Drama

=Welcome to Drama = December 1, 2011 Bell-Ringer, in the In-Class Writing Section: What is the most awkward (but now that you are no longer in it, funny) situation that you have ever found yourself in? NOTE: This is not a trap.

Yes-vember 28, 2011 Bell-Ringer, in the In-Class Writing Section: Best or Worst Case Scenario: write about either the best or the worst 5-day Thanksgiving weekend.

Yes-vember 10, 2011 Bell-Ringer, In the In-Class Writing Section: Take tomorrow's scenario--Friday at Rogers High School, teachers in meetings all day--and describe the worst-case scanario. If you choose, you may work with one (1) partner.

Yes-vember 9, 2011 Bell-Ringer, In the In-Class Writing Section: Take yesterday's scenario--Mr. Black gone, Sub Teacher in the room, students with creative tendencies--and tell me the worst-case scenario; what could possibly (or impossibly) go wrong? (5-10 minutes)

November 7, 2011 Bellringer: in you Journal Section: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">For the first 5 minutes of class, answer the following question: which time and place (other than here and present day) make for the best stories?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">November 1, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bellringer: On Google Docs <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Find the Shared File "Character Questions." Open the file. Await further instructions.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 31, 2011

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">In the In-Class Writing Section of your notebook, please complete the following:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Write down the following items, which need to be covered in detail by you during your Performance #4 on Wednesday:
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Your character's full name.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Where your character lives.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Who your character lives with.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Occupation.
 * 5) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Biggest dream in life.
 * 6) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">One childhood experience that affected your character.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 28, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">In the In-Class Writing Section of your notebook, please complete the following:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Re-read the character descriptions of the jurors, which is found on pages 218-219. Understanding that this play was originally written in the 1950's, which of the 12 jurors do you think would be the most difficult to translate to a modern production of this play?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 27, 2011

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">In the In-Class Writing Section of your notebook, please complete the following:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Choose one of the three characters that you described in detail in class yesterday. Choose three aspects of that character, and in 50 words or less, describe how that character would be different if you either amplified or de-emphasized those aspects.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 25, 2011

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">In the In-Class Writing Section of your notebook, please complete the following: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Make a list of you favorite characters. These could be fictional characters that you have seen or read about, or they could be real people like celebrities and the like. Your list could even include "characters" from your real life--people who stand out in your mind.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 24, 2011

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">In the In-Class Writing Section of your notebook, please answer the following question: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">In your opinion, what makes a movie or play GOOD? Is it the characters, the plot, the players, the scenery and effects, what?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 21, 2011

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">In the In-Class Writing Section of your notebook, please answer the following question:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Which movie or play that you have seen in the past year should Mr. Black see, and why? (Writing for time, 5 minutes minimum)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 20, 2011

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">In the In-Class Writing Section of your notebook, please answer the following question: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Who is your "go to" actor or actress? That is, who is the actor or actress whom you would watch in any movie or play, regardless of whether you thought it was going to be good or not? (Writing for time, 5 minutes minimum)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 18, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">In the Objective Section of your notebook, please answer the following questions:
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">What is your greatest difficulty when you are performing?
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">What is your greatest strength when you are performing?
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">What can you do to overcome your difficulty listed in #1?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 17, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">In the Objective Section of your notebook, please answer the following questions:
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Whether you are working solo or with a partner on Performance #3 (pantomime).
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">What you plan to do for your pantomime; please be as specific as you can be.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">How prepared you think you are for this performance, which starts (and probably ends) on Friday of this week.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Between __Our Town__ and __Twelve Angry Men__, which play in __A Book of Plays__ you would rather read next (you will eventually read them both, BTW).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 14, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Instead of writing today's objective, please answer the following as it pertains to "Sorry, Wrong Number:" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">"I can perform that play with only __ players." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Be prepared to explain your number.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 13, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Critical Reading: Prep
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will use a Brace Map to identify how I would cast the characters in "Sorry, Wrong Number."
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will draw a Stage Plot to determine how the set should look in "Sorry, Wrong Number."

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">How do I begin to visualize what a play on the page will look like when it gets on stage?

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Performance #3: Pantomime
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will develop a 1-2 minute pantomime performance.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Performance #3: Pantomime
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will understand the idea behind pantomime and dismiss the myth that it is just for poor french guys with bad makeup.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Can I make it look like I have something that is not there, just by pretending it is there?

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 10, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Stock Characters: Performance <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">2. Critical Reading: "Sorry, Wrong Number"
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will perform well, both on stage and off.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will read the play with an eye on casting and staging.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 6, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Stock Characters: Final Prep
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will be ready to perform my play on Friday.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 5, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Stock Characters: Performance Prep
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will get my group's play ready to perform on Friday.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Exit Slip: (1 per group) I will send an e-mail through my Google account to Mr. Black and my group members, detailing needs for Friday: props, costuming (if any), final edits to the script, etc.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">October 4, 2011

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Stock Characters: Workshopping


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will work with my group members to improve my play.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Exit Slip: I will deliver a Post-It to Mr. Black which describes the beginning, middle, and end of the conflict of my story.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">October 3, 2011 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Stock Characters: Workshopping
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will work with my group members to improve my play.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 30, 2011 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Critical Reading: "Here We Are"
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will consider how to take a play from page to stage.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 29, 2011 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Stock Characters Fine Tuning <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">2. Critical Reading: "Here We Are"
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will learn standard Drama Writing Format.
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">[|Online Basics]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will consider the best way to stage a play.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">What is the standard way to format a script for a play?

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Reminder: Finish reading "Here We Are" by the time you come to class on Friday, 9/30/2011. Procedure: Beginning: Write down daily objectives in notebooks. Engage: Familiarize with basic format for writing drama using online tutorial page. Exit: Read "Here We Are." Practice: Re-Format your groups play to fit standard format for writing drama.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 28, 2011 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Stock Characters: Project <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">2. Critical Reading: "Here We Are"
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will write a play that utilizes two or more stock characters.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will consider the best way to stage a play.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 27, 2011 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Stock Characters: Project


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will learn the basics of Google Docs and how it will be used on collaborative writing projects.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 26, 2011 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Body Control
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will learn how to loosen my shoulders and upper torso.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">2. Stock Characters: Project
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will learn the basics of Google Docs and how it will be used on collaborative writing projects.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 23, 2011 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;"> 1. Stock Characters: Project


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will combine two or more stock characters and write a 5-10 minute play.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Essential Question of the Day:

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">How can stories involve the interaction between two characters?

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 22, 2011 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Drama Links Page
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will see what is on the Drama links page at https://room32daily.wikispaces.com/Drama+Links.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">2. Stock Characters: Project <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">How can stories involve the interaction between two characters?
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will combine two or more stock characters and write a 5-10 minute play.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 21, 2011

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Body Language


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will learn the basics of reading and performing using intentional body placement.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">2. Stock Characters


 * I will write a scene which combines two or more stock characters.

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<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 20, 2011 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Body Language <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">2. Stock Characters
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will learn the basics of reading and performing using intentional body placement.
 * I will write a scene which combines two or more stock characters.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Monday, September 19, 2011

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Body Control

 * ====<span style="font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%; line-height: 48px;">I will learn to loosen my upper body. ====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">2. Open Scene Golden Lines
<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Essential Question of the Day: What can I learn from my performance and the performances of my classmates?
 * ====<span style="font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%; line-height: 48px;">I will learn from Friday's performances. ====

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Friday, September 16, 2011 1. Performance: Open Scene 2. Evaluation: Open Scene
 * I will perform an Open Scene for the class.
 * I will write a review of my own performance and that of my classmates.

**Essential Question of the Day:** What does a good performance look like?