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WEEK OF APRIL 11
- Monday: practice play
- Tuesday: practice play
- Wednesday: STANDARDIZED TESTING DAY
- Thursday: practice play
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - Good Friday
WEEK OF APRIL 4
- Monday: Try out for play
- Tuesday: Gave Parts; Read through play
- Wednesday: Finish read through; practice play
- Thursday: practice play
- Friday: practice play
WEEK OF MARCH 21
- Monday: Performance Assessment
- Tuesday: Performance Assessment and read through Extra Ordinary
- Wednesday: continued Extra Ordinary
- Thursday: HALF DAY - SPRING BREAK
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - SPRING BREAK
WEEK OF MARCH 14
- Monday: Guesstures
- Tuesday: Peer review of pantomime
- Wednesday: Pantomime activities
- Thursday: Performance Assessment
- Friday: Performance Assessment
WEEK OF MARCH 7
- Monday: Guesstures
- Tuesday: Pantomime Activities
- Wednesday: Pantomime Activities
- Thursday: Pantomime Activities
- Friday: Pantomime Activities
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 28
- Monday: Poster work and program work
- Tuesday: Finish poster and program work. All directing and producing work due tomorrow
- Wednesday: Begin Pantomime Unit: Pantomime notes and discussion (this is a powerpoint ); View a piece from Our Townhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV4FdUro0NM&t=566s Start showing it around 5:30 and go for about 5-7 minutes;
- Thursday: Pantomime Evaluation sheet; Guesstures
- Friday: Pantomime activities: Imaginary Ball, Word expressions,
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - PRESIDENTS' WEEKEND
- Tuesday: Notes on blocking and stage composition
- Wednesday: Block your play
- Thursday: Royalties and Publicity notes
- Friday: Finish royalties and publicity notes
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14
- Monday: Finish genre assignment; Script analysis notes; Assign play to read
- Tuesday: Do script analysis from given play
- Wednesday: Ground plan notes and draw a ground plan from given play
- Thursday:
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - PRESIDENTS' WEEKEND
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 7
- Monday: finishing work from last week
- Tuesday: Stage terminology
- Wednesday: Evaluate the stage assignment
- Thursday: Letter to Mr. Denney
- Friday: Genre and assignment
WEEK OF JANUARY 31
- Monday: What are the advantages/disadvantages of each type of stage - essay
- Tuesday: Defining theatre terms
- Wednesday: NO SCHOOL - SNOW
- Thursday: NO SCHOOL - SNOW
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - SNOW
WEEK OF JANUARY 24
- Monday: Notes on stage directions and body positions
- Tuesday: Practice moving on stage
- Wednesday: Performance Assessment - Stage Directions and Body Positions
- Thursday: Parts of the Stage Notes
- Friday: Evaluating the HS stage
WEEK OF JANUARY 17
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - MLK DAY
- Tuesday: Finish Murder by Bequest
- Wednesday: Researching Producers/Directors
- Thursday: Researching Producers/Directors
- Friday: Create an escape room
WEEK OF JANUARY 10
- Monday: Directing and Producing Notes
- Tuesday: Would you rather be a director or a producer write
- Wednesday: Read Little Red Riding HOod
- Thursday: Begin Murder by Bequest
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - COVID
WEEK OF JANUARY 3
- Monday: Sub: Tell me about break and goals for school year
- Tuesday: Second semester discussion; New seats; create your own game
- Wednesday: Directing and producing activity;
- Thursday: Sub: Directing and producing write; Mafia
- Friday: Catchup
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 22
- Monday: Games Paper
- Tuesday: Games Paper
- Wednesday: NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING
- Thursday: NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 15
- Monday: Goes Wrong Show (eight students in class)
- Tuesday: Four on a Couch
- Wednesday: Crossed/Uncrossed; Minefield
- Thursday: Games Paper
- Friday: Games Paper
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 8
- Monday: Silly Sally
- Tuesday: Sub: Careers in theatre
- Wednesday: Sub: Write on video and then To Tell the Truth
- Thursday: Makeup from when subs were here
- Friday: To Tell the Truth
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 1
- Monday: Goes Wrong
- Tuesday: Blindfold Observation; Count Off
- Wednesday: Port Starboard; Mousetrap
- Thursday: Romeo and Juliet
- Friday: Psychiatrist
WEEK OF OCTOBER 25
- Monday: Port/Starboard; Count Off
- Tuesday: Blindfold Observation; Mousetrap
- Wednesday: Now its a, A-Z words, A-Z story
- Thursday: Romeo and Juliet
- Friday: Halloween Fun activities
WEEK OF OCTOBER 18
- Monday: NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday: In the River, On the Shore; Ghosts
- Wednesday: Port/Starboard; Count Off
- Thursday: Blindfold Observation; Mousetrap
- Friday: 1/2 Day: In class activity
WEEK OF OCTOBER 11
- Monday: Finish Goes Wrong show; Honey I love You
- Tuesday: Elves, Giants Wizards; Honey I love you competition
- Wednesday: Testing
- Thursday: Debrief; Mafia
- Friday: Debrief; Pawnee Pass
WEEK OF OCTOBER 4
- Monday: Two Truths and a Lie
- Tuesday: Categories
- Wednesday: Going to Poland
- Thursday: Debrief; Elves, Giants, Wizards
- Friday: Peter Pan Goes Wrong
WEEK OF September 7
- Monday: No School - Labor Day
- Tuesday: Debrief: Using the six key skills, do a self-evaluation. Give yourself a grade on each skill and explain why you gave yourself that grade; Trust Walk; Fork and Spoon
- Wednesday: Debrief; Think back to the trust walk Did you trust your partner? did you have to open eyes? Why or why not? Fork and Spoon - small group; Everybody Knows my Name
- Thursday: Finish fork and spoon and do in small group; Debrief: What did you think of the fork and spoon game? Did the game surprise you? Did you think it would be easier to do in a small group? Was it? What strategies did you use? Why do these in theatre? 3/4 page; Joey's name game
- Friday: Bellwork: Would you say that you have good observation skills? Explain. What I observed; Partner observation;
WEEK OF AUGUST 30
- Monday: Bellwork: What do you hope to get out of theatre?;; Begin introduction to theatre terms - table competition game
- 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: No School - Labor Day
WEEK OF AUGUST 23
- Monday:
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday: First day of school! Half Day Welcome Back discussion
- Thursday: Discipline form: Seating chart activity; Class discussion: Which celebrity/fictional character would sit at your table and why?; Parent Letter (found on main class page) Due September 2; Course Description and discussion (all found on main page); Kuhrt A-Z; Table talk and creative introduction
- Friday: Get to know your teacher quiz; Get to know you form; Theatre clips; Partner interviews