Submitted by Elizabeth Chaigne

Language: French Unit Cultural Theme or Academic Content Area: Theater Arts Performance Target Audience: Immersion Middle School Grade: 7 Proficiency Level: Intermediate Mid

Standards: Communication:    1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Cultures:    2.1, 2.2 Connections:    3.1, 3.2 Comparisons:    4.1, 4.2 Communities:    5.1

Unit Timeframe:

5 one-hour lessons (a couple lessons will require two 50 minute to one hour sessions)

Unit Overview:

Students will use the creative elements of character analysis and improvisation to develop a character for performance.

Context:

While this unit's theme is the development of characters for perfomance, its overarching goal is to provide French immersion students with the opportunity to extend their discourse and further develop their speaking skills.  This unit does not cover articulation or pronunciation exercises. For this reason these elements of performance are not being evalutated in the unit assessment.

General Unit References and Resources:

Unit Outline with Explanations

Book:  Le Loup est Revenu from the publishing house Ecole des Loisirs.

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Links or files for unit content:     A new window will open for each lesson.

01:Introduction to Fairytale Characters 
02:Exploring Characters
03: Developing Characters
04: Preparing for improvisation through character autobiographies
05: Character improvised interviews 
Unit Assessment