Subject Area Musical Theatre

Grade Level 10/11/12

ED 3604 – Evaluation of Student Learning
Topic Blocking
Unit Assessment Plan Length of Unit 10
(days)

Stage 1: Desired Results

Established Goals – GLO(s):
Preparation/Rehearsal
 Make effective use of rehearsal time
 Develop self-discipline to use undirected time to advantage
Performance
 Use and respond to stage directions
 Pick up cues effectively
 Distinguish between oneself as a performer and character
 Memorize required text, music, and choreography
Reflection/Evaluation
 Critique performance of self and others
 Identify dominant mood of a scene/score
 Examine the historical context of Musical Theatre selections

Understandings: Essential Questions:

Students will understand that…
How is character created?

How do characters change?

Character development not only involves text,
but physical gesture and body language How do you make choices about traits of character?

Contextual understanding of a scene leads to What other aspects of theatre are required for a
more effective character/acting choices musical production?

Character is Dynamic, and changes

throughout the progression of a musical Students will be able to…
Drama
Production of a musical involves many tasks
aside from rehearsal Technique
1. Use the voice to communicate character,
situation, and style
2. Create effective entrances and exits, consistent
with character, situation, and style
3. Create and maintain “illusion of first time” in
rehearsal and performance

EDUC 3604 – Unit Assessment Plan Template

Adapted from Understanding by Design (2005) by Wiggins and McTighe

ED 3604 – Evaluation of Student Learning
Unit Assessment Plan
Where does this lead?
Understanding of the stages of character
development
Proficiency in creating a scene’s mood
Keep consistency of character throughout
scenes
Understanding of other jobs within the bigger
picture of musical production
EDUC 3604 – Unit Assessment Plan Template
Adapted from Understanding by Design (2005) by Wiggins and McTighe
Subject Area Musical Theatre
Grade Level 10/11/12
Topic Blocking
Length of Unit 10
(days)
4. Play character’s transitions
5. Show consistency of character while acting,
singing, and dancing
6. Sustain character through a scene or musical
number
7. Display appropriate character relationships with
all characters in scene and musical number
8. Create action consistent with character’s
motivation
9. Communicate meaning and character through
voice, movement, gesture, and facial expression
10. Demonstrate the ability to focus on, and achieve
the objective of a scene or musical number
11. Recognize, create, select and sustain physical
details of the character from scripted material
and/or vocal score
12. Perform a scene or monologue from a musical
Interpretation
1. Demonstrate the ability to focus on, and achieve
the character’s immediate moment-to-moment
objectives within the scene or musical number
2. Demonstrate the ability to focus on, and achieve
the character’s main objective for a scene or
musical number
3. Demonstrate the ability to focus on and achieve
the character’s overall objective throughout the
entire musical.
4. Make logical acting choices consistent with the
character, situation and style of the selected
material
5. Analyze script/score for character’s transitions
6. Analyze script to create antecedent action for
character
7. Analyze script/score for explicit clues to
character
8. Analyze text to determine a character’s
motivation
Elective
1. Enhance performance through technical
theatre/design components (lighting, sound,
costume, set, properties, make-up, management.
 Subject Area Musical Theatre
Grade Level 10/11/12
ED 3604 – Evaluation of Student Learning
Topic Blocking
Unit Assessment Plan Length of Unit 10
(days)

Stage 2: Assessments
Google Form Character
Title Observation Questioning Task Development
Learning Outcomes Summary Reflection
Type Formative Formative Formative Summative
(Formative/Summative)

Weighting 0 0 0 10%

Technique 1. Use the voice to

communicate character, situation, and X X
style

Technique 2. Create effective entrances

and exits, consistent with character, X
situation, and style
Technique 3. Create and maintain
“illusion of first time” in rehearsal and
X
performance

Technique 4. Play character’s transitions

X X

Technique 5. Show consistency of

character while acting, singing, and
X
dancing

Technique 6. Sustain character through

X
a scene or musical number

Technique 7. Display appropriate

character relationships with all X X X
characters in scene and musical number
 Subject Area Musical Theatre
Grade Level 10/11/12
ED 3604 – Evaluation of Student Learning
Topic Blocking
Unit Assessment Plan Length of Unit 10
(days)

Technique 8. Create action consistent

with character’s motivation X X X

Technique 9. Communicate meaning

and character through voice, movement, X X X
gesture, and facial expression

Technique 10. Demonstrate the ability

to focus on, and achieve the objective of a X
scene or musical number
Technique 11. Recognize, create, select
and sustain physical details of the
X X X
character from scripted material and/or
vocal score
Technique 12. Perform a scene or
monologue from a musical X

Elective 1. Enhance performance through

technical theatre/design components
(lighting, sound, costume, set, properties, X
make-up, management.
 Subject Area Musical Theatre
Grade Level 10/11/12
ED 3604 – Evaluation of Student Learning
Topic Blocking
Unit Assessment Plan Length of Unit 10
(days)

Assessment Tool Overview

Assessment
Assessment Assessment
Assessment Tool Brief Description FOR
AS Learning OF Learning
Learning
Notes will be made throughout the
progression of blocking. Students will be
Observation observed for all SLE’s on character X
development, mannerisms, and
understanding of scenes.
Students will be continuously questioned
about decisions made on character and mood
Questioning X X
of character for better understanding of
scene objectives.
Students will give feedback on daily activities,
so progression of tasks can be monitored, and
Google Forms X
makes students responsible for making use of
work time.
Following the completion of blocking,
students will be required to submit a short
Personal Reflection X X
summary of their character and development
throughout the show.