Materials:
Football field
Note cards with questions on them
Circles out of poster board
Copies of the crossword puzzle

Objective:
The students will be able to correctly provide the correct technical theatre term when given the definition.

Anticipatory Set:
Today we are going to do something different. We are going to play a game to help us review for the test tomorrow. The game we are going to play is: TECHNICAL THEATRE FOOTBALL. We will break up into two groups. The rules are as follows: Correct answer =10 yards - 1st down; Incorrect answer = fumble - control goes to other team; 3 answers correct in a row = field goal - after three correct answers you can choose to take 3 points for the field goal, or risk a fourth question; 4 answers in a row = touchdown! 7 points; Unsportsmanlike conduct: 15 yard penalty and loss of ball if in your possession. I will read a definition and if your team has the ball and you know the answer raise your circle and answer. If you are incorrect the other team will have a chance to answer the question.

Instructional Input:
1. Play Technical Theatre Football. This should take most of the period.
2. At the end of the class hand out copies of the crossword puzzle and have the students complete it for the next class period, which happens to be the test.

Closure:
Today we did a review for the test on technical theatre terms. The test will consist of thirty-five matching items. You will need to the match the term with the definition.

Assignment:
For homework tonight, I want YOU to complete the crossword puzzle, since this will help you prepare for the exam tomorrow. Also study the technical theatre term sheet that I passed on to you when we first began the unit on technical theatre.

CLUES WITH ANSWERS:
DOWN
1 To slant or set at an angle. RAKE
2 An order for actors and crew to get in their positions. PLACES
3 A frame built inside the proscenium to reduce the size of the stage opening. FALSE PROSCENIUM
4 To raise of lower scenery. FLY
5 A drop that has its lower- middle section removed so that the drop will mask only the top and sides of the  stage. PORTAL
6 Individual pieces of scenery, such as trees, rocks, and walls, that stands by themselves. SET PIECES
10. A thickness piece placed in door, window, and arch openings to give the illusion of the third dimension to walls. REVEAL
11 That part of the stage--left, right, and rear--that is not seen by the audience; also the dressing rooms, greenroom, prop room, shops, and storage areas. BACKSTAGE
15 A backstage lounge used as a reception or waiting room for the actors. GREENROOM
17 A drop, usually seamless, made of special fabric that seems almost opaque when lit from the front and semitransparent when lit from behind. SCRIM
18 A drawing of the overhead view of a set showing the exact location of all entrances, walls and furniture.
21 To hinge two or three flats together so that they will stand free or fold up. ROUGH PLAN (Now known as GROUND PLAN)
22 A stage curtain upstage of the act curtain that opens to the right and left rather than moving up and down. TRAVELER
ACROSS
5 A term applied to such parts of the set as doors and windows that must open and shut during the action, a rock that- can bear a person's weight, and lamps that. can be turned on. PRACTICALS
7 A system of lines and weights that gives mechanical advantage to the raising and lowering of scenery.  COUNTERWEIGHT
8 The part of the auditorium where the orchestra may be located--often an area below floor level. PIT
9 A two-dimensional piece of scenery, such as a hedge or bush. GROUND SET ROWS
12 A head-on view of a set having the illusion of depth. PERSPECTIVE
13 The curtain, hung just upstage of the proscenium, that opens or closes each act or scene. ACT CURTAIN
14 Pieces of cloth, usually hung in pairs, stage left and stage right, to mask the backstage area. LEGS
16 The arch or frame enclosing the visible stage, the opening between the stage and the auditorium.   PROSCENIUM
19 A curtain at the top of the proscenium, usually made of the same material as the- act curtain, used to lower the height of the stage.  GRID BORDER
20 The area above the stage in which scenery is hung. TOWER
22 Side pieces--flats or drops--just back of the proscenium used to narrow the opening. TORMENTORS
23 An adjustable, pole like support for flats. BRACE
24 A large piece of cloth upon which scenery is painted, fastened at top and bottom to battens, and hung at the back of the stage setting. BACKDROP
25 An eye-level-view drawing showing the flats arranged in a continuous row to be used in a set.   ELEVATION
26 A short curtain hung across the stage above the acting area to mask the overhead lights from the audience; also refers to overhead strip lights. BORDER
** The answers for this crossword were not included when the plan was submitted. A special thanks goes out to Sandi Roberts for busting her buns to come up with workable answers. Sandi writes: As you can see, some of the terms are VERY antiquated.  I even had to go back to my college notes from 1961.  I also found some even OLDER books in our school library that helped.  One adjustment that had to be made because 2, 3, and 4 DOWN were definitely the correct answers was that 5 ACROSS should have been practical pieces, but it did not fit.  I blacked out the extra spaces and it became practicals. That is the only adjustment I had to make to the puzzle spaces.  Nine (9) across became ground set rows, even though we call them ground rows. When I gave the lecture, I also gave the students the current applicable term.  I used your technical football to review for the crossword test.  They absolutely loved it.  In fact, it was so successful that I’m going to use “football” for my review on acting as well.
 
 

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