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5 Evaluating and Reflecting on the Characteristics and Merits of Dramatic Content and Theatrical Forms in their Work and that of Others.
   5.1 untitled: The student uses aesthetic criteria to evaluate the artistic effectiveness of dramatic performances in theatre and electronic media.
      5.1.1 The student evaluates theatre’s effectiveness in communicating ideas, meaning, and emotions.
      5.1.2 The student reads and analyzes dramatic literature in terms of structure, theme, character, imagery, symbolism, language, and style.
      5.1.3 The student uses appropriate theatre vocabulary to evaluate the intentions, structures, effectiveness, and aesthetic values of performances.
      5.1.4 The student evaluates how well text/production meets its intended objectives.
   5.2 untitled: The student compares and contrasts social meanings and emotional responses to performances in theatre and electronic media.
      5.2.1 The student evaluates the artistic choices of self and the collaborative efforts of peers and suggests constructive alternatives.
      5.2.2 The student analyzes and evaluates critical comments about personal work and explains which points are most appropriate to realize further developments of work.
      5.2.3 The student understands performances from the perspective of current personal, national, and international issues, through the evaluation of artistic choices in all media.
      5.2.4 The student analyzes and critiques a dramatic performance comparing perceived artistic intentions with final production achievement.
      5.2.5 The student develops, articulates, justifies, and applies criteria for creating meaning in performances.
      5.2.6 The student constructs social meaning from dramatic texts and relates these to current personal, national, and international issues.
   5.3 untitled: The student analyzes dramatic texts and performances to understand history, culture, times, and places in their respective context.
      5.3.1 The student explains the message being conveyed through a performance regarding the historical event being represented and/or addressed through it.
      5.3.2 The student evaluates the cultural accuracy being revealed through performances.
      5.3.3 The student examines the ability of a performance to accurately and/or successfully represent a given time period.
      5.3.4 The student assesses the success of a performance’s ability to depict a place or environment.
      5.3.5 The student develops criteria to be used in evaluating the contextual accuracy of their work and that of others.
      5.3.6 The student evaluates their own performances and that of others to determine the contextual accuracy regarding historical events and defends their conclusions.
   5.4 untitled: The student analyzes how audience responses affect the criticism of performances.
      5.4.1 The student compares two reviews of the same performance held for two different groups or audiences.
      5.4.2 The student recognizes the distinctions in performances based on audience response.


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