Theater Arts

Curriculum Guide
Grades 7-10
 Grade 9 – FIRST QUARTER
CONTEXTS AND FORMS OF PHILIPPINE THEATER
CONTENT PERFORMANCE LEARNING
CONTENT CODE
STANDARD STANDARD COMPETENCIES
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PHILIPPINE THEATER AS CULTURAL

HERITAGE:
Image of the Filipino and Philippine
Society in Indigenous, Traditional
and Historical Theater, including
adaptations
A. Contexts and Forms of
Philippine Theater –
1. Rituals, games, and other
cultural performances
2. Komedya
3. Sarswela
4. Senakulo
5. Drama Simboliko
6. Bodabil
7. Social realistic plays
8. Street theater
9. Regional Theater
forms(Bayok, Linambay
etc…)
10. Musical
11. English Language theater
12. Local Language theater
13. Site-specific theater
14. Performance art
demonstrates presents a research 1. describes specific SPA_TACFPT9-Ia-b-
understanding on paper on the Philippine theater 1
the significance of circumstances of the forms, its qualities,
Philippine Theater emergence and sources, and
as part of cultural development of a influences in a
heritage. theater practice, historical timeline.
worldviews, changes 2. enumerates local SPA_TACFPT9-Ic-d-
in the manner of theater icons , 2
production and their biographies,
audience reception works and
over a period of time. significance to the
community.
3. describes the SPA_TACFPT9-Ie-f-
world view on 3
Filipino image
based on the
forms of the
Philippine theater
in different periods
4. explains the SPA_TACFPT9-Ig-h-
factors which 4
establish theater
 15. Various forms of as a cultural
experimental theater process and
16. Adaptations product.
5. reports the SPA_TACFPT9-Ii-j-5
significance of the
local theater assets
of his community
following the
standards of basic
NCCA Cultural
Mapping principles
and mechanics.
GRADE 9-SECOND QUARTER
MAPPING LOCAL THEATER
PERFORMANCE LEARNING
CONTENT CODE
CONTENT STANDARD STANDARD COMPETENCIES
The learner is taught... The learner … The learner... The learner…:

A. National and Local Theater demonstrates performs an 1. utilizes various SPA_TAMLT9-IIa-c-

Icons
B. Genres and Theater Artists,
Life Works
C. Mapping of Local Theater
Practices and Organizations
understanding on the impersonation of modes of research 1
Image of Filipino and a chosen in studying
Philippine Society in national/local assigned Philippine
Local theater. icon based on theater forms.
study conducted. 2. enumerates the SPA_TAMLT9-IId-2
basic themes and
conventions of the
forms.
3. analyzes the SPA_TAMLT9-IIe-f-
changes of the 3
forms through
various historical
 periods.
4. describes the SPA_TAMLT9-IIg-4
changes of forms
and world view per
period.
5. conducts a SPA_TAMLT9-IIh-i-
research on 5
national/ local
theater icons, life
works, practices,
and organization
and their
contribution to
Philippine theater .
6. presents the result SPA_TAMLT9-IIj-6
of creative
research reports
on the icons,
practices, and
organizations.

GRADE 9-THIRD QUARTER

INTRODUCTION TO NON-PHILIPPINE THEATER
PERFORMANCE LEARNING
CONTENT CONTENT STANDARD CODE
STANDARD COMPETENCIES
The learner is taught... The learner … The learner… The learner…
IMAGE OF THE PERSON AND demonstrates mounts creative 1. Identifies the SPA_TANPT9-IIIa-b-
SOCIETY IN NON-PHILIPPINE understanding of the Image showcase characteristics of 1
THEATER PRACTICE (Asian, of Individual and Society in inspired by different
African, European, American Non- Philippine Theater various non- performance
Theater) Practice (Asian, European, Philippine theater practices.
Oral, ritual, and shamanic American Theater) practices. 2. analyzes some of SPA_TANPT9-IIIc-2
performance the performance
 Yoruba ritual practices in non-
 Korean shamanism Philippine theater.
3. compares the SPA_TANPT9-IIId-e-
Religious and civic festivals different non- 3
 Classical Greek Theater Philippine theater
 Ta’ziyeh of Iran performance
practices.
Theater in court, temple, and 4. designs a plan for SPA_TANPT9-IIIf-h-
marketplace a creative 4
 Roman comedy: Plautus showcase of the
 Commedia dell’Arte various theater
 Kathakali or Wayang practices.
 Noh or Beijing Opera

Popular Entertainments
 Circus, revues, and variety
theater
 Musical theater

Theaters of the avant-garde

Symbolism
 German expressionism
 Meyerhold and constructivism
 Surrealism
 Performance art

Modernism in Drama and

Theater
 Modern realism: Ibsen and
Chekhov
 Theater of the Absurd
 Brecht and Epic theater
 Psychological realism in the
United States

Theaters of Resistance and

Revolution
 Postcolonial African theater
 Radical theater in the West
after 1968
 Nuevo Teatro Popular

Postmodern Theater
 Antonin Artaud’s “Theater of
Cruelty”
 Jerzy Godowsky’s “Poor
Theater”
 Suzuki Tadashi
 Theater of Images: Robert
Wilson
 Peter Brook’s “Shakespeare
and Mahabharata”

CONTENT
The learner is taught...
PRODUCTION OF ONE SELECT
GENRE FROM PHILIPPINE
THEATER
A. PRE PRODUCTION WORK
a.1 Research and
Analysis of specific
genre
a.2 Dramaturgical
Reinterpretation
a.3 Production work
B. PRODUCTION MOUNTING
1. Rehearsals
2. Critique runs
3. Shows
4. Evaluation
5. Production Book
Compilation
GRADE 9 - FOURTH QUARTER
PHILIPPINE THEATER PRODUCTION
PERFORMANCE LEARNING
CODE
CONTENT STANDARD STANDARD COMPETENCIES
The learner ... The learner... The learner...
demonstrates presents a 1. produces SPA_TAPTP9-IVa-g-
understanding of producing production of a appropriate 1
a chosen genre from chosen genre/ production
Philippine theater. style from elements for the
Philippine selected play
theater. genre drawn from
the original
aesthetics of the
Philippine theater
form.
2. conducts a post- SPA_TAPTP9-IVh-2
performance
discussion on the
merits of their
production with
clarity, respect,
and confidence.