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01 Mar 2021

The Elements of Storytelling

August-June

Let your imagination run wild in the storybook-like setting of the Greenacres Arts Center as we explore the building, gardens, and trails. Students will delve into characters, setting, POV, plot, and theme to create their very own three-dimensional tale. This program is easily customizable for  6th, 7th, or 8th grade arts and core standards.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • VA.6.1PE Describe how art and design elements and principles are used in artworks to produce certain visual effects and create meaning.
  • VA.8.4PR Present personal artworks that show competence in the use of art elements to create meanings and effects.

Ohio English Language Standards:

  • ELA.8.W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

Vocabulary:

imagine, observe, describe, verbalize

01 Mar 2021

Improv 101

August-June

We all have an inner critic in our minds that tries to bring us down. Through the art of improvisation, we strengthen our inner champion– empowering the ways we can encourage ourselves. Improvisation is rooted in open-mindedness, listening deeply to others, and trusting your own instincts–skills that serve us in every avenue of life. Test out your acting skills and see how easily you can come up with a joke, all while having fun and building confidence with classmates.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • TH.5.1PE Work cooperatively in different roles or jobs within a dramatic and theatrical experience.
  • TH.5.4RE Identify and critique the elements that impede a performer’s effectiveness.
  • TH.5.1CO Brainstorm the modes of presentation (film, television, live theatre, improv, vlog) that most effectively elicit thoughts and feelings from a contemporary audience.

Ohio English Language Arts Standards:

  • ELA.SL.5.4 Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

  • SEL.D1.1.b Apply active listening and effective communication skills to increase cooperation and relationships.

    Vocabulary:

    collaboration, listening, suggestion, character

    01 Mar 2021

    From Story to Stage

    August-June

    Storytelling is best known from the pages of a book. Visit the Arts Center to become a part of the transformation from words on a page into acting on the stage. Full of characters and creativity, test your imagination with performance, and bring new life to telling a story.

    Fine Arts Standards:

    • TH.2.1PE Create movements and voices of characters to communicate feelings and ideas in dramatic or theatrical contexts (e.g., skits, puppetry, pantomime, improvisation and storytelling).
    • TH.2.2PE Explore and demonstrate various design components of a scene (e.g., draw a picture from the stories, create live sound effects and identify clothing items appropriate to the character).

    Ohio English Language Arts Standards:

    • ELA.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

    Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

    • SEL.E4. 1.a Recognize that new opportunities may have positive outcomes
    • SEL.E4. 2.a Identify physical and emotional responses to unfamiliar situations

    Vocabulary:

    character, setting, conflict, script, blocking, backdrop, stage presence

    01 Mar 2021

    Collaborative Storytelling

    August-June

    We work together in many ways every day. Join us at the Arts Center to work as a group of artists to tell stories through team building and the visual and performing arts.

    Fine Arts Standards:

    • VA.1.2PE Engage with materials and tools to develop artmaking skills.
    • MUS.1.1CO Explore how music communicates feelings, moods, images, and meaning.
    • DN.1.2CR Explore structured improvisations and movement phrases within a central theme.

    English Language Arts Standards:

    • ELA.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
    • ELA.SL.1.1 Participate in collaborative conversations about grade 1 topics and texts with diverse partners in small and larger groups.

    Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

    • SEL.E1. 2.a Identify strategies to solve a problem

    Vocabulary:

    collaboration, teamwork, character, setting

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