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Why ICHTHYS Theatre?

• Surround theatre format.
• Placing students in the centre of the action.
• Full cast Q & A after each show.

Curriculum Connections

Drama expresses feelings and ideas about a drama performance in a variety of ways, making personal connections to the characters and themes in the story identify the elements of drama used in shared drama experiences and theatre and describe how they help communicate ideas and feelings and create interest engage in dramatic play and role play, with a focus on exploring themes, ideas, characters, and issues from imagination or in stories from diverse communities, times, and places Language Point of view pathway/study: identify alternative POV and perspectives, as well as the POV of the speaker &/or narrator and how stories would change with narration from another character’s POV; relate to discussions on bullying identify a variety of listening comprehension strategies and use them appropriately before, during, and after listening to understand and clarify the meaning of oral texts identify and describe the point of view in various oral texts, and describe characteristics of simple text forms (e.g., characters, setting, events) extend understanding of oral texts by connecting the ideas in them to their own knowledge, experience, and insights; to other texts; and to the world around them analyze how drama elements (role/character, relationship, time and place, tension, and focus and emphasis) are used to communicate meaning in a variety of drama works.

Language

Point of view pathway/study: identify alternative POV and perspectives, as well as the POV of the speaker &/or narrator and how stories would change with narration from another character’s POV; relate to discussions on bullying
identify a variety of listening comprehension strategies and use them appropriately before, during, and after listening to understand and clarify the meaning of oral texts
identify and describe the point of view in various oral texts, and describe characteristics of simple text forms (e.g., characters, setting, events)
extend understanding of oral texts by connecting the ideas in them to their own knowledge, experience, and insights; to other texts; and to the world around them
analyze how drama elements (role/character, relationship, time and place, tension, and focus and emphasis) are used to communicate meaning in a variety of dramatic ways.