8-Drama

8th Grade — Drama

Students learn to use their artistic vision, voices, and bodies with honest expression to tell stories and to 
convey emotions and ideas. Weekly visits to specialists’ classrooms encourage creative problem-solving and reinforce the importance of community.

• Ritual:
• Nonverbal communication
• Ensemble technique
• Efficiency and transitions
• Degrees of risk

• Structure:
• Collaboration, storytelling, and rehearsal
• Group decision making
• Developing vocal texture and physical variety
• Giving and taking focus