Advanced Drama

2011-05-02T11:18:00.000-07:00

Friday, April 29
IDA / Improvisation

2011-04-28T13:54:00.001-07:00

Work time for spring play, skit, and Little Oscars

2011-04-25T11:41:00.000-07:00

Spring play and skit

2011-04-20T14:23:00.001-07:00

Spring play and skit work

2011-04-19T11:37:00.001-07:00

Monday, April 18

Set work day for spring play

2011-04-14T11:33:00.000-07:00

Topics included t-shirts, skits, Little Oscars, technical work, and set work

2011-04-14T11:28:00.000-07:00

April 12th -
Watched performance at the Bowlus and talked about it
Talked about skits

2011-04-04T11:32:00.000-07:00

Talked about one-act, drama hours, and skits
Watched presentation at the Bowlus
Activity - duet location pantomime

2011-03-31T13:56:00.000-07:00

Forensics practice/critique and skit writing

2011-03-30T09:53:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, March 29th

Discussed forensics and hours
List of musicals
Activity - physical positions
Standard British Dialect
List of characters for makeup/costume

2011-03-18T13:52:00.000-07:00

Quiz over properties vocabulary
Various items - competing April 2nd, blood discussion, skits
Activity - Using Physical Positions
Southern Dialect
Brooklyn Accent

2011-03-16T09:17:00.000-07:00

Properties - text information, stage blood, properties quiz on Friday
Southern dialect practice

2011-03-14T12:13:00.000-07:00

Show Offs
Properties - looked up vocabulary words and started reading in the textbook
Friday - properties quiz

2011-03-10T11:24:00.000-08:00

Scenes starting with a given line
Character card activity

2011-03-02T14:15:00.000-08:00

Duet practice and performances
Friday is the last day to perform - come practice to me before class on Friday if you have not done so yet

2011-02-25T09:34:00.000-08:00

Forensics/play work
Class plays will begin on Monday

2011-02-22T11:23:00.000-08:00

Play/forensics work
Show me your play blocking if you have not done so yet
Play performances are to begin on Monday

2011-02-16T12:13:00.000-08:00

Play work - have your lines memorized
Be sure you have shown me your blocking

2011-02-14T12:37:00.001-08:00

Competition sign up for Feb. 26
Play work
Be sure you have shown me your blocking
I want to begin play performances on Tuesday, Feb. 22

2011-02-10T11:46:00.000-08:00

Forensics/Class Play Work
Class play performances will begin on Feb. 22
Class plays - Be working on line memorization if needed and check your blocking with me if you have not

2011-02-08T13:45:00.000-08:00

Activities
Work on class plays - have your blocking completed

2011-01-25T13:06:00.000-08:00

Talked about forensics meets
Activity - Hitchhiker
Time to work on class plays, one-act, forensics

2011-01-21T09:24:00.000-08:00

Forensics meet information
Activity - Park Bench
Class play work/forensics work

2011-01-19T09:18:00.000-08:00

Activity - Who, with What & Where
Forensics meet information
Forensics work

2011-01-14T09:07:00.000-08:00

Activity - Translator
Talked about forensics and one-act
Worked on plays - need to be getting yours blocked

2011-01-12T07:46:00.001-08:00

IDAs

2011-01-10T11:23:00.000-08:00

Activity - Freeze Frame
Worked on plays including script selection

2011-01-06T11:46:00.001-08:00

Performed IDAs
Will start working on plays in class next time

2010-12-17T11:44:00.000-08:00

Work time on solos
Solo presentations - only 1 presentation day is left
Practice 4 times, including once with me

2010-12-16T15:18:00.000-08:00

December 15, 2010

Work time on solos
Solo presentations - only 2 presentation days are left
Practice 4 times, including once with me

2010-12-13T11:29:00.000-08:00

Solos are due - only 3 presentation days are left
Work time on solos
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Character debate

2010-12-07T09:34:00.000-08:00

You need to lead activities for a grade before the end of the semester.
Activities
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Character debates
Solo performances begin on Thursday - everyone needs to practice with me
Work time on solos

2010-12-03T11:40:00.001-08:00

You need to lead activities for a grade before the end of the semester.
Solo performances begin on Tuesday
Work time today
Be sure the following are completed
beat analysis
solo blocking
character analysis
movie character paragraph

2010-11-29T12:41:00.001-08:00

Activities - Caleb and Trae led
Lauren, Drew & Dalton each lead next time
Prose presentations - Wednesday is the last day to receive full credit
Solo - Please complete the beat analysis, blocking, and character analysis if you have not
Be ready to practice your solo memorized on Wednesday
Finished A Midsummer Night's Dream - complete a paragraph over your favorite character for Friday

2010-11-22T11:42:00.000-08:00

Activity - Dude!
Drew, Trae, and Lauren each lead activities next time
Beat analysis - complete this for your solo
Blocking worksheet - complete for a grade
Block your solo script
Be memorizing your solo - time to practice it memorized on Wed., Dec. 1st and Fri., Dec. 3rd.
We will begin performances on Tuesday, Dec. 7th.
Watched A Midsummer Night's Dream

2010-11-18T09:15:00.000-08:00

Caleb led activities
Drew leads activities next time
Solo piece work - be starting to memorize selection or find one if you do not have one yet
Watched part of A Midsummer Night's Dream

2010-11-12T11:42:00.000-08:00

Colton leads activities next time
Prose presentations

2010-11-11T14:22:00.001-08:00

Wednesday, November 10

Students worked on the fall play
Watched A Midsummer's Night Dream
Prose presentations resume on Friday

2010-11-08T14:07:00.001-08:00

Students worked on the fall play.
Be ready to present your prose selection if you have not performed it yet.

2010-11-04T11:43:00.000-07:00

Students worked on the fall play.
Be ready to present your prose selection if you have not performed it yet.

2010-11-02T12:59:00.001-07:00

Work for the fall play
John needs to be ready to lead activities next time.
Be ready to present your prose selection if you have not done so yet.

2010-11-01T11:44:00.000-07:00

Friday, October 29

Activities - led by Audrea, Hayden & Sydney
John leads next time.
Continued with A Midsummer Night's Dream
Prose performances will continue next class

2010-10-27T11:35:00.000-07:00

An actor and actress from "Mad Science: Star Trek Live" came and talked to the students and answered questions.
The plan is to continue prose presentations on Friday.
Sydney, John, Audrea and Hayden should be ready to lead activities on Friday. They each need a physical, vocal, and team-building activity.

2010-10-25T12:25:00.000-07:00

Began prose performances - be sure you have practiced with me so that you are ready to perform if you have not done so yet
History of Theatre - Renaissance - watched A Midsummer Night's Dream
Be looking for a solo piece if you do not have one yet. It can be humorous or serious.
Sydney, John, and Audrea each need to be ready to lead activities next time

2010-10-20T09:44:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, October 19
Looked for a solo piece - can be humorous or serious
Speaker - musician talking about being in the arts
Prose performances will begin next class
Sydney and John each need to be ready to lead activities next time

2010-10-15T12:20:00.000-07:00

Prose practice/history project work
Nonrealistic Theatre presentation continued
Quarter 1 evaluation
Card Character Activity
Beginning activities - Sydney leads next time
Start prose presentations next time

2010-10-13T11:55:00.000-07:00

Mask skit
Activity Example: 8-1 Shake (physical), Polly (vocal), Human Knot (teamwork)
Prose work - presentations begin on Tuesday

2010-10-11T19:21:00.000-07:00

Quiz over Asian Theatre and American Theatre
Went over prose rubric
Prose example
Time to practice prose selections

2010-10-07T14:16:00.000-07:00

Activities - Monster, Building Objects
American Theatre
Notes on Asian Theatre and American Theatre - the quiz over these two divisions will be on Monday
Be working on your prose selection - you need to practice 4 times (3 of those to Advanced Drama students and once to Mrs. Jones)

2010-10-05T12:20:00.000-07:00

Theatre Game - Rewind Fairy Tales with Props (led by John)
Nonrealistic Theatre activity
Asian Theatre activity
Be practicing your prose selections.

2010-10-01T13:37:00.000-07:00

Theatre Game - Dating Game (Kayla led)
John leads next time
Took quiz over Realism and Nonrealistic Theatre
Prose - be practicing - performances begin Monday, October 11th
American Theatre needs to be ready to present next class

2010-09-29T14:33:00.001-07:00

Activities - Sally Walker, Hitchhiker
Realism and Nonrealistic Theatre
Asian Theatre
American Theatre needs to be ready to present next class
Prose work - be practicing prose pieces

2010-09-27T14:03:00.001-07:00

Theatre Game - Freeze Frame
John and Kayla will each lead a theatre game next class
Quiz over Theatre in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Began presentations on Realism and Nonrealistic Theatre - Quiz over these two will be on Friday
Asian Theatre and American Theatre need to be ready to present next class
Be practicing and timing your prose selection

2010-09-23T17:30:00.000-07:00

Theatre Games - Dialogue by others (Drew), Jump (Trae)
John and Kayla each lead one next time
Fall play information
Prose work - handed out practicing sheets
Realism and Nonrealistic Theatre need to be ready to present next class

2010-09-21T13:43:00.000-07:00

Theatre Game - Group Copycats (Maggie)
Drew leads next time
Renaissance
Quiz over Theatre in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance next class

2010-09-18T11:32:00.000-07:00

Friday, September 17

Theatre Game - Mime it Down the Alley (Sydney)
Maggie leads next time
Theatre in the Middle Ages
Greek & Roman Theatre quiz
Renaissance followed by the Age of Realism will be the next two divisions covered

2010-09-15T14:17:00.000-07:00

Theatre Game - Name Party (Lauren)
Sydney leads next time
Roman Theatre notes
Reviewed for a quiz over Greek and Roman theatre that will be on Friday
Theatre in the Middle Ages - the plan is to finish the presentation next class
Renaissance followed by the Age of Realism will be next

2010-09-13T15:20:00.000-07:00

Theatre Game - Infomercial (Hayden led)
Sydney leads next time
Greek & Roman Theatre - quiz on Friday
Those in groups for Theatre in the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance need to be prepared to present next class
BRING PROSE SELECTIONS NEXT CLASS!

2010-09-09T09:35:00.001-07:00

Theatre Game - Press Conference (led by Dalton)
Hayden leads next time
Greek Theatre - skits with masks

For next class:
Bring prose selections
Roman Theatre and Theatre in the Middle Ages groups need to be ready to present

2010-09-07T11:20:00.000-07:00

Theatre Game - Animal Pass (Colton led)
Lead next time - Dalton
Activities - What Are You Doing?, Circle Clap, Sound and Action
Had time in the library to work on the following: theatre game idea, history of theatre presentation, and a prose selection
Bring prose selection to class next time.

2010-09-02T14:16:00.000-07:00

Theatre Game - Emotion Party (led by Caleb)
Colton leads next time
Activity - Understudy
Greek Theatre - watched video of theatres, worked on skits/masks
Meet in the commons next class

2010-08-31T13:30:00.001-07:00

Theatre Game - Park Bench (Audrea led)
Lead next time - Caleb
Need to be finding a prose piece
Greek Theatre - read about and read a selection of Medea

2010-08-27T12:13:00.000-07:00

Lead theatre game next time - Audrea
Went to the library to do the following: research a theatre game, work on history of theatre visuals and activity, and find a prose piece.

2010-08-25T11:19:00.000-07:00

Theatre Game - Who Did It?
Lead theatre game next time - Dustin
Discussed interest for fall play and opportunities for drama hours
Introduced theatre history presentations and assigned groups
Roman Theatre - Kayla & John
Middle Ages - Dalton & Hayden
Renaissance - Audrea & Maggie
Age of Realism - Trae & Drew
Nonrealistic - Caleb & Colton
Asian - Sydney & Lauren
American - Carly & Dustin

2010-08-23T13:13:00.000-07:00

I went over my procedures and expectations for the class.
We did a M&M activity where students informed us about themselves.