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TEKS
for Theatre, Grade 7
§117.37. Theatre, Grade 7.
(a) General requirements.
Students may select the following
theatre course: Theatre 7.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Four basic strands--perception,
creative expression/performance, historical and cultural heritage,
and critical evaluation--provide broad, unifying structures
for organizing knowledge and skills students are expected
to acquire. Through perceptual studies, students increase
their understanding of self and others and develop clear ideas
about the world. Through a variety of theatrical experiences,
students communicate in a dramatic form, make artistic choices,
solve problems, build positive self-concepts, and relate interpersonally.
(2) Students increase their understanding
of heritage and traditions through historical and cultural
studies in theatre. Student response and evaluation promote
thinking and further discriminating judgment, developing students
who are appreciative and evaluative consumers of live theatre,
film, television, and other technologies.
(c) Knowledge and skills.
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Perception.
The student develops concepts
about self, human relationships, and the environment,
using elements of drama and conventions of theatre.
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The
student is expected to:
(A) develop characterization,
using sensory and emotional recall;
(B) develop and apply theatre
preparation and warm-up techniques;
(C) create expressive and
rhythmic movements;
(D) express thoughts and
feelings, using effective voice and diction;
(E) compare and contrast
dramatic performances to life; and
(F) include setting, character,
and plot in improvised scenes.
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| (7.2) Creative
expression/performance.
The student interprets
characters, using the voice and body expressively, and
creates dramatizations.
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The student
is expected to:
(A) demonstrate safe use
of the voice and body;
(B) define characters by
what they do, what they say, and what others say about
them;
(C) select movements and
dialogue to portray a character appropriately; and
(D) create and improvise
collaboratively and individually stories that have a
beginning (exposition), middle (climax), and ending
(denouement, resolution).
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| (7.3) Creative
expression/performance.
The student applies design,
directing, and theatre production concepts and skills.
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The student
is expected to:
(A) determine specific
technical elements to safely provide setting and to
support character and action in improvised and scripted
scenes;
(B) create elements of
scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costume, makeup,
and publicity appropriate to specific performances;
(C) define the role of
the director; and
(D) direct brief dramatizations.
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| (7.4) Historical/cultural
heritage.
The student relates theatre
to history, society, and culture
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The student
is expected to:
(A) demonstrate in performances
that theatre is a reflection of life in particular times,
places, and cultures; and
(B) identify how specific
dramatic texts, theatre traditions, and conventions
reflect theatre heritage and explains the influences
of theatre, film, and television in daily American life.
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Response/evaluation.
The student responds to
and evaluates theatre and theatrical performances.
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The student
is expected to:
(A) identify and demonstrate
appropriate audience behavior at various types of performances;
(B) evaluate the effectiveness
of selected film and television performances;
(C) identify visual, aural,
oral, and kinetic components in art, dance, music, and
theatre; compare and contrast the presentation of the
same subject in art, dance, music, and theatre; and
create improvisations, integrating art, dance, and/or
music to express ideas and emotions; and
(D) compare career and
avocational opportunities in theatre.
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