| Approved Site(s): | |
| Approved for San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA). Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdivisional Curriculum Committee. | |
| Grade Range: | |
| 9 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| None | |
| Course duration: | |
| Two semesters | |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: | |
| English Language Arts | |
| UC subject area satisfied: | |
| b - English | |
| Course Description: | |
The written word comes to life in Language Takes the Stage, a course in which students consider what theater is and why we feel compelled to create it. In addition to analyzing, researching, and writing about texts, students in the course take an active role in transforming text to performance. Language Takes the Stage could be part of an Arts, Media, and Entertainment Academy as an intro course in a sequence of English and performing arts courses. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 7236 - Introduction to Professional Theatre | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| No adopted text. School choose from among available resources. | |