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Seventh Grade Essential Theatre Arts Benchmarks
C – Communication, A – Analysis, AE – Aesthetics, CU – Culture
Communication
Knowledge
Skills
Define and identify
-Conflict
-Plot
-Characterization
-Observation
-Concentration
-Blocking
-Objective
-Monologue/soliloquy
-Demonstrate how to give and respond positively to
constructive criticism/feedback.
-Apply peer and self critique to rehearsals and
performances.
-Craft (Design) original scenes/monologues, using
problem solving and critical thinking, demonstrating
conflict, plot, and character.
-Implement acting fundamentals (observation,
concentration, characterization) based on initiative and
self direction, in scenes/monologues.
-Create and communicate a character using movement,
voice, and acting fundamentals.
Analysis
Knowledge
Skills
-Recognize musical, melodrama, comedy, tragedy,
traditional plays
-Analyze theme, characters, conflict, and dialogue, using
critical thinking skills, of a selection from a play/musical.
-Compare/contrast comedy versus tragedy, musical
versus straight theatre, communicating similarities and
differences.
Aesthetics
Knowledge
Skills
-Identify the Parts of the theatre (stage, back stage,
house, wings, apron, box office)
-Classify careers in theatre (lighting designer, set
designer, costume designer, director, stage manager)
-Explain technical elements (lighting, sound, set,
costumes)
-Analyze careers in theatre and differentiate how each
role contributes to a production, adapting to various roles
and responsibilities in a globally competitive age.
-Apply simple technical elements, including multimedia,
to the performance of scenes/monologues.
Culture
Knowledge
-Describe Elizabethan theatre and the major
contributions of William Shakespeare.
-Identify characteristics of Kabuki/Noh Theatre
(style, time period, stage, costumes).
-Describe positive audience etiquette (movies versus
play, etc.)
-Define the role of the playwright.
Skills
-Perform short literary works of Shakespeare,
demonstrating an understanding of the language and style
of the era.
-Demonstrate positive audience etiquette during informal
and formal performances.