Grade 9 Overall Expectations:
Creating and Presenting
The Creative Process: use the creative process and a variety of sources and forms, both individually and collaboratively, to design and develop drama works
- Improve with Improv! (Book)
- One-act Plays for Acting Students (Book)
- Tell it Like it Is (Book)
- Teens Have Feelings Too (Book)
- Young Women’s Monologues (Book)
- The Singing and Acting Handbook (Book)
- The Creative Process (Youtube)
- How to Prepare your Mind (Youtube)
- Bean (Physical Theatre) (Youtube)
Elements and Conventions: use the elements and conventions of drama effectively in creating individual and ensemble drama works, including works based on a variety of sources
- Elements of Drama (Youtube)
- Elements of Narrative (Youtube)
- Process Drama: The Myth of Persephone (Youtube)
- Character Analysis Worksheet (Website)
- Song Analysis and Singing in Character (Website)
- Hot Seating (Website)
- Rewrite the Ending (Website)
Presentation Techniques and Technologies: use a variety of presentation techniques and technological tools to enhance the impact of drama works and communicate for specific audiences and purposes
- Break a Leg (Book)
- Fundamentals of Theater Design (Hoopla eBook)
- Masks and Myths (Youtube)
- Stagecraft (Youtube)
- Building the Set (Youtube)
- Every Object Tells a Story (Website)
Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing
The Critical Analysis Process: use the critical analysis process to reflect on and evaluate their own and others’ drama works and activities
- 25 Ten Minute Plays for Teens (Hoopla eBook)
- Play With a Tiger and Other Plays (Cloud Library eBook)
- Drama Analysis (Youtube)
- Theatre Composition (Youtube Playlist)
- Stratford Festival (Website)
- Writing in Role (Website)
Drama and Society: demonstrate an understanding of how societies present and past use or have used drama, and of how creating and viewing drama can benefit individuals, groups, and communities
- The Age of Shakespeare (Book)
- Windsor Theatre Companies (Website)
- Thespis, Athens, and the Origins of Greek Drama (Youtube)
- Indigenous Theatre (Website)
- 5 Reasons Why Theatre is Still Important (Website)
- Benefits of Theatre Education (Website)
Connections Beyond the Classroom: identify knowledge and skills they have acquired through drama activities and ways in which they can apply this learning in personal, social, and career contexts
- Screenwriting for Teens (Hoopla eBook)
- Making Real Life Videos (Hoopla eBook)
- Transferable Skills (Youtube)
- The Importance of Student Stage Managers (Website)
Foundations
Concepts and Terminology: demonstrate an understanding of the nature and function of drama forms, elements, conventions, and techniques, including the correct terminology for the various components
- Everything About Theatre (Book)
- The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (Book)
- 40 Questions of One Role (Hoopla eBook)
- Actor Training the Laban Way (Hoopla eBook)
- How to Improvise a Full Length Play (Hoopla eBook)
- Secondary Curriculum (PG 137)
- What is Theatre? (Youtube)
Contexts and Influences: demonstrate an understanding of the origins and development of drama and theatre arts and their influence on past and present societies
- A Primer in Theater History (Hoopla eBook)
- Romancing the Bard (Hoopla eBook)
- Toronto’s Local Movie Theaters of Yesteryear (Hoopla eBook)
- How it Feels to be a Woman in the Film Industry (Website)
- Classic movies with Old Fashioned Gender Roles (Website)
Responsible Practices: demonstrate an understanding of safe, ethical, and responsible personal and interpersonal practices in drama activities
- Safety First (Website)
- 7 Keys to Creative Collaboration (Youtube)
- Theatre Etiquette (Youtube)