Drama+6+-+Semester+2

  **6th GRADE DRAMA EXPLORATION! ** //Welcome actors and students. Look below for the activities for each class period.//



= Workshop #8 - Pantomime = 23 February
 * Warm-ups
 * Review and refresh
 * Revise and refine
 * Adjust storyboard
 * Set performance date

 ** ASSIGNMENT: ** Begin memorizing your pantomime

= Workshop #7 - Pantomime = // 13 February //
 * Warm-ups
 * Intensity
 * Making faces
 * Share your storyboard
 * Walk through
 * Share your pantomime

 ** ASSIGNMENT: ** None

= Workshop #6 - Pantomime = // 11 February //
 * Warm-ups
 * Generating pantomime ideas
 * //What makes an effective pantomime?//
 * Begin storyboarding your pantomime

 ** ASSIGNMENT: **
 * 1) Finish your storyboard, finish and bring back to class.

= Workshop #5 - Pantomime = // 9 February //
 * PB&J rehearsal
 * PB&J Sharing
 * Short Pantomime Scenario rehearsal
 * Sharing

 ** ASSIGNMENT **: None

= Workshop #4 - Ensemble/Pantomime = // 5 February // = ASSIGNMENT:  =
 * Cat Wants Your Corner
 * Pass the magic ball
 * Join an activity exercise/game
 * Pantomime examples
 * 1) You are to create a list of steps involved in making a Peanut and Butter Jelly Sandwich
 * 2) Title it, date it and put your name on it.
 * 3) You can type it as a Google doc or you can hand write it on a piece of paper
 * 4) You must have all the steps of how to make a PB & J Sandwich - you can not lump all the steps into 1 - they must be on separate lines.

 // This assignment will be during the next workshop: Bring your assignment to class. //

= Workshop #3 - Ensemble = // 3 February //
 * Warm-ups - Pump it!
 * Go over vocab
 * Ensemble work
 * // Move with cues, focus (soft and hard), mirror, columbian hypnotist, fill the space //

= ASSIGNMENT: No homework  =

** Workshop #2 - ENSEMBLE **
// 30 January //
 * Warm-ups
 * Sharing of the journals
 * Ensemble work
 * Pass the clap, look/cross/switch
 * "What is theater?" Behind the Scenes-Video

= ASSIGNMENT: Go here: [|Ensemble]  =
 * Turn to the next blank FULL PAGE in your Journal and title it ENSEMBLE WORK and date it.
 * Underneath write the BIG UNDERSTANDINGS (BU)
 * Underneath that, write the ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS (EQ) - // you do not need to answer them //
 * Underneath that, write the vocabulary words - // you do not need to look them up //

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> // This assignment will be during the next workshop: Bring your journal to class. //

** Workshop #1 - Orientation **
<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">// 28 January //
 * Welcome and introduction
 * Class structure and format
 * Warm-ups (neutral position)
 * Ensemble work
 * // Circles, 3 seconds, go out and come back, spatial awareness //

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> ** ASSIGNMENT **
 * Turn to the next page of your journal
 * Title the page "My First Theatrical Experience" and then put the date.
 * Write at least 1/2 page describing your earliest or most clear memory of theater.
 * // What was it? Where was it? How old were you? Describe the theater space. What was the story? How did you feel? Do you remember the lighting and sound? What about costumes? //
 * You must use complete sentences. Proper grammar and punctuation. I must be able to read your handwriting.

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> // This assignment will be due during the next workshop: Bring your journal to class. //

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; 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? //