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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 14
- Monday: Finish and discuss Pantomime Performance Assessment; Improvisation notes
- Tuesday: Whose Line is it Anyway; Basic Improv activities
- Wednesday: Improv activities
- Thursday: Improv activities; Charts and graphs
- Friday: Last day of the tri; Improv Performance Assessment
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 7
- Monday: Pantomime activities (tug of war, group environment) and outline for Performance Assessment on Wednesday
- Tuesday: Performance Assessment practice
- Wednesday: Pantomime Performance Assessment
- Thursday: Pantomime Performance Assessment
- Friday: Pantomime Performance Assessmentyming words
WEEK OF OCTOBER 31
- Monday: Halloween fun
- Tuesday: Pantomime Guesstures
- Wednesday: Pantomime activities (practice and debrief) - Ideas without words; Imaginary ball
- Thursday: Pantomime activities (practice and debrief) - Sport; Work
- Friday: Pantomime activities (practice and debrief) - TV, attic trunk, trapped, machine
WEEK OF OCTOBER 24
- Monday: No School - Teacher PD day
- Tuesday: Performance Assessment - body positions and stage; Guesstures
- Wednesday: Pantomime notes and discussion; View a piece from Our Town; Guesstures
- Thursday: Guesstures: Pantomime Activities:
- Friday: Pantomime Activities: TV Show, Play Sport, Imaginary Ball; Machine creation, Tug of War, New TV, Ideas without words
WEEK OF OCTOBER 17
- Monday: Body positions and stage directions - notes and practice - Performance Assessment on Wednesday.
- Tuesday: Practice body positions and stage directionsdirections
- Wednesday: Performance Assessment - body positions and stage
- Thursday: Sub - Partner Interview/Guesstures
- Friday: Sub - Partner interview/Guesstures
WEEK OF OCTOBER 10
- Monday: theatre layout notes and discussion
- Tuesday: analyze high school stage
- Wednesday: Type letter to Mr. Denney
- Thursday: Finish letter to Mr. Denney
- Friday: Letter or SIP work
WEEK OF OCTOBER 3
- Monday: Sub: Finish typing SIP
- Tuesday: Sub: If time is still neded - finish SIP, otherwise theatre games
- Wednesday: Problem with computers yesterday = finish SIP today
- Thursday: Sub - theatre games
- Friday: Theatre notes - directing, producing, types of stages
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26
- Monday: Showing what we've learned - creating a video of our activities
- Tuesday: Picture day - work with SIP
- Wednesday: SIP work writing
- Thursday: SIP work writing
- Friday: SIP intro and conclusions - begin typing SIP
HWEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19
- Monday: Bellwork: In a dramatic/serious/sad way, tell me about your weekend. (You can exaggerate if you need to); Theatre Concept Games: Romeo and Juliet, Shuffle Your Buns,
- Tuesday: Bellwork; Theatre Concept games: Going to the Dominican; Shuffle your Buns
- Wednesday: Bellwork; Theatre Concept games: Blindfold Touch, Count Of; Port/Starboard;
- Thursday: Bellwork; Theatre Concept games: Good morning captain, Prui, Ghosts
- Friday: Bellwork; Theatre Concept Games: Class Favorites
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 12
- Monday: Bellwork: In a comedic way, tell me about your weekend. (You can exaggerate if you need to); Theatre Concept games: Now it's A, Word chains, Adjective names;
- Tuesday: Bellwork; Theatre Concept Games: Memory Tray,
- Wednesday: Bellwork; Theatre Concept games: Clumps; Honey I Love You
- Thursday: Bellwork; Theatre Concept games: Honey I Love You competition; Elves, Giants, Wizards, In the River on the Shore
- Friday: Bellwork - Beside the example I gave you yesterday, tell me why concentration is important and necessary to acting. What are some of the activities we have done that have involved concentration, and how have they involved concentration?; Theatre Concept Games: Two Truths and a Lie
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 5
- Monday: No School - Labor Day Holiday Weekend
- Tuesday: Bellwork: What theatre skill (out of the 6 given for notes) is the easiest for you? The hardest? Why?; Discussion of bell-work; Theatre concept games: Joey's Name game, Pretzel, Introduce Do You Love Your Neighbor?
- Wednesday: Bell work - oral debrief of the pretzel; Theatre concept games: Do you Love your Neighbor?;
- Thursday: Bell work - how do you go about choosing what type of play to put on?; Exploring plays through publishing websites
- Friday: Bellwork; Theatre Concept games: Blind Trust lineup; Fizz Buzz,
* WEEK OF AUGUST 29
- Monday: Bellwork: What do you hope to get out of theatre?; Discussion of bell-work; Table competition and introductory theatre game;
- Tuesday: Bellwork: If you had to describe your life as a movie, how would you describe it? One paragraph; Continue discussion of theatre terms; charades;
- Wednesday: Bell work (CHARADES); Theatre notes; Trust walk and Name games
- Thursday: Bell work 1.write a paragraph debrief on the following:
i.Did you trust your partner to lead you to or from the cafeteria, or did you need to open your eyes? Why?
ii.How creative were you in the Object A to Z game? Was it difficult to think of things to say?); Continue theatre concept games - What I observed; Joey's name game; Pretzel
- Friday: No School - Labor Day Holiday Weekend
* WEEK OF AUGUST 22
- 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 September 1; Course Description and discussion (all found on main page); Theatre clips
- Friday: Collect parent letter if a student has them; Kuhrt's Keys to the Game handouts ( on main class page) and discussion; Played Fork and Spoon and class discussion on why