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Straightforward attitudes and universal themes draw students in to the joys and challenges of daily life in a small town. The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Thornton Wilder follows the Webb and Gibbs families of Grover’s Corners as George and Emily grow up. Written at a time of international tensions, on the cusp of World War II, Our Town remains relevant, capturing the experience of being human in any era. Intelligent and humorous, the American masterpiece suggests that life is simultaneously ordinary and precious. In the tradition of American Shakespeare Center and the play itself, Our Town is performed with minimal props on a bare stage, only actors, audience, and imagination required. Photo by Michael Bailey ArtSmart Study Unit Calendar Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Monday-Tuesday, September 5-6, 2016 Wed.-Fri., Sept. 7 - 9; Mon.-Tue. Sept. 12-13 Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Mon. Sept. 19-Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 Monday-Monday, October 3-10, 2016 Tuesday- Friday, October 11-28, 2016 Monday, October 31 - Wednesday, November 2 Thursday-Friday, November 3-11, 2016 Friday, November 18, 2016 TA Line of Inquiry Session, 9:15-12:15 Labor Day & MNPS Teacher In-Service Day 3 Schedule School Collaborative Planning Session TA Refresher, 9:15-12:15 Schedule 1 date for TA classroom visits MNPS Fall Break & Teacher Planning Day Schedule 2 dates for TA classroom visits Our Town - James K. Polk Theatre, 10:00 Study Unit / Arts Integration Project surveys due TA Post Unit Meeting, 12:30-2:30 Recommended for Grades 10-12 English Language Arts RL.10.2 – Determine a theme or central idea of a text (drama) and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. RL.11-12.2 – Determine two of more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide and objective summary of the text. RL.10.3 – Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. RL.11-12.3 – Analyze the impact of the author’s choice regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (setting, how the action is ordered, how characters are introduced and developed. RL.10-12.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone), including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging or beautiful (Shakespeare and other authors). RL.10-12.5 – Craft and Structure. Analyze how an author’s choice concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. Also how the choice of where to begin or end a story/ to provide a comedic or tragic resolution contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. W.10-12.3 Theatre Standard 3 – Scene Design Standard 5 – Research Standard 6 – Theatrical Presentation Standard 7 – Scene Comprehension Standard 8 – Context Social Studies World History and Geography - W.40 / W.46 Contemporary Issues - CI.12 Psychology – P.34 / P.37 Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Connections – Social Awareness, Relationship Skills