Directing

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Essential Questions: 

•What are the relationships between play writing, directing and a particular communicative whole?
•How can I bring together analytic and intuitive abilities in a creative project?
•What strategies allow me to use knowledge and principles in one discipline to solve problems in another?

Content: 

*Develop understanding of Dramatic structure
*The body of work of a major playwright
*Build a vocabulary of the stage director

Skills and Processes: 

*Assess and discuss own work and that of others objectively and coherently
*Make judgments appropriate to the beginning, the middle and the end of creative enterprise
*Accept and apply high standards of craftsmanship and performance
*Ask questions
*Challenge assumptions
*Seek clarifications

Assessment: 

*Self assessment
*Peer evaluation
*Play writing and directing portfolio

Resources: 

Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays
by David Ball
Creative Play Direction (2nd Edition)
by Robert Cohen, John Harrop

Multicultural Dimension: 

*Analysis of impact of text and performance on diverse audience and community