ED 3604 Evaluation of Student

Learning
Unit Assessment Plan

Subject Area
Grade Level
Topic
Length of Unit
(days)

Improvisation/Acting
Drama 9
A/B scenes
4 days (full)

Stage 1 Desired Results

Established Goals:
Goal 1: To acquire knowledge of self and others through participation in and reflection
on dramatic experience.
Goal 2: To develop competency in communication skills through participation in and
exploration of various dramatic DISCIPLINES.
Goal 3: To develop an appreciation for drama and theatre as a process and an art
form.
Understandings:
Students will understand that
Everyone can perform with rehearsal
and effort.
That the words on a page of a script
can be played out on a stage area
through the combination of many
disciplines.
Students will know

Essential Questions:
How can movement and speech be combined
to create and express character?
To what extent can blocking help tell the
story.

Students will be able to do(Junior High

Outcomes Improvisation/Acting)
1. warm up techniques for the preparation of
the body, voice and mind
4. create experiences through imaging,
visualization, and fantasizing
6. understand and apply the essential
elements of a story: character, setting,
conflict, climax, and plot
7. use stage vocabulary: stage areas, body
positions, and crosses
8. demonstrate appropriate rehearsal
behaviors and routines
9. communicate a clear beginning, middle,
and end in spontaneous and planned scenes
10. use essential story elements in
spontaneous and planned scenes
12. make logical choices within the
boundaries of situation and character
14. use varied stimuli for character

EDUC 3604 Unit Assessment Plan Template

ED 3604 Evaluation of Student

Learning
Unit Assessment Plan

Subject Area
Grade Level
Topic
Length of Unit
(days)

Improvisation/Acting
Drama 9
A/B scenes
4 days (full)

development
15. use body and body language to enhance
characterization
18. use voice variety to enhance a character
19. discover how feelings affect a character
20. enter and exit in character
21. sustain a character throughout an
exercise or scene
22. create business appropriate to character
and situation
23. demonstrate understanding of character
motivation
25. demonstrate understanding of focus and
the process of sharing, giving and taking
26. pick up cues effectively
27. identify and create a believable emotional
build
30. analyze text for meaning and character
development
32. rehearse, polish, and present text
33. critique the work of self and others
through observation of specific details

EDUC 3604 Unit Assessment Plan Template

Subject Area
Grade Level
Topic
Length of Unit
(days)

ED 3604 Evaluation of Student

Learning
Unit Assessment Plan

Improvisation/Acting
Drama 9
A/B scenes
4 days (full)

Assessments
Learning
Outcomes

Title
Type
(Formative/Sum
mative)

Weighting

1. warm up techniques for

the preparation of the body,
voice and mind
4. create experiences
through imaging,
visualization, and fantasizing
6. understand and apply the
essential elements of a story:
character, setting, conflict,
climax, and plot
7. use stage vocabulary:
stage areas, body positions,
and crosses
8. demonstrate appropriate
rehearsal behaviors and
routines
9. communicate a clear
beginning, middle, and end
in spontaneous and planned
scenes
10. use essential story
elements in spontaneous and
planned scenes
12. make logical choices

Performance
Summative
70%

Scene
Paperwor
k
Summativ
e

Character
Workshee
t
Summativ
e

20%

10%

Observati
on
Formative

X
X

Subject Area
Grade Level
Topic
Length of Unit
(days)

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Unit Assessment Plan
within the boundaries of
situation and character
14. use varied stimuli for
character development
15. use body and body
language to enhance
characterization
18. use voice variety to
enhance a character
19. discover how feelings
affect a character
20. enter and exit in
character
21. sustain a character
throughout an exercise or
scene
22. create business
appropriate to character and
situation
23. demonstrate
understanding of character
motivation
25. demonstrate
understanding of focus and
the process of sharing, giving
and taking
26. pick up cues effectively
27. identify and create a
believable emotional build
30. analyze text for meaning

Improvisation/Acting
Drama 9
A/B scenes
4 days (full)

X
x

Subject Area
Grade Level
Topic
Length of Unit
(days)

ED 3604 Evaluation of Student

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and character development
32. rehearse, polish, and
present text
33. critique the work of self
and others through
observation of specific
details

Improvisation/Acting
Drama 9
A/B scenes
4 days (full)

ED 3604 Evaluation of Student

Learning
Unit Assessment Plan

Subject Area
Grade Level
Topic
Length of Unit
(days)

Improvisation/Acting
Drama 9
A/B scenes
4 days (full)

Assessment Tool Overview

Assessme
nt Tool
Title

Outcomes

Brief Description

Performanc
e

4,6,9,10,12,14,15,1
8-22,25,26,27,32,33

The students will perform a two

person scene in pairs. The do not
have to be off script, but the focus is
on staging and blocking.

Scene
Paperwork

6,7,10,12,30,32

A collection of paper work comprised

of blocking, notes, and story
elements.

4,6,12,14,19,23,30

A worksheet to help the student

create and understand their
character.

1,4-12,14,15,1813,25-27,30,32,33

The teacher will observe the students

work to assess their progress and
provide the opportunity to interject
when needed.

Character
Worksheet

Observatio
n

Fo
r

AS

OF