will prepare for
tech dress rehearsal for
their final performance
of the semester.
Student’s notebook
and portfolio will be due
the day of their performance.
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Theatre Art in Action Text book
Drama Projects Text book
Uta Hagen’s acting class DVD
Theatre arts I power point lessons
Theatre arts II power point lessons
Theatre arts III & IV power point lessons