Session #27, Friday, April 25, 2014

Agenda: Friday, April 25, 2014

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing & Improvisation

Dana's Leads this Lesson (20 minutes)

• Student Directions: Improvisation Lesson
• Student's Lesson Plan for Improv 

Poetry On Record--a Taylor Mali-Inspired Poem
'amplifying the message'

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Poetry On Record 
Rubric for Poetry on Record

Today record your voices saying your poem with style.  You may go to the practice rooms for complete silence.  Be very careful to go slowly.  Very slowly.  This recording MUST be done for Tuesday's class.  Not the whole project, just the recording.

When done, try to add sound effects.

Due Date for showing/presenting to the class: Thursday of next week (then we will email them to him and see what he thinks of our unique voices)

Session #26: Wed, April 23, 2014

Agenda: Wed., April 23, 2014

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing & Improvisation

Carolina's Lesson

• Student Directions: Improvisation Lesson
• Student's Lesson Plan for Improv 

Poetry On Record--a Taylor Mali-Inspired Poem
'amplifying the message'

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Poetry On Record 
Rubric for Poetry on Record

Here are some student "Poetry on Record" finished products from my elective class.  They are an "amplification" of each student's session with Taylor Mali.  

Ivanna's Post:
http://gr324879.blogspot.com.br/2014/05/taylor-mali-reflection.html

Laura's Post:
http://gr218204.blogspot.com.br/

Dana's Post:
http://gr325910.blogspot.com.br/2014/05/taylor-mali-recently-visited-our-school.html

Gabi's Post:
http://gr218131.blogspot.com.br/2014/05/taylor-mali.html

Aman's Post:
http://gr330558.blogspot.com.br/

Carolina's Post:
http://gr217232.blogspot.com.br/2014/05/taylor-mali-video-carolina-hopp.html

Ellen's Video Clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izfHXsShUIA&feature=youtube_gdata

Due Date for showing/presenting to the class: Tuesday of next week (then we will email them to him and see what he thinks of our unique voices)

Session #25: Thursday, April 28, 2014

 Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing & Improvisation

Gabi's Lesson

• Student Directions: Improvisation Lesson
• Student's Lesson Plan for Improv 

Poetry On Record--a Taylor Mali-Inspired Poem
'amplifying the message'

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Poetry On Record 
Rubric for Poetry on Record

Session #24: Tuesday, April 14, 2014

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing:

Improvisation Work: 

1) Silent Screams--with different parts of your body (toes, elbows, forehead, etc.)
2) Silent Scenes--where situation is conveyed without speaking
3) Situation/Relationship/Location Improvs

 New Challenge: Improvisation

• Student Directions: Improvisation Lesson
• Student's Lesson Plan for Improv

Session #23: Thursday, April 10, 2014

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing:

Improvisation Work: 

1)Impromptu Speeches #2 (Simple Topics)

• Speak on the topic for 60 seconds
• Begin with a clever opening (not what is on the strip)
• Incorporate the topic into the talk
• Include a main point and specific examples
• Try to set a tone--serious, comedic, light, mysterious
• appeal to your audience
• talk the whole time

2) Impromptu Speeches #2 (Shakespeare Quotes)

• Speak on this more complex quote for 60 seconds
• All the rest is the same

The Activity/Skill Work for Today's Session:

 Song Lyric Interpretations : PERFORM  FOR ASSESSMENT & PEER FEEDBACK--videotaped

• Review requirements for the performance
• Practice for 5 minutes alone
• Pick Order
• Perform & offer feedback after each student performs

 New Challenge: Improvisation

• Student Directions: Improvisation Lesson
• Student's Lesson Plan for Improv

Session #22: Tues., April 8, 2014

Session #22: Tues., April 8, 2014

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing:

Improvisation Work: 

1)Impromptu Speeches (Simple Topics)

• Speak on the topic for 60 seconds
• Begin with a clever opening (not what is on the strip)
• Incorporate the topic into the talk
• Include a main point and specific examples
• Try to set a tone--serious, comedic, light, mysterious
• appeal to your audience
• talk the whole time

2) Impromptu Speeches (Shakespeare Quotes)

• Speak on this more complex quote for 90 seconds
• All the rest is the same

The Activity/Skill Work for Today's Session:

• New Challenge: Song Lyric Interpretations : PERFORM THURSDAY FOR ASSESSMENT & PEER FEEDBACK--videotaped
• Mrs. Hancock checks last session's work
• How much do you know?  Self-Test on paper
• Review requirements for the performance
• Practice for 5 minutes alone
• Pair up (Hancock)--give feedback
• Practice for 10 minutes (check the clock)
• Pair up again (student choice)--partners take their script/lyrics away and feed them lines if they need it
• Practice for 10 minutes
• Practice on own if time allows
  

Session #21: Wed., April 2, 2014

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing:

Improvisation Work: 

1) Robot Assembly Line

• Students form a circle
• Mrs. Hancock will tap one actor to begin
• First person begins a movement (robotic task-crips and rythmic that the next person in line can add to) TO BEGIN THIS IS IN SILENCE
• Next person observes and then will perform a different part of the task begun by actor #1
• Finally the last actor in the rotation will connect to actor #1 to complete the circle 
• Later rotations---add sound

2) Mystery Catch

• One actor begins by holding something and interacting with it
• This actor eventually decides to throw the object/'something' to another actor
• This object/'something' is caught and interacting with by actor #2 for 5-10 seconds and then he/she will change the object/'something'--it will assume a new shape which the audeinec must clearly see

3) Headline Postcards

• One actor will be asked to be the photographer and "NAME IT"--this means naming the postcard with a creative title or headline
• Actors will move into a position as if in a picture postcard. 
• Actors should concentrate on adding to what is already in the scene and/or altering the scene just be adding a new person/position to the scene.

The Activity/Skill Work for Today's Session:

• Demo speeches are finished 
• Assessments are returned
• New Challenge: Song Lyric Interpretations  -- review instructions