Gr 8mac Drama

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Gr 8mac Drama

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What your teen is learning

Your teen will play a variety of dramatic roles to develop skills in acting, improvisation, movement and speaking. They will study the elements of drama and theatre, including the many aspects that go into staging a successful production, such as stage construction, sound, lighting, makeup, costumes, sets and props. For more about Drama, refer to the program of studies.

How your teen is assessed

Your teen’s learning is assessed using a variety of tools and strategies within the classroom. Ask your teen’s teacher what methods they are using. The different assessment methods tell you and your teen’s teacher about your teen’s strengths, the areas in which they might grow and how well your teen is doing throughout the course. The teacher can then change or refine their teaching plans to ensure that learning activities better meet the needs of your teen. At the end of the course, your teen is assessed and their achievement is reported so that you know if they have achieved the expected learning outcomes for their grade.

Resources to help your teen

A variety of digital and print resources, developed by publishers, Alberta Education or Alberta teachers, are available to help students learn. Teachers may select, and bring into the classroom, numerous innovative and creative resources to create rich learning experiences for your teen. Visit new LearnAlberta.ca to learn more about the resources your teen may encounter.

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8th Grade Drama

This is going to be a fun year of developing new friendships, taking risks, challenging our creativity and working hard as a group to create dramatic works of art. I am looking forward to our time together as a theater class.

We will begin this course with various theater improvisation games. These games are designed to prepare you for working together as a strong ensemble and are a fun way of developing solid acting techniques. This will be followed by a unit on vocal projection and articulation. A mime unit will help you to develop an articulate and expressive body and will enable you to make physical character choices when performing spoken theater.

The year will conclude with an ensemble-based production that we will perform for a peer and public audience

Our first performance project will be to write and perform personal speeches based on what you believe in. We will follow the curriculum created by National Public Radio's program 'This I Believe'. To find out more about this program follow this link:

I look forward to a great year in 8th grade drama. Please feel free to come to me with any questions or suggestions you may have about this class.

Click on 'Middle School Productions' to see photos of past 8th grade performances.




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Legacy Resources. McGraw Hill Education wants to ensure that our customers have easy access to resources associated with our legacy programs. Here at the Legacy Resources repository you can browse for many ancillary materials you have grown accustomed to utilizing in your classroom. 8th Grade Drama Working with Puppets: This is going to be a fun year of developing new friendships, taking risks, challenging our creativity and working hard as a group to create dramatic works of art.