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"Classroom Rules" DRAMA
* Overview The Drama program at Saint Ann’s is currently in its beginning stages. Below you will find a general overview of the program. Please visit this page again for additional information as the year progresses. We will be using a Drama Curriculum inspired by the Evergreen Drama Curriculum (http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/). The approach taken in this curriculum is known as “drama in context”. Drama in context means that dramas are structured to provide a context, a situation, or a metaphoric framework in which students and teacher work together. This can also be referred to as drama for understanding, role drama, group drama, or process drama. Within the dramas, students and teachers assume roles and, taking with them their own unique set of experiences and perceptions, enter into a fictional world prepared to accept and “live through” an imagined situation. A variety of drama strategies are used to challenge students to: * Explore themes, social situations, and issues * Stretch their thinking * Solve problems * Extend their use of language * Deepen their understanding of human behavior * Develop abilities to express ideas and feelings through dramatic art form Most elementary students possess the natural capacity for acting “as if”. From an early age, much of their naturally occurring play involves the development of their imagination and of imaginative roles, or “play”. Dramatic situations invite students to act “as if” they are someone else; that is, to experiment with what it feels like to stand in someone else’s shoes. 1) Learning to Create 2) Ideas and Inspirations 3) Making Sense of Things 4) The World of Drama * Areas of Dramatic Expression *Imaginative play * Role-playing * Puppets * Emotions/expressions * Monologue * Short story * Improvisation Students in the upper grades will continue to develop their dramatic skills through both acting and writing. Students will learn about the various aspects of theatrical production. Dramatic expression will focus on individual and class improvisations and monologue performance and writing. We are beginning a new schedule this year, which involves three 6-week rotating cycles. Each class will have two drama cycles, within the school year, which will meet for the following:
K - 4 students meet for drama for 4o minutes, three times per week. Grades 5 - 8 students meet for two 50-minute drama classes, twice a week.
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