California State Content Standards

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ELA R.2.3: Generate relevant questions about readings on issues that can be researched.

ELA R.2.5: Extend ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis, evaluation, and elaboration.

ELA R.2.6: Demonstrate use of sophisticated learning tools by following technical directions (e.g., those found with graphic calculators and specialized software programs and in access guides to World Wide Web sites on the Internet).

ELA R.3.1: Articulate the relationship between the expressed purposes and the characteristics of different forms of dramatic literature (e.g., comedy, tragedy, drama, dramatic monologue).

ELA R.3.3: Analyze interactions between main and subordinate characters in a literary text (e.g., internal and external conflicts, motivations, relationships, influences) and explain the way those interactions affect the plot.

ELA R.3.4: Determine characters' traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.

ELA R.3.5: Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the ideas expressed in each work.

ELA R.3.6: Analyze and trace an author's development of time and sequence, including the use of complex literary devices (e.g., foreshadowing, flashbacks).

ELA R.3.7: Recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices, including figurative language, imagery, allegory, and symbolism, and explain their appeal.

ELA R.3.8: Interpret and evaluate the impact of ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, ironies, and incongruities in a text.

ELA R.3.9: Explain how voice, persona, and the choice of a narrator affect characterization and the tone, plot, and credibility of a text.

ELA R.3.10: Identify and describe the function of dialogue, scene designs, soliloquies, asides, and character foils in dramatic literature.

ELA R.3.12: Analyze the way in which a work of literature is related to the themes and issues of its historical period. (Historical approach)

ELA W.2.2.a: Demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of the significant ideas of literary works.

ELA W.2.2.c: Demonstrate awareness of the author's use of stylistic devices and an appreciation of the effects created.

ELA L.1.7: Use props, visual aids, graphs, and electronic media to enhance the appeal and accuracy of presentations.

ELA L.1.8: Produce concise notes for extemporaneous delivery.

ELA L.1.9: Analyze the occasion and the interests of the audience and choose effective verbal and nonverbal techniques (e.g., voice, gestures, eye contact) for presentations.

ELA L.2.4.a: Advance a judgment demonstrating a comprehensive grasp of the significant ideas of works or passages (i.e., make and support warranted assertions about the text).

ELA L.2.4.c: Demonstrate awareness of the author's use of stylistic devices and an appreciation of the effects created.

History/Social Science 1.2: Students analyze how change happens at different rates at different times; understand that some aspects can change while others remain the same; and understand that change is complicated and affects not only technology and politics but also values and beliefs.

History/Social Science 2.2: Students identify bias and prejudice in historical interpretations.

Theater 1.1: Use the vocabulary of theatre, such as acting values, style, genre, design, and theme, to describe theatrical experiences.

Theater 1.2: Document observations and perceptions of production elements, noting mood, pacing, and use of space through class discussion and reflective writing.

Theater 2.1: Make acting choices, using script analysis, character research, reflection, and revision through the rehearsal process.

Theater 2.2: Write dialogues and scenes, applying basic dramatic structure: exposition, complication, conflict, crises, climax, and resolution.

Theater 2.3: Design, produce, or perform scenes or plays from a variety of theatrical periods and styles, including Shakespearean and contemporary realism.

Theater 3.2: Describe the ways in which playwrights reflect and influence their culture in such works as Raisin in the Sun, Antigone, and the Mahabarata.

Theater 3.3: Identify key figures, works, and trends in world theatrical history from various cultures and time periods.

Theater 4.1: Compare a traditional interpretation of a play with a nontraditional interpretation and defend the merits of the different interpretations.

Theater 5.1: Describe how skills acquired in theatre may be applied to other content areas and careers.

Theater 5.2: Manage time, prioritize responsibilities, and meet completion deadlines for a production as specified by group leaders, team members, or directors.

Theater 3.3: Perform, design, or direct theatre pieces in specific theatrical styles, including classics by such playwrights as Sophocles, Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, Aphra Behn, Moliere, and Chekhov.

Theater 4.2: Draw conclusions about the effectiveness of informal and formal productions, films/videos, or electronic media on the basis of intent, structure, and quality of the work.

Theater 5.1: Create projects in other school courses or places of employment, using tools, techniques, and processes from the study and practice of theatre, film/ video, and electronic media.

Theater 5.2: Demonstrate the ability to create rehearsal schedules, set deadlines, organize priorities, and identify needs and resources when participating in the production of a play or scene.

Theater 5.3: Communicate creative, design, and directorial choices to ensemble members, using leadership skills, aesthetic judgment, or problem-solving skills.

Visual Arts 1.3: Analyze their works of art as to personal direction and style.

Visual Arts 1.6: Describe the use of the elements of art to express mood in one or more of their works of art.

Visual Arts 2.3: Assemble and display objects or works of art as part of a public exhibition.

Visual Arts 2.4: Demonstrate in their own works of art a personal style and an advanced proficiency in communicating an idea, theme, or emotion.

Visual Arts 2.5: Use innovative visual metaphors in creating works of art.

Visual Arts 2.6: Present a universal concept in a multimedia work of art that demonstrates knowledge of technology skills.

Visual Arts 4.1: Describe the relationship involving the art maker (artist), the making (process), the artwork (product), and the viewer.

Visual Arts 4.3: Analyze and articulate how society influences the interpretation and message of a work of art.