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TEKS
for Theatre, Grade 8
§117.40. Theatre, Grade 8.
(a) General requirements.
Students may select the following
theatre course: Theatre 8.
(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) improvise, using emotional
and sensory recall;
(B) apply preparation and
warm-up techniques;
(C) create expressive movement
and pantomime to define space and characters;
(D) express thoughts and
feelings, using effective voice and diction;
(E) compare dramatic performances
to life; and
(F) create setting, character,
and plot in improvised and scripted scenes.
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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) analyze life interactions,
choices, and responses to describe character motivation;
(C) portray characters
through familiar movements and dialogue; and
(D) create, improvise,
and record individually and collaboratively characters,
setting, dialogue, and actions that have tension and
suspense and that reflect a beginning (exposition),
middle (climax), and ending (denouement, resolution).
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Creative expression/performance.
The student applies design,
directing, and theatre production concepts and skills.
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The student
is expected to:
(A) select specific technical
elements for improvised and scripted scenes to suggest
environment, to establish mood, and to support character
and actions;
(B) create elements of
scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costume, makeup,
and publicity, using visual elements (line, texture,
color, space), visual principles (repetition, balance,
emphasis, contrast, unity), and aural qualities (pitch,
rhythm, dynamics, tempo, expression);
(C) identify the director's
role as a unifying force, problem-solver, interpreter
of script, and collaborator; and
(D) direct brief dramatizations.
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Historical/cultural heritage.
The student relates theatre
to history, society, and culture.
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The student
is expected to:
(A) demonstrate knowledge
of theatre as a reflection of life in particular times,
places, and cultures; and
(B) define theatre heritage
as it is preserved in dramatic text, traditions, and
conventions and describe the roles of theatre, film,
television, and electronic media in American society.
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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) analyze and practice
appropriate audience behavior at various types of live
performances;
(B) define the terminology
and process of evaluation (intent, structure, effectiveness,
value) and apply this process to performances, using
appropriate theatre vocabulary;
(C) identify visual, aural,
oral, and kinetic components in art, dance, music, and
theatre; compare character, setting, and action in art,
musical theatre, dance, and theatre; and express emotions
and ideas in improvisations and scripted scenes that
integrate art, dance, and/or music; and
(D) compare career and
avocational opportunities in theatre.
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