Thursday's Lesson Plan:

Student Lessons  Daphne-the-Dashing Leads 2nd 

(then Victor/Mon., Sophia/Wed., Andrew/Fri., and Jorge/Tues.) 

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing:

• the stretching and 
• vocal warm-up
• 3 Improv Games (1 original)

Performing a 1 ACT Play: Hard Candy by Jonathan Rand

perform with movement, style and character.

10 minutes to review your roles and prepare while Mrs Hancock sets the stage.

Casting:

Adam: Andrew

Bob: Jorge

Cindy: Daphne

Dave: Gui

Emily: Sophia

Fred: Victor

Gail: Daphne

Harry: Andrew

Ira: Jorge

Jill (male): Gui

Linda: Sophia & Daphne

Tuesday's Lesson Plan:

Welcome back--catch up

1. The Film Questions submitted by...(SAS?) 
2. Lyric Speech Assessments returned
3. Plan the rotation of improv lessons (Sophia is next)

• Student Directions: Improvisation Lesson
• Student Lesson Plan to Copy & Complete

Student Lessons Gui-the-Great leads 1st 

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing:

• the stretching and 
• vocal warm-up
• 3 Improv Games (1 original)

Performing a 1 ACT Play: Hard Candy by Jonathan Rand

perform with movement, style and character.

15 minutes to review your roles, highlight lines, and prepare.

Casting:

Adam: Andrew

Bob: Jorge

Cindy: Daphne

Dave: Gui

Emily: Sophia

Fred: Victor

Gail: Daphne

Harry: Andrew

Ira: Jorge

Jill (male): Gui

Linda: Sophia & Daphne

Friday, September 26

Friday's Lesson Plan:

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing:

Sophia Smith can lead the stretching and vocal warm-ups today.

 Current Challenge: Design Your own Improvisation Activity

Lesson Plan must be filled out fully and shared with Mrs Hancock THIS PERIOD (I did get Victor's but he only wrote 7 words on it...BUT that was better than the rest of you)

Gui presents and submits his lesson plan on Tuesday!

• Student Directions: Improvisation Lesson
• Student Lesson Plan to Copy & Complete

Agenda for Wed., September 24th

Plan:

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing:

Gui Gonzales can lead the stretching and vocal warm-ups today.

Improvisation Work: 3 Games to Play before Challenge  

Scare Off the Bench
 

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Directions for this improv:

The key to this game is repulsion: consisting of a "bench resident" and a newcomer, it is the job of each newcomer to find an imaginitive way to, as the name of the game implies, scare the bench dweller off so as to assume their position (and so on).  Bench dwellers, to increase intensity, can be resistant at first (to up the ante), so long as they don't play Mr. Brave and ruin the entire game for everyone.

Freeze Tag

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Directions for this improv:

Two in an introductory scene, who to an extent may wish to exaggerate gestures and physical actions, at any point an outside participant can shout "freeze," at which point all action and dialogue ceases (bodies frozen in place) and the person can then go and tag whichever player he wishes to replace.  What ensues is up to the literal scene stealer, as he must resume where it all left off, though redirecting the scene however he chooses.  

Questions Only

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Directions for this improv:

This game involves two people, with any additional number of people off to each side as sub-ins.  The players must only interact inquisitively, that is with questions only, to carry forth the given scene.  As soon as one play slips up (offering a statement, re-asking the previous question in a slightly different way, or simply taking too long to respond), they are booted and replaced by the "player on deck" behind them in the wings. 

 New Challenge: Design Your own Improvisation Activity

• Student Directions: Improvisation Lesson
• Student Lesson Plan to Copy & Complete

Monday, September 15, 2014

SUBSTITUTE AGENDA:
Due to my absence:

Inspired by a true story, The Great Debaters chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington), a debate team coach who shapes a group of underdog students from a small African American college into a historically elite debate team.

Video Link for Great Debaters (Start at 1:11)
Film Questions Link due End of class: email to shannon.hancock@graded.br for formative assessment

Thursday, September 11, 2014

SUBSTITUTE AGENDA:
Due to my absence:

Inspired by a true story, The Great Debaters chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington), a debate team coach who shapes a group of underdog students from a small African American college into a historically elite debate team.

Video Link for Great Debaters
Film Questions Link due Monday for class

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing: 

Improvisation Work: 

1)Impromptu Speeches (Simple Topics)
Impromptu Topics

• Choose 2.  Pick one.
• 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)
Shakespeare Quotes

• Choose 2.  Pick one.
• Speak on this more complex quote for 45 seconds
• All the rest is the same

3) Pocket Lines

The Activity/Skill Work for Today's Session:
Challenge: Song Lyric Interpretations : PERFORM FOR ASSESSMENT & PEER FEEDBACK--videotaped

• Review requirements for the performance
• Practice for 5 minutes alone
• Videotape
• Debrief/Share Compliments
• Watch videos
• Blogfolio Post

Please analyze this assignment in a blog post in your Blogfolio

 Include the following:

·        Explain the goal(s) of this assignment from your perspective (ie. Not JUST what you were asked to do, but why you think you were asked to do it

·        Discuss insights or discoveries you made (self, others, theatre, world, other)

·        How you felt at the beginning, middle, and end of the process (each separately)

·        How did the finished product compare with your intentions/plans

·        If you were to prepare/present this piece of art again, how would you do things differently?

Next Class Assigned Two New Challenges: 

1. Design & Lead an Improvisation Lesson
2. 'Hard Candy'--Performing a 1 Act Play

Friday, August 5, 2014

Today's Agenda:

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing:

Improvisation Work: 

Whose Line Is It Anyway—the art of speaking on your feet

Whose Line Playlist #1

1. Students will watch these video links for about 15 minutes 
2. Afterwards, the class can volunteer 3 games seen to try as a class.

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Activity/Skill Work:

SONG LYRIC SPEECH

Directions & Graphic Organizer for Lyric Speech

• Share Graphic Organizers with Mrs Hancock
• Show student examples
• Rehearse

Agenda: Wed., August 3, 2014

Today's Agenda:

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing:

Improvisation Work: 

1) Image-Based Scene 

Sophia and Jorge

Victor and Andrew

Daphne and Gui

2) The Letter (single actors to start)

Part 1/Singles: 
You will read a letter and we will guess what it says by your nonverbal body language and facial expression.

Part 2/Pairs: 
Jorge writes and Daphne guesses the text

Andrew writes and Gui guesses the text

Victor writes and Sophia guesses the text

3) Neutral Scenes

Jorge and Victor
Andrew and Daphne
Gui and Sophia

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Activity/Skill Work:

THE NAME MONOLOGUES (summative assessment) RETURNED

Rubric for Monologue Summative Assessment

SONG LYRIC SPEECH

Directions & Graphic Organizer for Lyric Speech

• Share choice & why
• Show student examples
• Complete graphic organizer