Lesson Plans are subject to change and will be updated as time allows.
WEEK OF MAY 14
- Monday: Practice play
- Tuesday: Practice play
- Wednesday: Practice play
- Thursday: Practice play
- Friday: Practice play
WEEK OF MAY 7
- Monday: Improv Performance Assessment
- Tuesday: Read play and assign parts
- Wednesday: Practice play
- Thursday: Practice play
- Friday: Practice play
WEEK OF APRIL 30
- Monday: Whose Line
- Tuesday: Improv work
- Wednesday: Improv work
- Thursday: Improv work
- Friday: SUB - read play
WEEK OF APRIL 23
- Monday: Whose Line
- Tuesday: Improv work
- Wednesday: Improv work
- Thursday: Improv work
- Friday: Improv work
WEEK OF APRIL 16
- Monday: Pantomime work
- Tuesday: Pantomime work
- Wednesday: Improv notes
- Thursday: Improv work
- Friday: Improv work
WEEK OF APRIL 9
- Monday: Guesstures
- Tuesday: Pantomime Activities - ideas without words, imaginary ball, sport
- Wednesday: Pantomime Activities - tv, attic trunk, trapped, work
- Thursday: Pantomime activities (practice and debrief) – Work (#3), Tug of War (#4), Group Environment (#6); work on outline
- Friday: Pantomime practice - students will work with eight other students to practice for their Performance Assessment
WEEK OF MARCH 26
- Monday: Pantomime notes (Powerpoint); Pass out Pantomime Performance Assessment Sheet
- Tuesday: Guesstures
- Wednesday: Pantomime Activities - ideas without words, imaginary ball, sport
- Thursday: Half Day Pantomime Activities - tv, attic trunk, trapped, work
- Friday: No School - Spring Break
WEEK OF MARCH 19
- Monday: High School Play work
- Tuesday: Sub - High School Play work
- Wednesday High School Play work
- Thursday High School Play work
- Friday: High School Play work
WEEK OF MARCH 12
- Monday: No School
- Tuesday: Sub - Create your own scavenger hunt
- Wednesday Finish voice assessment
- Thursday Open notes written voice test; Pantomime notes
- Friday: Guesstures
WEEK OF MARCH 5
- Monday: Performance Assessment - Voice Sheet
- Tuesday: Performance Assessment - Voice Sheet
- Wednesday Performance Assessment - Voice Stories
- Thursday Performance Assessment - Voice Stories
- Friday: Elizabethan Theatre Scavenger Hunt
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26
- Monday: Projection work
- Tuesday: Projecting to the back wall, Long distance poetry
- Wednesday Changing Inflection, Nonsense Conversation, Using Emphasis to Alter Meaning
- Thursday Linking Vowels and Resonance, Character Voices
- Friday: Practice and prepare stories for Voice Assessment
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 19
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - President's Day
- Tuesday: Sub
- Wednesday Research a one-page paper on voice acting
- Thursday Research a one-page paper on voice acting
- Friday: Research a one-page paper on voice acting
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12
- Monday: Computer research
- Tuesday: Finish and discuss theatre notes
- Wednesday tongue twisters
- Thursday: Pronunciation work
- Friday: 1/2 Day
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5
- Monday: Begin voice unit - Notes
- Tuesday: Computer lab - find a story to tell (using different voice)
- Wednesday Practice diaphragmatic breathing, vocal warmups
- Thursday: consonant and vowel work
- Friday: No school - Snow Day
WEEK OFJANUARY 29
- Monday: Finish Personal Reflection Assessment
- Tuesday: Observation unit - Performance Assessment - Discussion of traits of others and how this is useful to theatre
- Wednesday Observation unit - Performance Assessment - Discussion of traits of others and how this is useful to theatre
- Thursday: Observation unit - Performance Assessment - Discussion of traits of others and how this is useful to theatre
- Friday: Games
WEEK OFJANUARY 22
- Monday: Finish SIP
- Tuesday: Observation unit - observing classmates and others
- Wednesday Observation unit - observing classmates and others
- Thursday: Observation discussion (voice part)
- Friday: Personal Reflection Assessment
WEEK OFJANUARY 15
- Monday: No School - PD Day
- Tuesday: SIP Article Vocab
- Wednesday SIP Article Analysis
- Thursday: SIP Article Type
- Friday: No School - SNOW Day
WEEK OFJANUARY 8
- Monday: read Second Time Around
- Tuesday: read Second Time Around
- Wednesday read Second Time Around
- Thursday: SIP Article Read
- Friday: No School - SNOW Day
WEEK OF DECEMBER 4
- Monday: genre notes and activity
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday
- Thursday:
- Friday:
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 27
- Monday: Body Position and Stage Direction Notes
- Tuesday: Stage Direction practice
- Wednesday Stage Directions Assessment
- Thursday: Work on HS Play
- Friday: Finish work on HS Play
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20
- Monday: Watch Memphis
- Tuesday: Watch Memphis
- Wednesday Thanksgiving break
- Thursday: Thanksgiving break
- Friday: Thanksgiving break
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 13
- Monday: Stage Evaluation
- Tuesday: Letter to Mr. Denney (stage evaluation)
- Wednesday Assembly
- Thursday: Letter to Mr. Denney (stage evaluation)
- Friday: Letter to Mr. Denney (stage evaluation)
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6
- Monday: Finish producing notes; writing assignment - would you rather be a producer or dirctor
- Tuesday: Research
- Wednesday Sub (Challenge Day): Class favorites - games
- Thursday: Stage Layout notes
- Friday: Stage Evaluation
WEEK OF OCTOBER 30
- Monday: Theatre Concept games: Evaluation Paper Due
- Tuesday: Halloween Fun and Games
- Wednesday: Computer research
- Thursday: Directing notes
- Friday: Producing notes
WEEK OF OCTOBER 23
- Monday: NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday: Class Favorites
- Wednesday: Theatre Concept games: Evaluation Paper
- Thursday: Theatre Concept games: Evaluation Paper
- Friday: Theatre Concept games: Evaluation Paper
WEEK OF OCTOBER 16
- Monday: Theatre Concept games: Pawnee Pass
- Tuesday: Debrief: What strategies did you use in yesterday's game? Theatre Concept games: Forced Choices; Four Courners
- Wednesday: Theatre Concept games: Four on a Couch
- Thursday: Theatre Concept games: Airplane; Mousetrap; Introduce Psychiatrist
- Friday: Last Day of Nine Weeks
WEEK OF OCTOBER 9
- Monday: Theatre Concept games: Minefield
- Tuesday: Theatre Concept games: Blindfold Observation; Trust Lift
- Wednesday: No class for freshmen or sophomores - taking PSAT
- Thursday: Theatre Concept games: Crossed/Uncrossed; Jeepers Peepers; Pawnee Pass
- Friday: SIP scaffolding and writing
* WEEK OF OCTOBER 2
- Monday: Theatre Concept games: Blindfold Touch, Count Off; Port/Starboard;
- Tuesday: Class Favorites
- Wednesday: Life Map; Elves, Giants, Wizards: Wink
- Thursday: Debrief: We're getting closer to the end of theatre games. If you had to evaluate yourself right now, which key skill is the easiest for you? Hardest? Why? Which skill have you grown the most in? Why? Which skill would you like to see us concentrate on these last few weeks?; Move One Seat If
- Friday: Computer Lab
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 25
- Monday: Finish Mafia
- Tuesday: Picture Day
- Wednesday: Two Truths and a Lie; Life Map, What I saw; Now it's A
- Thursday: Debrief/Evaluation (What skills did yesterday's game meet and why? Half a page); Theatre Concept games: Going to the Dominican; Shuffle your Buns
- Friday: Theatre Concept games: Good morning captain, Prui, Ghosts
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 18
- Monday: Pretzel Debrief Did your group solve it? Why or why not? What did you think when we first started the game? As we went along? Why would we do this game in theatre? What strategies did you use? - 3/4 of a page; Categories
- Tuesday: Clumps, Momna's way; Honey I love You; In the River on the Shore
- Wednesday: Debrief on Concentration; Romeo and Juliet
- Thursday: Mafia
- Friday: 1/2 Day
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 11
- Monday: Finish read through of Chateau LaRoach; Remember Play Tryouts tonight from 5-8
- Tuesday: Fork and Spoon; Introduce Do You Love Your Neighbor
- Wednesday: Debrief; Think back to the trust walk Did you trust your partner? did you have to open eyes? Why or why not? What did you think of the fork and spoon game? Did the game surprise you? Do you think it would be easier to do in a small group? What strategies did you use? Why do these in theatre? 3/4 page; Do You Love Your Neighbor
- Thursday: Object A-Z and Word Chains; Pretzel introduction
- Friday: Finish pretzel game
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 4
- Monday: No School - Labor Day Weekend
- Tuesday: Finish introduction to theatre terms - table competition; begin theatre notes
- Wednesday: theatre notes and worksheet notes (guidelines and objectives); Trust walk; Everybody knows my name
- Thursday: Continue Everybody knows my name; Fork and Spoon
- Friday: Read through Chateau LaRoach
* WEEK OF AUGUST 28
- Monday: Discuss class a bit more; Partner interview discussion; Get to know your teacher Quiz; Get to Know You form
- Tuesday: Practice partner interview; ;
- Wednesday: Present partner interview
- Thursday: Introduction to theatre terms - table competition
- Friday: No School - Labor Day Weekend
* WEEK OF AUGUST 21
- Monday:
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday: First day of school! Half Day Welcome Back and General Discipline Form
- Thursday: Seating chart activity; Parent Letter (found on main class page) Due August 31; Course Description and discussion (all found on main page); Theatre clips
- Friday: Sub (going to get my exchange student); Partner interview