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Drama: Improvisation Unit

This rubric is for grading students while they perform their pantomime.

Essential Standard: Use movement, voice, and writing to communicate ideas and feelings. BC1.1 Use non-verbal expression to illustration how human emotion affects the body and is conveyed through the body. Essential Standard: Use performance to communicate ideas and feelings. BC2.1 Use improvisation and acting skills, such as observation, concentration, and characterization in a variety of theatre exercises.

Create a 2-5 minute choral scene from the provided text, demonstrating the conventions of Ancient Greek Theatre. These include speaking and moving in unison and using gesture to help communicate a story in the style of the traditional Greek Chorus.

Students perform a short ritual as a prehistoric group of humans.