Download Project One 7th Grade Drama Name 1. Act out a primitive

Project One 7th Grade Drama
Name _____________________________________________________
1. Act out a primitive-style performance with pantomime, movement and drums to portray a battle, a heroic
feat, or a hunt. Two or more people should work together. There should be definite characters and setting,
and your scene should have a beginning, a middle and an end.
35 points possible self expressive, interpersonal,
auditory/musical, kinesthetic, social
Primitive style, pantomime, no talking
Movement/dancing that relates to the action
Drums to emphasize the action
Definite characters
Beginning
Middle
End
Original/Entertaining
Complete
-0
Incomplete Missing
-2
-4
2. Create a dictionary of the following 11 terms. Define and illustrate the terms as they relate to drama. It
can be a booklet or a poster. Use pages 400-408 in your textbook and your class notes to define the terms.
1. hieroglyphics
2. Pharaohs 3. Book of Job 4. Old Testament
5. Dithyrambs
6. Mantle
7. Periaktois 8. Choregus
9. rhetorical
10. Skene
11. Thespian
38 points possible mastery, verbal, visual, social or solitary Complete Incomplete Missing
-0
-4
-6
All eleven terms
Correct definitions
Definitions relate to drama
Illustrations
Illustration quality
3. Illustrate the story of Job or the Abydos Passion (death and resurrection of Osiris). This can be a graphic
story, a Powerpoint or a poster.
40 points possible self-expressive, visual, verbal, social or
Complete Incomplete Missing
solitary
-0
-2
-4
Beginning of story shown
Middle of story shown
End of story shown
Characters indicated
Illustration quality
4. Research and report on any of the following topics. It should be three pages minimum and include a visual
aid and your source(s). Your thesis for the report should be: ______________ was important to the
development of theatre because__________________________ (three points with support and elaboration)
40 points
Aristotle’s Poetics
Aristophanes
Aeschylus
Menander
Sophocles
Euripides
Antigone
Medea
The Curmudgeon
Agamemnon
Oedipus Rex
40 points possible Understanding, visual,
Complete -0 Incomplete -2 Missing -4
verbal, social or solitary
Appropriate topic chosen
Topic information correct
Expository writing style
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Visual aid included
Visual aid adds meaning
Mechanics (spelling, punctuation…)
Source listed
5. Create an original script telling the story of a major event or tradition in a family. It should be at least five
pages and have a minimum of 3 characters. 41 points
41 points possible self-expressive, verbal,
social or solitary
Written in correct script style
At least 5 pages
At least 3 characters
Beginning
Middle
End
Original/Entertaining
Complete -0
Incomplete -2
Missing -4
6. Write a poem, rap, or song of a myth from Greek or Egyptian mythology, or demonstrating knowledge
about anything from this unit. Be prepared to perform it for the class. 41 points
41 points possible self-expressive, verbal,
social or solitary
Beginning
Middle
End
Includes accurate learned information
Original/Entertaining
Complete -0
Incomplete -2
Missing -4
Project 1 Questions –
Project one covers pages 400 – 408 in the textbook.
Name ________________________________ mastery, solitary
This is the only
person who gets
credit for this!
Answer the following questions to add points to your project score. 1 point per question. This is an
individual benefit. EACH person in the group should turn in his/her own questions and answers
for credit. This is an individual benefit. EACH person in the group should
turn in his/her own questions and answers for credit
1. What does the word drama literally mean? ____________________
2. Where did primitive tribes perform?___________________________
3. Where was the earliest known play written found?________________
4. Which culture contributed the dramatic literature of the Book of Job and the Song of
Solomon?____________________
5. What is the ruler of Ancient Egypt called? _________________________
6. What is the term for the person who funded a Greek playwright’s work?
____________________________
7. What does the term theatron literally mean? ___________________
8. What English word do we get from the Greek word theatron?____________
9. Who was considered to be the first actor?________________________
10. What is a playwright?_____________________
11. Which culture is credited with the true birth of theatre? ______________
12. What big thing in theatre did the Ancient Greeks invent? _____________
Grade earned 45 or more
41-44
36-40
32-35
31
30 or less
A+
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