Character Magic! From Written Word to Great Performances. The craft of bringing characters to life on stage, from super-secret script analysis to jaw-dropping, opening-night performance. Uncovering facts from the script, imagining the greatest wants and desires for the character and bringing it all together in a magnificent performance is made easy in this magical unit. Script analysis becomes an effortless and easy process of discoveries within these lessons laced with game play and peer support. Lesson Plans include...Character: Learn the journey of character creationSetting: Understand the feeling aspect of stage and movementsAction: Learn to find the action in the play and understand how your character fits into this.Wants: What does your character desire?Motivation: what drives your character forwardTactics: "Compelled to action" getting what you wantUnit Focus: Students grow in their ability to clearly describe characters, their relationships, and their surroundings. At the end of this unit, students should be able to: Imagine characters relationships and surroundings, andDescribe characters relationships surroundings