Theatre Arts 1 – 2015-2016
Dates
Topics
Approximate Dates &
Types of Summative Assessment
Feb. 8 - 12
Musical Theatre Power Point/Theatre History Timeline Chart
Read Othello Act 1 – Vocabulary Study
Musical Theatre History Power
Point Presentations
Read Othello Acts 2; Character Analysis; Plot;
Monologue memorization & rehearsal
Monologue Scanning Project
Feb. 16-19
1st Monologue Performance
Feb, 22-26
Read Othello Act 3; Paraphrase a Scene, Othello Design Project
Monologue memorization & rehearsal, adding props/costumes
2nd Monologue Performance
Feb. 29- Mar 4
Read Othello Act 4: Objective, Obstacle, Theme Study
Monologue memorization & rehearsal, Othello Design Project
Read Othello Act 5: Othello Design Project
Audition/Monologue Performances & Techniques
Evening with the Arts
Monologue Performance of Both
Self-Critiques
Peer Evaluations
March 14-18
Othello Group Design Project & Casting from stars/actors
project
Othello Design Project
Presentation
March 28 –April 1
Othello Visiting Guest & Shakesperience Field Trip – “Diary
Entries Project”
March 7 - 11
April 4 - 8
Diary project – 1st person,
“Regrets, Worries & Is It Worth
It?”
Children’s Theatre Intro – Children’s Stories, Moral of the Story, Read a Children’s Story
Lessons for Children
Write an adaptation
April 11-14
1st draft of Adaptation written
Project