Today's Agenda:

Warm-Up:  Physical Stretching & Vocal Flexing

Improvisation Games:

• The Stage Whisper  Two players
• 1-2-3-4 (zero)  Three players

1=ENVIRONMENT created through mime; 
2=RELATIONSHIP created through one sentence only; 
1=CONFLICT created through one sentence; 
2=CLIMAX raises the stakes; 
3=RESOLUTION accepts environment, relationship, conflict and resolves the scene in one line
0="Scene"

• "The Muse is in the Folder" Scenes  2 Players

Activity/Skill Work:

Next Challenge:  
Performed on Thursday (in Veracross as a Summative Assessment)

Personal Experience Speech

Student Sample from Last Semester

FIRST SPEECH: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

Sample: Miss South Carolina has some trouble getting her thoughts out (Miss Teen USA 2007) (1. min) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

Sample: Personal Experience Speech (2.5 min)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbH__PIKb0M

Sample: Lina Amar's TedXYouth Personal Experience Speech (7 min.)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Jvo4SVM5w