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**8th GRADE DRAMA EXPLORATION! ** //Most current workshop is at the top. If you need to look at previous workshops, scroll down. //

=Workshop #7 - Pantomime = // 12 February //
 * Warm-up
 * //"What Are You Doings?"//


 * Coming up with stories
 * Storyboarding your pantomime

** ASSIGNMENT: ** None - we will continue after Discover Week.

**Workshop #6 - Pantomime** // 10 February //
 * Warm-up
 * Pantomime exercises
 * Coming up with stories
 * Storyboarding your pantomime

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">** ASSIGNMENT: **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: start;">Read the sheet titles "Reading - the Pantomime scenario.pdf"
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: start;">10 ideas for pantomime scenarios that sound interesting and you would like to develop.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">// This assignment will be during the next workshop: Bring your journal to class. //

=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px; text-align: start;">Workshop #5 - Pantomime = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">// 6 February //
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Zookeeper
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Pass the magic ball
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Join an activity
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Intro Pantomime
 * //Video samples//

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">** ASSIGNMENT: ** //In your paper Journal (no, you may not cut and paste)......//
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: start;">Move to the next blank section
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: start;">Title this as "Theater Style: Pantomime" and date it
 * 3) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: start;">Read the attached document "WHAT IS PANTOMIME"
 * 4) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: start;">Transcribe the notes that are summarized for you at the end under the heading IMPORTANT IDEAS TO REMEMBER.
 * 5) // I am trusting you to read the article and not just skip to the end to write the notes. //

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">// This assignment will be during the next workshop: Bring your journal to class. //

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: start;">** Workshop #4 - ENSEMBLE **
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">// 4 February //
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Ensemble Video discussion
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Cat Want's Your Corner
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Work on Devised Image/Movement/Dialogue Piece
 * //Sharing - Show us what you got!//

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">** ASSIGNMENT :** No Homework - ** Those of you not done with your Ensemble Video sheet, FINISH! **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.05px; text-align: start;">** Workshop #3 - Ensemble **
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">// 2 February //
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Warm-ups
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Go over vocab
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Moving through space; leading with body parts, moving in levels, moving in groups
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Image drama exercise
 * //Image, story, key phrases, master list, memorize in unison//

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;"> ** ASSIGNMENT: ** Ensemble Homework #2

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">** Workshop #2 - Ensemble **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">// 29 January //
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Warm-ups
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Go over assignment from last workshop
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Ensemble work
 * //Pass the clap, hard and soft focus, look/cross/switch, fill the space, make the box interesting//


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">You have an assignment to complete for next workshop

=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px; text-align: start;">** ASSIGNMENT: ** Go here: Ensemble =


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Turn to the next blank FULL PAGE in your Journal and title it ENSEMBLE WORK and date it.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Underneath write the BIG UNDERSTANDINGS (BU)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Underneath that, write the ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS (EQ)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Underneath that, write the vocabulary words

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">// This assignment will be during the next workshop: Bring your journal to class. //

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.05px; text-align: start;">** Workshop #1 - Orientation **
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">// 27 January //
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Welcome and introduction
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Workshop structure and format
 * in-class assignment: CLICK HERE


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Warm-ups (neutral position)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">Ensemble work
 * //Make a circle/re-form circles, move about the room, make groups, make your group small/tall//

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">** ASSIGNMENT: ** **Turn to the next blank space in your Journal.**
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Turn to the next blank page in your Journal and write the title: __**Journal #1: "I" Statements?**__ (make sure you put the date on the page.
 * **You will be writing 30 sentences.** I want you to write 30 sentences that begin with the word "I". The sentences MUST be about you. They MUST be TRUE. They all must be different. They must be complete sentences.
 * Write neatly - take your time and care with this assignment - it is about YOU!
 * **I don't care how you arrange the 30 sentences, but I should be able to see them numbered in some way**
 * //Think outside the box on this one - it isn't a trick, but it should challenge you.//

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7333px; text-align: start;">// This assignment will be during the next workshop: Bring your journal to class. //

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"> Nothing below here. This is just the empty space that keeps going farther down with every line that I type. I have not put anything down here for you to see. Go back up. NOW! Whatever you do, don't try scrolling down from here! I beg of you. Go back to the top. Don't you dare try to scroll down any more! I'm telling mom! Get. Out. Of. This. Area. Why won't you believe me? How many times do I need to say it?