Special Events:

Performing Arts Festivals

  1. Ross - Monday, June 4, 7pm @FAC
  2. Mamie D. Lee
  3. Hearst - Thursday, May 31st, 6pm, @FAC
  4. Hyde - May 25th, 9:15 am, St. John's
  5. Key - Thursday, June 7th, 7pm, @FAC
  6. Stoddert - Friday, June 8th, 7pm, @FAC
  7. African Dancers + Jazz Band, Tuesday, May 29, at Scottish Rites Temple, 16th St. NW

(Pre-K-K, 1 & 2 Grades)
 Overview

IMPROVISATION & THEATER GAMES WORKING IN ENSEMBLE: Take Me to the Theater!

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian,

Welcome to the Fillmore Experience, my name is Fredric Lee, and I am extremely excited about again bringing my ideas and experience to one of the best learning centers in D.C.  Theater presents the young person with a chance to not only discover their individual gifts, but also to work in ensemble, explore literature & history, and to discover each other.  Working together with a common goal the student will be introduced to the basic fundamentals of drama; to be focused, to listen, to explore.

Theater is a collaborative art. Many students start with the premise that it is going to be easy, game oriented, and requires little participation or homework.  After a few weeks of learning terminology, presentation, and preparation, they find that it is not as easy as they imagined.  My goal is not to make it easy, but give each individual the chance to work as an artist working in concert, but having individual talent that complements the ensemble.

I encourage you ask you child about drama class and what they are experiencing.  Freedom within the guidelines process will help your young person to develop an understanding of collaboration, work ethic, and final presentation.  Reading skills, body development, and critical thinking are all a part of the Theater experience, please come and join us at any time.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at Fillmore, or come by and join the class.

Sincerely,

Fredric Lee

Theater Specialist

Email; leedirector@aol.com
Description + Overview — IMPROVISATION & THEATER GAMES
Class Description:

LET’S BEGIN/LET’S PRETEND

In this beginners unit PRE-K-K first and second grade students will learn many literary terms that are related to drama. They will become familiar to acting and the different types of characters that actors/actresses play such as villains or heroes/heroines. They will learn that scenery, props, and costumes all help create the setting of a play. Through participating in different forms of theater, the students will experience being on stage, understanding the part of a stage crew, and also being a part of the audience in a theater. For the culminating activity the students will take a unit assessment and then present their own plays for their classmates.

OVERVIEW:Concept Objectives

  1. Students recognize literature as an expression of human experience. 
  1. Students understand how to speak and listen for effective communication in a variety of contexts;
    • Characters, heroes, and heroines
    • Drama, Actors and actresses
    • Costumes, scenery and props.
    • Theater, stage, audience 
Skill Objectives
  1. Students will learn the meaning of the word “drama.”
  1. Students will recognize various forms of drama.
  1. Students will begin to organize and keep track of papers through the use of a rubric.
  1. Students will maintain a journal to keep notes and write about their favorite form of playacting.
  1. Students will become familiar with the words and definitions of Script, Characters, Actor/Actress, Hero/Heroine, Villains, and Director.
  1. Students will identify different characters in a play as either hero/heroines or villains.
  1. Students will act out different hero/heroines or villains for their peers.
  1. Students will be introduced to characters from the familiar to them from Grimm fairy tales and begin to differentiate between hero/heroines and villains.
  1. Students will be assessed on their understanding of the words hero/heroine or villain.
  1. The students will define and write the words Theater, Stage, Audience, and Setting.
  1. The students will read and take part in a readers theater of the “Story Theater,” and “Into the Woods, Jr.”
  1. The students will be assessed on their understanding of setting, characters, and theater.
  1. The students will define and write the definitions to the words props, costumes, and scenery.
  1. The students will work together in small groups.
  1. The students will act and use various props in short skits.
  1. The students will listen to a play and be able to pick out the characters and setting.
  1. The students will listen to a play and decide what kind of props and costumes could be used in that play.
  1. The students will review all of the vocabulary words that they learned in this unit. 
  1. The students will work in groups to perform a play for their classmates.

CLASS TEXT:

  • Session ONE
  • INTO THE WOODS, JR. - Stephen Sondhem/James Lapine musical play
  • Session TWO - Play (To Be Announced)
  • GRIM FOLK TALES - The brother’s Grim
  • IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER GAMES - Viola Spolin

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