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Musical Theater Performance Unit PlanMusical Theater Performance Unit Plan
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7th - 12th
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Musical Theater Performance

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Musical theater is a trifecta, requiring cast members to be actors, singers, and dancers. Help theater arts students develop these skills with a unit designed to prepare them for a staging of a musical.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

musical theater, acting, singing, dancing, creative movement

Additional Tags

visual and performing arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask class members to select a scene from a musical, views as many versions of the scene as possible, and write a reflection about what they observe about the different interpretations and stagings

Classroom Considerations

  • The resource, an overview of a complete unit of instruction, describes the learning outcomes, outlines the learning plan, and identifies assessment and grading criteria of the entire unit; however, no lessons are attached

Pros

  • The 13-packet includes a rubric to assess performance skills

Cons

  • No link is provided to the lessons in the unit

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a

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