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Goal

Students will read and analyze a variety of approved theatrical texts and will collaborate to create engaging scenes. Students will gain confidence in themselves and their oral communication skills by working together to create their own artistic productions. Students will collaborate to create dances, movement, makeup, and props and implement decision-making skills and critical thinking to problem solve in a variety of artistic circumstances.  

What will be done with my students

ELA.3.R.1 Reading Prose and Poetry
ELA.3.R.3 Reading Across Genres
ELA.3.C.2, ELA.4.C.2, ELA.5.C.2 Communicating Orally
ELA.3.C.5, ELA.4.C.4, ELA.5.C.5 Creating and Collaborating
MU.3.C.2 Assessing our own and others' artistic work, using critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills is central to artistic growth.
TH.3.S.2, TH.4.S.2, TH.5.S.2 Development of skills, technique, and processes in the arts strengthens our ability to remember, focus on, process, and sequence information.

In the Fall, students will collaborate in small groups to create and perform scenes from various plays and musicals (Frozen, Matilda, The Little Mermaid). This performance will be open to all students at the school, allowing nearly 800 students to experience live theatre. Students will work together to apply techniques in stage makeup, prop design, directing, and movement to create this performance. In the spring, the theatre club will perform The Lion King, Jr. All students at SCE will be able to attend the performance at no cost. While the music teacher will direct the production, students will be involved in every step of the process, including creative decisions, dancing, singing, designing production materials, creating props, making costumes, and applying stage makeup. Students will also work with aspects of technical theatre such as lighting and sound.
 

Benefits to my students

This grant will help to establish the first ever theatre club at Spruce Creek Elementary School. Going forward, this program will take place every year at SCE. Students will learn performance practices, dancing, singing, prop creation, stage makeup, and acting. They will read approved, creative theatrical texts and collaborate to analyze the stories. They will also build their confidence and oral communication skills through performing for one another and local audiences. This program will not only benefit students in the theatre club, but will give all students the opportunity to experience theatrical performances throughout the year and collaborate to conduct their own analysis of characters, artistic choices, and possible career opportunities in the arts.  

Budget Narrative

Stage makeup will be used to teach stage makeup techniques and teach students about career opportunities in artistic fields. ($115)
This fabric will enable students to create costumes for our productions. Students will design the costumes and measure the fabric. ($200)
Students will use fabric, sticks, and paint to create their own props for the productions. ($265)
Students will design and run their own lighting and special effects for the production ($350).
Costume pieces (wings, wigs, headpieces, etc.)

 

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