Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 8

Other Minnesota Arts: Theater sets

Foundations

  • 1

    Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.4.A.1.1

Create

  • 2

    Generate and develop original artistic ideas.4.8.2.2

    1. 1

      Choose and justify multiple solutions to staging challenges for a work.4.8.2.2.1

    2. 2

      Identify design challenges of a specific performance space and create solutions to present a work. 4.8.2.2.2

    3. 3

      Develop a scripted or improvised character by articulating the character’s thoughts, objectives, and motivations in a work.4.8.2.2.3

  • 3

    Create original artistic work.4.8.2.3

    1. 1

      Apply critical analysis, background knowledge, research, and historical and cultural context to the development of an original work. 4.8.2.3.1

    2. 2

      Collaborate as a creative team to make interpretive choices for a work.  4.8.2.3.2

  • 4

    Revise and complete original artistic work.4.8.2.4

    1. 1

      Analyze and rehearse to revise a devised or scripted work.4.8.2.4.1

    2. 2

      Refine effective physical, vocal, and physiological traits of characters in an improvised or scripted work, based on self-reflection and feedback.4.8.2.4.2

    3. 3

      Implement and refine a planned technical design (using available technology) during the rehearsal process for devised or scripted work.**4.8.2.4.3

Perform

  • 5

    Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.4.8.3.5

    1. 1

      Demonstrate different pacing to generate clear character communication in a work.4.8.3.5.1

    2. 2

      Apply various character objectives and tactics to overcome an obstacle in a work.4.8.3.5.2

  • 6

    Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through performance.4.8.3.6

    1. 1

      Apply acting techniques to develop skills in a rehearsal or performance, including adjusting to audience response and unforeseen situations that arise.4.8.3.6.1

    2. 2

      Apply a variety of technical elements (using available technology) to create a design for a rehearsal or production.**4.8.3.6.2

Respond

  • 7

    Analyze and construct interpretations of artistic work.4.8.4.7

    1. 1

      Analyze how artistic choices and personal aesthetics and preferences impact meaning and the audience.4.8.4.7.1

  • 8

    Evaluate artistic work by applying criteria.4.8.4.8

    1. 1

      Respond to a work using supporting evidence, personal aesthetics, and artistic criteria.4.8.4.8.1

    2. 2

      Apply the production elements used in a work to assess aesthetic choices.4.8.4.8.2

Connect

  • 9

    Integrate knowledge and personal experiences while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.4.8.5.9

    1. 1

      Examine a community issue through multiple perspectives in a work.4.8.5.9.1

  • 10

    Demonstrate an understanding that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.4.8.5.10

    1. 1

      Research the context(s) of different theater works and connect them with personal, societal, cultural, historical or global issues, including contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities. 4.8.5.10.1

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 8

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