Maine K–6 theatre standards

Recall the ideas and details used in the development of a story, including the development of its characters and/or environment.

Recall the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story.

Recall the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story.

Recall the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story.

Recall ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story.

Recall the ways that stories may be changed or revised.

Describe elements in a storytelling experience.

Use tools and techniques to communicate meaning in a storytelling experience.

Identify tools artists use to tell stories.

Use tools to express various elements of storytelling.

Collaborate in storytelling experiences.

Identify artistic choices that impact storytelling and theatrical work.

Compare personal reactions to artistic choices made in a theatrical work with the personal reactions of peers.

Apply criteria to the evaluation of artistic choices in theatrical work. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Accomplished Grades 9-Diploma Advanced

Identify preferences in storytelling.

Identify and describe settings in storytelling.

Build on others’ ideas in a storytelling experience.

Identify elements in a storytelling experience.

Compare and contrast characters’ experiences in a storytelling experience.

Identify stories that are different from one another in dramatic play or a guided drama experience.

Tell a short story in dramatic play or a guided drama experience.

Identify areas and elements of storytelling and theatre.

Illustrate and interact with dramatic elements.

List the ideas and details used in the development of a story, including the development of its characters and/or environment.

List the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story.

Identify the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story.

Identify the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story.

Identify ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story.

Identify the ways that stories may be changed or revised.

Interpret elements in a storytelling experience.

Use tools and techniques to communicate meaning in a storytelling experience.

Identify tools and techniques artists use to tell stories.

Use tools and techniques that enhance the storytelling experience.

Collaborate in guided storytelling experiences.

Explain how artistic choices impact storytelling and theatrical work.

Explain preferences and emotions in storytelling.

Identify causes of character actions in storytelling.

Describe how personal emotions and choices compare to the emotions of characters in storytelling.

Collaborate with peers in storytelling.

Identify and use technical elements in storytelling.

Describe how characters respond to challenges in storytelling.

Identify similarities and differences in stories from one’s own community in a guided drama experience.

Dramatize a short scene based on a fictional literary source in a guided drama experience.

Recognize a variety of dramatic devices used to create an existing story or piece of theatrical work.

Use dramatic devices to Imagine a new story or piece of theatrical work.

Define the ideas and details used in the development of a story, including the development of its characters and/or environment.

Define the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story.

Define the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story.

Define the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story.

Define ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story.

Define the ways that stories may be changed or revised.

Share or present an artistic work to an audience.

Explain how the creator’s choices impact the artistic work.

Explain how personal preferences and emotions affect an observer’s response in storytelling.

Identify causes and consequences of character actions in storytelling.

Describe how other’s emotions and choices may compare to the emotions of characters in storytelling.

Identify similarities and differences in stories from multiple cultures in a guided drama experience.

Dramatize a short scene based on a non-fiction literary source in a guided drama experience.

Summarize a story piece of theatrical work.

Relate, compare, and contrast a summarized piece to another existing piece of theatrical work.

Describe the ideas and details used in the development of a story or theatrical work, including the development of its characters and/or environment.

Describe the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story or theatrical work.

Describe the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story or theatrical work.

Describe the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story or theatrical work.

Describe ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story or theatrical work.

Describe the ways that choices may be revised during the course of writing, designing, or rehearsing to support a story or theatrical work.

Identify elements of a story.

Use tools and techniques to create a storytelling or theatrical work.

Identify tools, techniques and processes artists use to tell stories.

Use tools, techniques and processes that enhance the storytelling experience

Describe multiple personal experiences when participating in or observing storytelling or theatrical work.

Describe multiple ways to develop a character using physical characteristics and design choices that reflect cultural perspectives in storytelling/theatrical work.

Examine how connections are made between oneself and a character’s emotions in storytelling or theatrical work.

Recognize how and why groups evaluate storytelling or theatrical work.

Describe theatrical elements from multiple storytelling or theatrical works.

Identify problems and situations in a storytelling or theatrical work from an audience’s perspective.

Explore how stories are adapted from literature to theatrical work.

Examine how artists have historically presented the same stories using a variety of art forms, genres, tools, and techniques.

Discover individual, societal, and/or cultural aspects that influence a story or piece of theatrical work.

Choose an individual, societal, or cultural aspect to Use as an inspiration for a new story or piece of theatrical work.

Explain the ideas and details used in the development of a story or theatrical work, including the development of its characters and/or environment.

Explain the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story or theatrical work.

Explain the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story or theatrical work.

Explain the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story or theatrical work.

Explain ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story or theatrical work.

Explain the ways that choices may be revised during the course of writing, designing, or rehearsing to support a story or theatrical work.

Interpret dialogue in a storytelling or theatrical work.

Develop a character in a storytelling or theatrical work.

Apply appropriate tools and techniques to a theatrical work to communicate ideas, feelings and meaning.

Explain how an artist’s choices to communicate ideas, feelings and meaning.

Compare and contrast multiple personal experiences when participating in or observing storytelling or theatrical work.

Compare and contrast the qualities of characters that reflect cultural perspectives in storytelling/theatrical work.

Identify and discuss physiological changes connected to emotions in storytelling or theatrical work.

Develop a plan to evaluate a storytelling or theatrical work.

Investigate how technical elements may support a theme or idea in storytelling or theatrical work.

Explain how a character’s choices may impact an audience’s perspective.

Identify cross-cultural approaches used in storytelling.

Compare theatre tools and techniques of two different time periods.

Extract essential components of dramatic elements and appraise a piece of theatrical work.

Invent a modification to an existing piece of theatrical work.

Compare the ideas and details used in the development of a story or theatrical work, including the development of its characters and/or environment.

Compare the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story or theatrical work.

Compare the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story or theatrical work.

Compare the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story or theatrical work.

Compare ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story or theatrical work.

Compare the ways that choices may be revised during the course of writing, designing, or rehearsing to support a story or theatrical work.

Describe the subtext in dialogue and action in a storytelling or theatrical work.

Use tools and techniques to create meaning in a storytelling or theatrical work.

Apply appropriate tools and techniques to a theatrical work.

Analyze tools, techniques, and processes in a theatrical piece of work.

Justify responses to storytelling/theatrical work based on personal experiences.

Explain responses to storytelling or theatrical elements based on cultural perspectives.

Investigate the effects of emotions on physical responses in storytelling/theatrical work.

Select criteria with which to evaluate a storytelling or theatrical work.

Assess and explain how technical elements represent the theme of a story or theatrical work.

Recognize and describe how a character’s circumstances impact an audience’s perspective.

Identify similarities and differences between stories set in different cultures.

Identify sources of theatre terminology, tools, and techniques.

examine a piece of theatrical work and distinguish ways in which dramatic elements correlate to create a unified production.

Collaborate and integrate a variety of dramatic elements to create a piece of unified, theatrical work.

Examine and experiment with the ideas and details used in the development of a theatrical work, including the development of its characters and/or environment.

Examine and experiment with the tools and techniques that may be used to create or retell a theatrical work.

Examine and experiment with the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a theatrical work.

Examine and experiment with the original ideas used in the creation and development of a theatrical work.

Examine and experiment with ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas and choices in a devised or scripted theatrical work.

Examine and experiment with the ways that character, design, and/or technical choices may be revised during the course of a rehearsal process to enhance the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted theatrical work.

Identify elements of theatrical storytelling.

Create, adapt, or interpret a piece of theatrical work. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Accomplished Grades 9-Diploma Advanced

Identify appropriate elements that impact a theatrical work.

Apply tools, techniques, and processes to communicate meaning in a theatrical work.

Justify choices that impact the theatrical work. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Accomplished Grades 9-Diploma Advanced

Share or present an artistic work to an audience.

Evaluate how choices impact the artistic work. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Accomplished Grades 9-Diploma Advanced

Identify, explain, and share how artists make choices based on personal experience.

Identify, analyze, and describe how cultural perspectives can influence the evaluation of a theatrical work.

Identify and apply personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs to evaluate a theatrical work. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Accomplished Grades 9-Diploma Advanced

Evaluate and respond to a theatre work using supporting evidence, personal aesthetics, and artistic criteria.

Describe the aesthetics of production elements used in a theatrical work.

Identify the audience and purpose of a theatrical work.

Research and analyze ways similar theatrical works have been produced.

Research a theatre work to better understand how design choices affect a production.

Explain, analyze, and interpret various pieces of theatrical work.

Devise original pieces of theatrical work using improvisation, experimentation, and research.