W1-2 Learning Area Theater Arts Grade Level 7

Quarter First Date

I. LESSON TITLE THEATER ARTS AND ITS TYPE

II. MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES (MELCs) Translates his personal experiences to creative expression (SPA_TA-
AE7-Ia-b-1)
III. CONTENT/CORE CONTENT Demonstrates understanding of the language of artistic expression in all
the art forms and principles of artistic organization common in the arts.
Suggested
IV. Learning Activities
Timeframe
LEARNING
PHASES
A. Introduction 60 minutes LEARNING TASK NO. 1 – LIFE ACTS!
Directions: Consider your most memorable life experience that had a significant impact on your life
as a student. Create a masterpiece in any form of art of your choice (for example, song, dance, or
drawing) based on your most memorable life experience. Students will be selected to present and
perform their masterpiece in front of the class.

Processing Questions:

1. What factors did you consider on choosing your most memorable life experience?
2. How do you feel after executing your masterpiece?
3. Do you think personal experiences can affect someone’s expression? Why or why not?

LET’S PRACTICE!
Directions: Each student will be asked to act out the events outlined below and will choose a number
that corresponds to the emotions to use. This activity will serve as a warm-up for student-actors prior
30 minutes to the class.

Note: Students script should be done on-the-spot

1. An old man walking in the street.

 2. A bird singing over the tree.
3. A policeman reading a newspaper.
4. A flower base under the table.
5. A chair on the wall.
6. A cat sat on the mat.
7. The dog barks out loud.
8. A boy with a bright idea.
9. A woman with a lonely heart.
10.A monkey in the dark.

LEARNING TASK NO. 2 – WHAT I KNOW?

Directions: Complete the concept map below by writing word/s or phrase/s associated with
THEATER.

30 minutes

Processing Question:

1. Are you familiar with theater? Using the associated words given on the concept map, compose a
sentence to define theater.

B. 60 minutes LESSON 1
Development Theater Arts

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or
actresses, to present the experience of reality or imagined before a live audience in a specific place, often
a stage.

Different Types of Theater Arts

There are many different types of theater arts, including drama, musical performance, and dance. Some
types, such as musical theater, use a combination of several elements to create a dynamic performance.
The creation and performance of these arts often relies not only on the performance of the principal
actors, singers, or dancers, but also on the work of many professionals rarely seen on stage.
 Drama is one of the best-known types of theater arts, and includes the performance of plays or
material improvised by actors. A staple of many cultures, drama evolved from religious or ceremonial
activities to become a fundamental means of entertainment, storytelling, and education. Modern
dramatic performance can include the revival of plays written thousands of years ago, as well as works
created by modern playwrights. Improvisational theater differs from classical drama in that the
performers make up the story, characters, and lines as they perform, often for humorous effect.

The live performance of music, such as singing

or playing instruments for an audience, is another
important genre in theater arts. Vocal
performance often includes aspects of acting as
well as technical performance, since the singer
often tries to engage the audience in the story or
meaning of the song. Bands, choirs, orchestras,
and solo musicians engage in theatrical arts when
they perform their work for the appreciation of an
audience.
Improvisational performance can also be found in this
realm of theater arts, especially in music styles such as
jazz, where improvised variations on a stated musical theme are a common staple of performance.

Dance
is another
major genre
of theater
arts,

allowing the performers to use their bodies as the medium to express their art. Dance performance comes
in many different forms, from the re-enactment of famous choreographed ballets to highly competitive
ballroom dance tournaments. Dance performance may include individual routines by solo dancers, or
collaborative dances that require several or even dozens of dancers sharing the stage at once.

Many forms of theatrical performance borrow from these three major traditions to create multi-
dimensional performances. Modern musical theater, for instance, usually incorporates an acted story as
well as songs and dances. Opera typically combines acting and song; in some operas all of the action
may be sung and acted out simultaneously, while others have separate periods of song and spoken
dialogue.

A great deal of the creation of theatrical performance involves artists and craftsman who do not actually
take a visible part in the live presentation. Set designers, for instance, create the backgrounds and
locations for a performance in a theater, but the finished set, rather than the designer, is what is seen on
stage. Similarly, lighting and sound professionals make theater arts performances both visible and
audible, but tend to conduct their work in hidden locations offstage. While designers, technicians, and
stage workers may not get the visible recognition of onstage performers, their collaborative efforts are no
less critical to nearly every type of theatrical performance.

LEARNING TASK NO. 3 – TYPE KITA!

Directions: There will be theater plays excerpt to be played by the teacher. The students will identify the
type of theater (drama, musical, dance or combinations of the types of theater) and will justify their
answer.

1.

Jose Rizal’s Death Scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb5rR237mRc

60 minutes 2. Batang Rizal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv7qx4mEZuw

3. El Gamma's Touching Tribute To Mother Nature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ReuOnKSi0s
 4. Rak of Aegis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMqgXM3M8ew

5. School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe6-yIY0iVc

Guide Questions:

1. What is theater?
2. What are the different types of Theater?
3. How do they differ? Explain.

C. Engagement 60 minutes LEARNING TASK NO. 4 – TRY TO RELATE!

Directions: The students will be given 10 minutes to read and analyze the story written below and
answer the guide questions that follow.

A GROUP OF FROGS

A colony of frogs is traveling across a forest in search of a pond. While hopping around, two frogs fall
into a deep pit. The other frogs gather around the pit and express their concern over the situation. As the
two frogs try to jump out of the deep pit, the other frogs discourage them by saying how impossible it is
to jump out.
The two frogs choose to ignore the demotivating words of others and decide to jump out of the pit. They
try very hard and put in all their efforts to come out of the pit while the frogs watching from the top tell
them to give up.
Eventually, one among them is influenced by the other frogs and dies as it gives up on the struggle to
come out of the pit. The other frog continues to jump as hard as it can.
After an immense struggle, it finally comes out of the pit alive. Other frogs are surprised and ask how it
managed to come up in spite of them telling it to give up. The frog explains that it is deaf and assumed
that everyone was cheering for it.
https://www.momjunction.com/articles/best-online-inspirational-stories-for-your-child_0093785/
Guide Questions:
1. What is the story all about?
2. How did the frog survive?
3. What is the moral of the lesson? Explain your thoughts.
LEARNING TASK NO. 5 – STORY OF MY LIFE
Directions: Based on the story A Group of Frogs, think of your life experience that is similar to the
moral of the story. Write a 5 stanza-poem about it and perform it in front of the class
120 minutes through Spoken Poetry.
RUBRIC

Note: If the allotted time is not enough, the teacher may continue the performance and evaluation of task
the next day.
C. Assimilation 240 minutes LEARNING TASK NO. 6 – MONOLOGUE
Directions: Read and memorize the monologue script “Hinagpis ng Isang Anak.” Students will perform
the monologue and will be evaluated based on the rubric below.

Hinagpis ng isang Anak

(Monologo)
ni MabelRae

Note; Time allotted may be changed depending on the number of performers.

V. Assessment Learning Task 7: TRUE OR FALSE

Directions: Analyze each statement carefully. Write TRUE if the statement is correct, otherwise write
FALSE. Write your answer on the space provided.
1. Theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers to present the
experience of reality live on stage.
2. Dance is another major genre of theater art, allowing the performers to use their bodies
as the medium to express their art
3. Space is essential to have a stage or some equivalent area, where actors and actress can
perform.
4. Director oversees all things.
5. An element essential to theater is the Text that is performed, and it must be present for theater
to occur another name for the text is score.
 Directions: identify the type of theater play are the following:

_______________6. Jose Rizal’s Death Scene

_______________7. Batang Rizal
_______________8. Ang Huling El Bimbo
_______________9. El Gamma Penumbra
______________10. Rak of Aegis

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GEMINO JIM B.
MONTERONA Content Editor, SDO RIZAL
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Language Editor, SDO RIZAL