List of Benchmarks for Theatre |
| Standard 2. | Uses acting skills |
| | Level Pre-K (Grade Pre-K) |
| | 1. | Creates and acts out the roles of characters from familiar stories
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| | 2. | Engages in both fantasy dramatic play and dramatic play that is based on real experiences
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| | Level II (Grade K-4) |
| | 1. | Knows characters in dramatizations, their relationships, and their environments |
| | 2. | Uses variations of locomotor and non locomotor movement and vocal pitch, tempo, and tone for different characters |
| | 3. | Assumes roles that exhibit concentration and contribute to the action of dramatizations based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history |
| | 4. | Knows how to interact in improvisations |
| | Level III (Grade 5-8) |
| | 1. | Understands how descriptions, dialogue, and actions are used to discover, articulate, and justify character motivation |
| | 2. | Uses basic acting skills (e.g., sensory recall, concentration, breath control, diction, body alignment, control of isolated body parts) to develop characterizations that suggest artistic choices |
| | 3. | Invents character behaviors based on the observation of interactions, ethical choices, and emotional responses of people |
| | 4. | Interacts as an invented character in improvised and scripted scenes |
| | Level IV (Grade 9-12) |
| | 1. | Understands the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of characters found in dramatic texts from various genres and media |
| | 2. | Knows various classical and contemporary acting techniques and methods |
| | 3. | Develops, communicates, and sustains characters that communicate with audiences in improvisations and informal or formal productions |
