Acting
Recommended Prerequisite: None
Grades Offered: 9 – 12
Credit: 1
SDE Course Code: 3522
MNPS Course Code: ENG1731
Course Description
A course that involves students in various aspects of acting, improvisation, pantomime, voice and diction, character development and opportunities to participate in scenes, plays and reader’s theatre.
Course of Study
o Warm-up activities
o Trust building
o Sensory awareness
o Relaxation
o Mime exercises
· Voice and Diction
o Proper Breathing
o Posture
o Relaxation
o Dialects & Accents
o Vocal variety & rate
o Projection
o Enunciation
· Movement
o Stage Areas
o Body Positions
o Gesturing
o Stage business
o Blocking basics
· Character Development
o Emotional memory/ recall
o Script analysis/ subtext
o Objectives, obstacles, goals
· Rehearsal Process
o Memorizing
o Rehearsing
· Audition Process
o Monologue selection
o Cold readings
o Head shots
o Resumes
· Performance
o Rehearsal
o Memorization
o Musical Theatre
o Careers
o Textbook
o Resources
Standards
Tennessee State Department of Education Standards for Theatre Arts
http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/standards
Textbook
No MNPS purchased textbook
Recommended or Required Resources
Live productions of plays
Videos of plays
Books on the theatre and acting
Professional actors and theatre technicians