Performing Scripts & Poetry
Improvise, rehearse, and perform play scripts and poetry — using role, intonation, tone, volume, mood, silence, stillness, and action to generate language, explore meaning, and add impact to performance
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Performance communicates meaning through pacing, phrasing, emphasis, volume, pauses, and movement while remaining grounded in the text.
Prepare and perform a 10–20 line script or poem twice, revising delivery after a self-review.
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- Perform a scene from a play using appropriate intonation, volume, and pauses to convey character and mood
- Use improvisation to explore how a character might respond in a new situation
- Rehearse and perform a poem aloud, using pace and emphasis to bring out the meaning
“When your child performs in a play or reads aloud from a script, do they use their voice — volume, pace, and expression — to bring the character or poem to life?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Speaking & Listening
- Age range
- Ages 11–14
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