Drama I – TABLE OF CONTENTS
Quarter 1
1. Classroom Procedure
a. Surveys/Questionnaires
b. Scavenger Hunt
2. Stage Movement
a. Proscenium Stage Acting Areas
b. Stage Area Practice Wksht
c. Stage Movement Quiz
d. Movement & Reading a Play Wksht
e. Exercise in Basic Stage Movement
f. Five Stages
g. Cut-out Section of a Theater
h. What Stage Would You Want? Questions
i. Do it Again Scene Script
j. Do it Again Scene Rewrite
k. Do it Again Scene Evaluation Form
3. Pantomime
a. Pantomime Suggestion List
b. Step by Step Pantomime Example: Businessman at bus stop
c. Solo Pantomime Assignment
d. Solo Pantomime Evaluation
4. Voice & Diction
a. Voice Notes – 4 Processes of Speech/4 Properties of Tone (2 pages)
b. Vocal Anatomy Diagrams
c. Vocal Exercises #1-5
d. Tongue Twister Letter
e. Dialect/Orotund Speaking Assignment
f. Oral Voice Test
g. Voice Unit Review (3 pages)
h. Bingo Card
i. Voice Test Answer Sheet
5. Improvisation
a. Stock Characters
b. Improvisation Wksht
c. Improvisation Rubric
d. Improvisation Terms
e. Improv Action Pages (3 pages)
f. Beastie Rap Improv
Quarter 2
1. Producing a Play
a. Attack of the Pom-Pom Zombies
i. Script
ii. Grading Criteria
iii. Costume Plot
iv. Prop List
b. Proper Prop Etiquette
c. Being a Critic
i. Play Profile Assignment
d. Alternate Assignment: Broadway Musical Research Project
Quarter 3
1. Careers in Film: Actor Research Project
a. Film Evaluation Form
b. Movie Star Research Project
c. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
d. What a Day on a Movie Set is Like - Article
e. What a Day on a Movie Set is Like - Questions
f. List of Online Project Examples
g. Poster Example Image
h. Project Rubric
2. Actor Training
a. Actor Training Notes
b. Actor Training Powerpoint
c. My Childhood Memory
d. Create an Acting Game
e. Actor Training Review
f. Actor Training Test Answer Sheet
3. Developing a Character
a. Character Connections
b. Character T-Shirt (2 pages)
c. Character Analysis Wksht
d. Character Web
e. Character Grid
f. Character Collage
g. Character Wksht
h. Character Development Wksht
i. Looks/Talk/Behavior Questions
j. What’s On Your Mind? Wksht
4. Monologue
a. Monologue Performance #1 (6 pages)
b. Role Scoring Questions
c. What Do We Write on Our Script?
d. Monologue Analysis Wksht
e. Ways to Memorize
f. Julius Caesar – Scored
g. The Can Man – Scored
h. Peer Performance Critique
5. Play Structure
a. Live Theater vs. TV and Film
b. Film Production Process Exercise
c. Plot Wksht
d. Play Structure Wksht
e. Plot Packet (6 pages)
6. Ensemble Scenes
a. Ensemble Acting Performance Evaluation
Quarter 4
1. Technical Theatre - Stagecraft
a. Designing a Set Notes
b. Label the Flat
c. Set Design Wksht
d. Model Flat – Ruler Page
e. Basic Stagecraft Wksht
f. Stage Anatomy & Tool – Matching (2 pages)
g. Tech Theatre Construction Review (4 pages)
h. Tech Theatre Construction Test
2. Technical Theatre - Costuming
a. Fashion for the Theatre Notes (2 pages)
b. Body Templates
c. How to Make Paper Pants
d. Costume Plot
3. Technical Theatre - Makeup
a. Makeup Morgue Book Assignment
b. Makeup Morgue Book Grading Criteria
c. HEARTH Character
d. My HEARTH Elements
e. Old Age Hand/Face
f. Group Makeup Application: Old Age
g. Makeup Unit Review
h. Stage Makeup Video Evaluation
b. Tech Theatre Word Search
4. Theatre History
a. Theatre History Notes (2 pages)
b. Theatre History Powerpoint (5 pages)
c. Theatre History Questions
d. Theatre History Timeline
e. Theatre History Test Answer Sheet
f. Theatre History Puppet Play Assignment (2 pages)
g. Theatre History Period - Reading (6 pages)
h. While writing the script for your Theatre History Play
i. Puppet Play Grading Rubric