ED 3604 Evaluation of Subject Area Drama

Grade Level 8
Student Learning Topic Improvisation
Unit Assessment Plan Length of Unit (days) 13

Stage 1 Desired Results

Established Goals:

GLO II: To develop competency in communication skills through participation in and

exploration of various dramatic disciplines.

Understandings: Essential Questions:

Students will understand that
What are Theatresports?
Improvisation is an important
communication skill that will help one Why might learning improvisation be an
think on their feet, communicate important skill for life outside the classroom?
confidently and work well in small or
large groups. These characteristics
are key to a person wanting to
succeed in our society.

Students will know Students will be able to do

Various conventions and traditions of
theatre.
The students will learn the fundamentals of
improvisation and apply these techniques by
performing in a Theatresports Challenge. (SLOs from
Improvisation/Acting)
1. Use warm-up techniques for preparation of body,
voice and mind
3. Demonstrate the ability to be still
5. Create and tell a story spontaneously
9. Communicate a clear beginning, middle and end in
spontaneous and planned scenes.
10. Use essential story elements in spontaneous and
planned scenes.
13. Recognize the techniques of offering, accepting,
advancing and blocking.
14. Use varied stimuli for character.
15. Use the body and body language to enhance
characterization.
17. Select and use language appropriate to a given
character and situation.
20. Enter and exit in character
21. Sustain a character throughout an exercise or
scene.
22. Create business appropriate to character and
situation.
24.Recognize that relationships exist between
characters in given situations.
25. Demonstrate understanding of focus and the

EDUC 3604 Unit Assessment Plan Template

ED 3604 Evaluation of Subject Area Drama
Grade Level 8
Student Learning Topic Improvisation
Unit Assessment Plan Length of Unit (days) 13

processes of sharing, giving, and taking.

33. Critique the work of self and others through
observation of specific details

EDUC 3604 Unit Assessment Plan Template

ED 3604 Evaluation of Subject Area Drama
Grade Level 8
Student Learning Topic Improvisation
Unit Assessment Plan Length of Unit (days) 13

Assessments
Watch
Theatresport Journal Teach A
Learning Improv Progress
Title s Challenge Quizzes Reflection Warm-up
Outcomes Performance s
Show & Checklist
Technique
(Improvisation/A Critique
Type Summativ Summativ Summativ
cting) (Formative/Summ Summative Formative Formative
ative) e e e
Weighting 50% 20% None 20% None 10%
SLO 1. Use warm-up
techniques for preparation of X X
body, voice and mind.

SLO 3. Demonstrate the ability

X X
to be still.

SLO 5. Create and tell a story

X X X
spontaneously.
SLO 9. Communicate a clear
beginning, middle and end in
X X X
spontaneous and planned
scenes.
SLO 10. Use essential story
elements in spontaneous and X X
planned scenes.
SLO 11. Create a dramatic
situation in response to varied
X X
stimuli: objects, pictures and
music.
SLO 13. Recognize the
techniques of offering,
X X X
accepting, advancing and
blocking.
ED 3604 Evaluation of Subject Area Drama
Grade Level 8
Student Learning Topic Improvisation
Unit Assessment Plan Length of Unit (days) 13

SLO 14. Use varied stimuli for

X X
character development.

SLO 15. Use the body and

body language to enhance X X X
characterization.
SLO 17 Select and use
language appropriate to a X X
given character and situation.

SLO 19. Discover how feelings

X X X
affect a character.

SLO 20. Enter and exit in

X X
character.
SLO 21. Sustain a character
throughout an exercise or X X
scene.
SLO 22. Create business
appropriate to character and X X
situation.
SLO 24. Recognize that
relationships exist between X X X
characters in given situations.
SLO 25. Demonstrate
understanding of focus and
X X X
the processes of sharing,
giving and taking.
ED 3604 Evaluation of Subject Area Drama
Grade Level 8
Student Learning Topic Improvisation
Unit Assessment Plan Length of Unit (days) 13

SLO 33. Critique the work of

self and others through X X X
observation of specific details.
ED 3604 Evaluation of Subject Area Drama
Grade Level 8
Student Learning Topic Improvisation
Unit Assessment Plan Length of Unit (days) 13

Assessment Tool Overview

Assessme
Fo
nt Tool Outcomes Brief Description r
AS OF
Title
The students will create and perform
Perform & Theatresports correctly. This item is
Create an example of learning because it
3,5,9,10,13,14,15,1
Theatrespor will inform the teacher whether or X
7,20,21,22,24,25
ts not the students have reached the
Challenge learning outcomes and students will
be given a score/grade.
The students will complete two
quizzes, one about improvisation
fundamentals and the other about
Theatresports rules and regulations.
This item is an example of learning
because it will inform the teacher
Quizzes 13 X
whether or not the students have
reached specific learning outcomes
they wish to test the students on.
Knowing the content from these
quizzes will help them to complete
the final performance task.
The students will record their
thoughts, observations and goals
throughout the unit. These journals
will only be shared with the teacher.
May be guided by prompts. This item
Journal
is an example for learning and will
Reflections
be use for pre-assessment to provide
(Pre- 5,9,15,19,24,33 X X
the teacher with a snap shot of what
assessment
the students already know about the
)
content. It is also an example of as
learning because it will allow the
students to thinking about his/her
own learning and reflect on their
thoughts, observations and goals.
Watch 33 The students will complete a X
Improv worksheet to critique a groups
Show & improvisation scene by watching an
Critique improvisation video to analyze what
they think are examples of good
improvisation and bad
ED 3604 Evaluation of Subject Area Drama
Grade Level 8
Student Learning Topic Improvisation
Unit Assessment Plan Length of Unit (days) 13

improvisation. This item is an

example of learning because it will
provide a snap shot of whether or not
the students can apply learning
outcomes to other examples of work.
The checklist will be used by the
teacher to make sure students are
meeting daily objectives. This item is
Progress 3,5,9,10,13,14,15,1
an example for learning because it X
Checklist 7,20,21,22,24,25
is designed to assist the teacher and
students in improving learning as an
ongoing process.
The students will create and perform
a warm-up technique for the
preparation of body, voice and mind.
Teach A This item is an example of learning
Warm-up 1, 25 because it will inform the teacher of X
Technique whether or not the student is
proficient in learning outcomes that
should be used throughout all drama
units.
For two days, the students will have
the opportunity to review
improvisation fundamentals,
Theatresports rules and
improvisation game. This item is an
Review Day
1,3,5,9,10,13,14,15, example for learning because it
(Pre-
17, makes students skills and X X
assessment
20,21,22,24,25 understanding visible. This will help
)
create an example as learning
because students will be able to
reflect on whether or not they are
prepared to take part in the final
performance.