K to 12 BASIC EDUCATION
CURRICULUM
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ARTS AND DESIGN TRACK SPECIALIZED
Grade: 12
Track Subject Title: Apprenticeship and Exploration in the Performing Arts - Theater
Semester: 1st Semester
No. of Hours/ Semester: 160 hours
Pre-requisite: Creative Industries II: Performing Arts
Track Subject Description: Students will be guided through a dynamic professional development and given hands-on opportunities by either
placing them with practicing artists or organizations with resident artists who can administer on-the-job mentoring and training. The students may also
opt to put up their own show under the guidance of a director or an experienced theater practitioner.
CONTEN
T
A. Origins and Elements of Drama
B. Elements of Theater
(Performer, Audience,
Directors, Performance
Space, Design, Text)
C. Theater History and
Practice
1. Theater history and dramatic
literature in western theater e.g.
Oedipus Rex and Greek theater
conventions
2. Asian theater e.g. Ramayana
and puppetry tradition in Asia
3. Philippine theater e.g. sarswela
and the religious playlets
(Panunuluyan,
Osana, Senakulo, etc.)
4. Regional theater e.g. Linambay in
Cebu, festivals
CONTENT
STANDAR
The learner:
demonstrates
an
understanding
of the elements
of theater and
drama as seen
through various
theater
practices and
styles.
PERFORMANC
E
The learner:
presents
performances
reflecting the
variety and
development of
the elements of
drama and
theater through
time and
territories.
LEARNING COMPETENCIES
CODE
The learner:
1. describes the various theories
explaining the emergence of
drama as a distinct art form
2. identifies basic elements of
theater and describe their use in a
variety of theatrical performances.
3. describe and integrate the
diferent theories and elements
of theater in an
improvised performance
1.
analyzes
the
structural
components
of
plays
and
performances from a variety of
traditions
2. western
analyzestheatrical
the structural
components of plays and
performances from a variety
3. analyzes the structural
components of plays and
performances from a variety
4. analyzes the structural
components of plays and
performances from a variety
of regional theatrical traditions
K to 12 Senior High School Arts and Design Specialized Subject Apprenticeship and Exploration in Performing Arts
(Theater) December 2013
AD_AEPTH12-Ia-1
AD_AEPTH12-Ib-2
AD_AEPTH12-Ib-3
AD_AEPTH12-Ic-4
AD_AEPTH12-Id-5
AD_AEPTH12-Ie-6
AD_AEPTH12-If-7
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CONTEN
T
bars, theater sports
CONTENT
STANDAR
PERFORMANC
E
5. analyzes the structural
components of plays and
performances from a variety
of commercial/mainstream
1. theatrical
diferentiates theatrical forms by
describing elements and
conventions of staging and
2. performance
performs a readers theater that
will illustrate various
characteristics of representative
plays across history and cultures
D. Survey of Theatrical Forms
1. Realistic, Presentational and
Allegorical
2. Straight plays and musicals
E. Dramatic Criticism
F. Skill Development and
Performance
1. Acting/Performance
2. Voice for theater
3. Movement for theater
4. Acting principles and methods
G. Designing
1. Production Design
2. Make-up and Costume Design
LEARNING COMPETENCIES
The learner:
demonstrates an
understanding of
the diferent
theater skills, its
characteristics,
specificities,
specialization, and
demands, as well
as
its contribution to
the development
of a theatrical
production.
The learner:
devises scene
works and
theater
improvisations
that will utilize
the diferent
areas or
departments of
theatrical
performance.
3. evaluates samples of plays to
determine aesthetic value in
drama as afected by
history, society, expressions and
representations
1. distinguishes between the
character,
the actor, and the self by
demonstrating knowledge of
personal space, experiences and
emotion, creative
movement and voice quality while
with others
2. interacting
employs diferent
acting
techniques through various
exercises in devising
scene works
3. performs scenes from recognized
scripts
4. performs improvised scenes
with an ensemble of actors
1. understands the elements and
areas of designing for stage
K to 12 Senior High School Arts and Design Specialized Subject Apprenticeship and Exploration in Performing Arts
(Theater) December 2013
CODE
AD_AEPTH12-Ig-8
AD_AEPTH12-Ih-9
AD_AEPTH12-Ii-10
AD_AEPTH12-Ij-11
AD_AEPTH12-IIa-1
AD_AEPTH12-IIb-2
AD_AEPTH12-IIc-3
AD_AEPTH12-IId-4
AD_AEPTH12-II-e-5
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CONTEN
T
3. Lighting design
4. Sound Design
5. Multi-media Design
H. Directing/Staging
1. Stage Geography
2. Principles of Stage Composition
3. Directing concepts and
visualization
CONTENT
STANDAR
PERFORMANC
E
LEARNING COMPETENCIES
2. produces sketches and
miniature studies of set and
costume designs
appropriate for a specific play
3. describes the use of technical
theatrical elements by examining
examples of designs (e.g. lighting,
set, props, sound, multi-media,
etc.) in productions
1. understands stage ground plan
designs and principles of stage
composition
2. designs and constructs
concepts for staging devised
scene works
3. directs scenes based on
recognized scripts
K to 12 Senior High School Arts and Design Specialized Subject Apprenticeship and Exploration in Performing Arts
(Theater) December 2013
CODE
AD_AEPTH12-IIf-6
AD_AEPTH12-IIg-7
AD_AEPTH12-Ih-8
AD_AEPTH12-Ii-9
AD_AEPTH12-Ij-10
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describes
the various theories
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explaining the emergence of drama
as a distinct art form
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