Arts

Theatre 8 students learn to demonstrate the ability to prepare and execute a role, and to gain the necessary vocabulary to clearly and artfully express their beliefs to an audience. By the end of the course students will demonstrate their understanding of theatre by working collaboratively to create original work, and to present a scene for performance; developing an approach for creating theatre; constructing scripts and collaborating with actors so that story and meaning are conveyed to an audience; analyzing the physical, emotional and social dimensions of characters; interpreting theatre; researching, evaluating and applying cultural and historical information to make artistic choices; constructing social meanings from informal and formal productions and from a variety of cultures and historical periods, and relating them to current personal, national and international issues; collaborating and interacting with members of an ensemble.

Eighth grade students who choose to take this semester course will work in two main creative processes: photography and architecture. In the first quarter, students will learn to use a digital camera and editing software to create expressive photographic images, resulting in a photographic portfolio. In the second quarter, technical drawing skills, architectural aesthetics, and analytical thought will be developed through a series of architectural design assignments. To culminate the semester, each student will design and build a scale model of a residence.