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Drama and Visual Arts: Unit Review

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Learning goals
  • I can show what I learned in drama and visual arts this year.
  • I can use drama and art words to explain my choices and what I see.

Words to know

role
The part you play in a drama; you build belief with body, gesture and voice.
pivotal moment
The turning point of a story.
perspective
A point of view on a problem.
process drama
Drama explored in role by everyone, with no script and no audience.
emphasis
Making one part of an art work stand out; this year's principle of design.
focal point
The part of an art work your eye goes to first.
monochromatic
Using one hue with its tints and shades.
symbol
A picture or object that stands for an idea, group or feeling.

Let's look back!

In drama this year you built believable roles with gestures, voice and relationships, found pivotal moments with tableaux, built tension, solved problems in and out of role with many perspectives, used aids for a specific audience, and compared process drama with theatre from different times and places.

In visual arts you used lines with feeling, contour lines and visual rhythm, positive and negative space, radial symmetry and diminishing perspective, built sculptures in the round and in relief with lots of texture, painted in monochrome with intensity and value, made art with a strong focal point using emphasis, and read signs, symbols and styles from many traditions.

Try the questions below. For acting or drawing questions, check the "Look for" notes.

Drama toolboxRolewho am I?Time & placewhere, when?Relationshipwho am I with?Tensionwhat next?!Focuslook here!
Five drama elements from this unit, each with the question it helps answer. Use these words when you explain your drama choices.
Visual arts toolboxLinefeeling, rhythmShape & spacepositive, negativeFormround or reliefTexturematte, sheenColourvalue, intensityPrinciple: EMPHASISone focal point stands out
The elements of design you used in visual arts (top) all help create this year's principle: emphasis.

Drama: Building Belief in a Role

1

Change to the first person, in role: "My character is excited about the trip."

2

Show a gesture for a stubborn character.

3

What is projection?

4

In hot seating, what does the person in the hot seat do?

Drama: Key Moments, Tableau and Tension

1

What is a pivotal moment?

2

Name the three levels in a tableau.

3

Give one way to build tension.

Drama: Planning Together, In and Out of Role

1

What does the character in the middle of conscience alley do?

2

Write a "What if...?" question for a drama about a lost dog.

3

Finish with evidence: "I think the mayor was fair because..."

Drama: Sharing Our Drama with an Audience

1

Is the sound of crinkling paper an audio or a visual aid?

2

Why might you choose softer sounds when performing for young children?

3

Give one strength and one area for growth for a drama performer, with an example.

Drama: Process Drama and Theatre, Then and Now

1

Name one way process drama and a theatre production are different.

2

Name one purpose they share.

3

Why did ancient Greek actors wear masks?

Just for fun

Why did the painter join the drama club?

She wanted to learn how to draw a crowd!

Visual Arts: Lines with Feeling

1

Which lines feel calm?

2

What is a contour line?

3

How can lines create visual rhythm?

4

Why use a heavy line around the most important part of a drawing?

Visual Arts: Shapes and Space

1

What is negative space?

2

Name something with radial symmetry.

3

Name the three tricks of diminishing perspective.

Visual Arts: Forms, Sculpture and Texture

1

Is a statue you can walk around in the round or a relief?

2

Scratching lines into clay is called ___.

3

What is a collagraph?

4

Is a chalkboard matte or does it have a sheen?

Visual Arts: Monochrome, Colour Intensity and Value

1

What is a monochromatic painting?

2

Put in order from light to dark: dark green, pale green, pure green.

3

Which advances more: bright red or dull grey-blue? Why?

Visual Arts: Emphasis and the Focal Point

1

Name three ways to create emphasis.

2

In a drawing of a crowd, one person is bigger, in the centre, in bright colour. What is that person?

3

What is narrative art?

Visual Arts: Signs, Symbols and Art Traditions

1

Is a stop sign a sign or a symbol? Why?

2

What does the Haudenosaunee Hiawatha Belt show?

3

Name one feature of Métis floral beadwork.

4

Give one respectful way to learn about First Nations, Métis and Inuit art.

How to use this review

  • Do it in two short sittings if you like: drama one day, visual arts the next.
  • For acting and drawing questions, use the "Look for" notes; often there is more than one good answer.
  • Praise reasons that use the new words: "I used intense orange next to subdued greys so the fox is the focal point."
  • If a section feels shaky, go back to that lesson and redo its activity.
Check your understanding

Quiz

1.

Speaking as "I" while in role helps to ___.

2.

A frozen picture made with bodies is a ___.

3.

A grown-up joining the drama as a character is called ___.

4.

A flashlight shining on one actor creates ___.

5.

Which is true of process drama?

6.

Zigzag lines usually feel ___.

7.

The empty space around a shape is ___.

8.

Adding black to a colour makes a ___.

9.

This year's principle of design is ___.

10.

The maple leaf on Canada's flag is a ___.

For parents and teachers

Which lesson to revisit:

  • Gestures, voice, projection, speaking in role, hot seating → Drama: Building Belief in a Role.
  • Pivotal moments, tableau levels and focus, building tension → Drama: Key Moments, Tableau and Tension.
  • Asking questions, perspectives, conscience alley, responses with evidence → Drama: Planning Together, In and Out of Role.
  • Choosing aids for an audience, explaining effects, strengths and areas for growth → Drama: Sharing Our Drama with an Audience.
  • Process drama vs. theatre, theatre from different times and places → Drama: Process Drama and Theatre, Then and Now.
  • Lines and feelings, contour lines, line weight, visual rhythm → Visual Arts: Lines with Feeling.
  • Positive and negative space, radial symmetry, point of view, near and far → Visual Arts: Shapes and Space.
  • Sculpture in the round vs. relief, texture techniques, matte and sheen, collagraphs → Visual Arts: Forms, Sculpture and Texture.
  • Monochromatic colour, value scales, intensity, advancing colour → Visual Arts: Monochrome, Colour Intensity and Value.
  • Emphasis, focal point, narrative art, portfolio reflection → Visual Arts: Emphasis and the Focal Point.
  • Signs vs. symbols, style, art traditions and respectful learning about Indigenous art → Visual Arts: Signs, Symbols and Art Traditions.

In the arts there is rarely one right answer. Look for reasons and the use of the new vocabulary, and celebrate effort and creativity.