Drama Grade 8 - Drama Skills (Drama as Metaphor)

It is expected that students will develop the facility to move between the concrete and the abstract within a dramatic context.

It is expected that students will:

suspend disbelief to transform objects and create character
demonstrate an awareness that drama has symbolic meaning
organize abstract ideas into a concrete dramatic form
demonstrate an awareness of dramatic work as a metaphor
Develop skills in conceptualizing and portraying abstract concepts. Select a prop to represent the theme of a scene (e.g., glass fishing float for the emptiness of life) and present it to the class.
Create a living statue or tableau on abstract themes (e.g., war, hope, peace, flight, death, victory).
Develop expression and organization of both concrete and abstract concepts by playing whole-class games such as Accept-Change-Pass (see Appendix G).
Transform a common object (e.g., a pen into a baton, fork, or periscope).
Play Metaphor Bench (see Appendix G).

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Observe studentsš dramatic activities and note the extent to which they:
- use an object as if it were something other than what it is (e.g., a ruler as a microphone)
- identify an objectšs symbolic meaning

Observe students as they discuss their participation in a dramatic work. Record evidence that they:
- are able to identify the themes represented in the work
- recognize their role as actors in contributing to and sustaining the metaphor

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Province of British Columbia
Ministry of Education
Standards Department Š 1996 Copyright

Revised: March 13, 1996