Intro/PrimertoTechnicalTheatre

AlexSaint

Standard
3.13.43.5

Objective
Studentswillgetanoverviewtotechnicaltheatretostartofftheunit.LearningaboutScenery,
CostumesandProps.

PrerequisiteKnowledge
BasicTheatreTerminology
NewKnowledge/AcademicLanguage:An
introductiontoallmajorelementsoftechnical
theatre.

ClassTime

10minsWarmup/ClassFocus:TropicalFish

3050minutesGothroughthepowerpointtouchingoneachoftheelementsoftechnical
theatre,takingtimetopresentthevideosandhavestudentsanswerthepromptsandquestions.

10minutesHavethestudentsgetintosmallgroupsandpassouttheCIRCUSscriptbyRon
Dune.Explainthatasagroup,studentsaregoingtoreadthroughthescript,andthencomeup
withminidesignsandideasfortheScenery,Makeup,Lights,Props,andCostumes.Putasmall
checklistontheboardforwhatstudentsshouldkeepinmindduringthedesignprocess.

RemainingtimeAllowthestudentstoworkontheproject,checkinginwitheachgroupfor
comprehensionandideas.Ifallthegroupsfinish,allowstudentstopresenttheirconceptstothe
class.

Assesment
Checkstudentsunderstandbyhavingthemanswerthequestionsinthe
Presentation(informal)
Havestudentsworkonthedesignproject.(formal)

Materials:PreziwithVideoLinks.Scriptprintout.