June 4, 2018 - June 8, 2018 Daily Agenda

Monday, June 4th: 

Jack was here!

Worked with Issis and Yessenia: “Soap Opera”

I worked with Taylor and Vidal: “The Accident”

Performance:

Adolfo and Lisbeth: “Funeral Parlor”

Tuesday, June 5th: 
Worked with:
"The Show" 
Hilaryd and Andrea

Wednesday, June 6th: 
Students present their final scenes today: 

"DMV Tyrant"  - Ublester and Mayte
"The Mistake" - Amanda and Mackenzie
"The Accident" - Taylor and Vidal
"The Exchange" - Ilan and Salamata
"The Break-in" - Bryan and Jose
"The Body" - Dennis and Giselle
(Helper - Jay, the "body")
"The Hereafter" - Jay and Giselle who stepped in for Jospeh
Extra credit - Giselle
"The Intimidation" - Idalia and Makenna
"Soap Opera" - Issis and Yessenia
"The Show" - Andrea and Hilaryd
"The Roommate" - Annmarie and Yadira
"Jumpers" - Alinah and David
"The Medium" - Annmarie (read for Magdalena who was absent) and Samantha
"The Sitcom" - Allisa and Sam (who read for Karen who flaked)

This marks the last day and the end of a twenty-six-year career teaching acting and directing plays and musicals. It's been a journey, most of which fun, but always a learning experience. 

May 29, 2018 - June 1, 2018 Weekly Agenda

Tuesday, May 29th: 
Pass out final scenes.  These scenes will be your final for this class. 

 The Accident: Taylor and Vidal

The Body: Dennis and Giselle

The Break-in: Bryan and Jose

DMV Tyrant: Mayte and Ublester

The Exchange: Ilan and Salamata

Funeral Parlor: Adolfo and Lizbeth (Giselle)

The Hereafter: Jay and Joseph

The Intimidation: Idalia, Makenna

Jumpers: Alinah and David

The Medium: Magdalena and Samantha

The Mistake: Amanda and Mackenzie

The News Broadcast:

The Roommate: Annmarie and Yadira

The Show: Andrea and Hilaryd (Jay - small role as Allen)

The Sitcom: Allisa and Karen

The Soap Opera: Issis and Yessenia

Wednesday, May 30th: 

Work on your scenes

Thursday, May 31st: 

Work on your scenes! 

Rehearsed with Lizbeth and Adolfo on Funeral Parlor
Extras: David and Yessenia

Friday, June 1st: 

Work on your scenes 

You will present your scenes during your final on Wednesday, June 6th.

Worked with the following scenes:

“The Hereafter” – Jay and Joseph

“The Mistake” – Amanda and Mackenzie

May 21, 2018 - May 25, 2018 Weekly Agenda

Tuesday, May 22nd:

Final Presentations of Self-Written Monologues: 
1. Jose - wakes up from coma paralyzed as a result of his friend's drunk driving
2. Mayte - tells her ill hospitalized dad she may not graduate
3. Makenna - negotiating with her brother to help him because he broke something and Mom will be mad.
4. Andrea - trying to talk a friend out of suicide
5. Salamata - kidnapped by drug lords when she was a baby. Now she is about to meet her biological parents for the first time.
6. Amanda - waiting for a difficult friend who is late - again!
7. Annmarie - apologizing to her crush for throwing a can of soda at a girl who was flirting with him at a party.
8. Karen - upset with her mother for unfavorably comparing her grades with her younger sister's grades.
9. Yessenia - breaking up with her boyfriend over the phone
Helper - Karen
10. Idalia - her crush comes to her bedroom window at midnight to talk to her. Shades of Romeo and Juliet
11. Sam - at her brother's grave who died violently due to his involvement with gangs.
12. Yadira - kidnapped by unknown villains because she was snooping on youtube. The room she is in is covered with secretly taken photos of her.
13. Taylor - consoling her grieving sister over the death of their cousin.

Comments, discussion, and critiques followed each presentation.
Commentators: Giselle, Idalia, Adolfo, Issis, Joseph

People who will present on Thursday are:
Alinah, David, Dennis,  Issis, Magdalena



Thursday, May 24th:
People who will present on Thursday are:
Alinah, David, Dennis,  Issis, Magdalena

Final Presentations of Monologues:

Dennis: screaming that he is innocent of his best friend’s murder to the very man – a cop – who has killed her and is trying to pin the murder on him.

Discussion, critiques, comments – Giselle, Idalia, Adolfo, Jay

David: Bug Spray. Set off bug spray which caused his house to explode.

Discussion, critiques, comments: Mackenzie, Salamata, Idalia, Hilaryd, Adolfo

Issis: teacher of an autistic child

Helper: Idalia

Discussion, critiques, comments: Giselle

Magdalena: Sister robbed a bank and wants her to hide the money

Discussion, critiques, comments: Jay, Idalia, Ublester, Adolfo, Giselle

Alina: Mom in car with spider freaking out, until someone in the car behind honks.

Discussion, critiques, comments: Giselle, Taylor, Adolfo

Hilaryd: Talking to difficult sister

Taylor, Jay, Adolfo, Videal, Andrea,

Theatre Games:students have been sitting for a long time!

Kitty Wants a Corner

Passed out scenes:

 The Accident: Taylor and Vidal

The Body: Dennis and Giselle

The Break-in: Bryan and Jose

DMV Tyrant: Mayte and Ublester

The Exchange: Ilan and Salamata

Funeral Parlor: Adolfo and Lizbeth (Giselle)

The Hereafter: Jay and Joseph

The Intimidation: Idalia, Makenna

Jumpers: Alinah and David

The Medium: Magdalena and Samantha

The Mistake: Amanda and Mackenzie

The News Broadcast:Ublester

The Roommate: Annmarie and Yadira

The Show: Andrea and Hilaryd

The Sitcom: Allisa and Karen
The Soap Opera: Issis and Yessenia

Friday, May 25th:
Regular Schedule
Special Shakespeare Lesson by Mr. Tourtellotte

May 14, 2018 - May 18, 2018 Weekly Agenda

Monday, May 14th:
Present your final draft or your final presentation of your monologue
Final Draft: 
Jose Alfaro - Waking up paralyzed from a coma caused by the drunk driving of his friend

Madeline - friends with a bullied student who commits suicide

Bryan - can't find car keys to take little brother to soccer practice. Calls mom and gets frustrated with her flightiness. After getting in an argument with her, he discovers his little brother sitting on the keys because he enjoys watching him fight with their mother.

Idalia - working late at night on school work, when her crush shows up at her window.

Hilaryd - angry at her sister for being a drama queen.

Good comments from Idalia, Mackenzie, Lizbeth A., Issis, Taylor,

Final Presentations:
Giselle - polite pickpocket who tries to return a cheap broken watch she stole from her victim. Gets arrested for her consideration

Amanda and Magdaline - extra credit for seeing the musical 


Tuesday, May 15th:
Present your final draft or your final presentation of your monologue
 Final Draft:
Volunteered:
 Amanda Broom -  Difficult friend who is very selfish
Yessenia - Breaks up with boyfriend over phone b/c he never has time for her
Andrea - Trying to talk friend out of committing suicide
Mackenzie - Mom wants her to give eulogy at her abusive father's funeral

Called on:
Karen - Angry at her mom because she is comparing her litttle sister's elementary school grades, which are A's and B's, to her own when she was in elementary school.

David - Blew up house using bug spray
Salamata - kidnapped as a baby by drug lords, she is now about to be reunited with her real parents. She also finds out she is not sixteen, but eighteen!



Wednesday, May 16th:
Presentations of the last of the final drafts and presentations of the presentations:
Final Draft:

Dennis – Interrogated by killer cop who actually killed his best friend

Yadira – kidnapped by government agency who has been stalking her

Magdalina – sister has robbed a bank and wants her to hide the money for her.

Sam – a young girl from a troubled family talking to dead brother at grave site who was killed by gang violence

Taylor – Comforting her sister who is grieving over the death of their cousin who is her sister’s best friend

Final Presentation:

Alissa – Friend going to a different school and they are drifting apart. She feels betrayed because her friend is now hanging out with an estranged friend who had broken off with the both of them.

Ublester – Friend playing soccer accidentally breaks the next-door neighbor’s car window. Neighbor says they have to each pay twenty-five dollars. Ublester has to break the news to his father who then grounds him.

Thursday, May 17th: 

Final Presentations:

Makenzie – talking to friend about mom pressuring her to give the eulogy at her abusive father’s funeral.
Discussion and critiques

Joseph – on a date with a girl he likes but who so clearly only likes him for his money. Funny!
Critiques and discussions

Lizbeth – Expressing her feelings about an old girlfriend who is straight and doesn’t share her feelings
Critiques and discussions

Friday, May 18th:
Gave them some time to rehearse
Final Presentations:
Ilan: Accidentally sets fire to the backyard. Tries to put it out - while he's on crutches. Then his mom shows up and he has a lot of explaining to do.
Discussion, critiques

Bryan: Looking for keys to take his brother to soccer. He calls their mother to see if she knows where they are. His mother is notorious for her wicked sense of humor and flightiness with keys - she constantly loses them in a series of bizarre twists which always winds up getting Bryan injured. They get in an argument when Bryan brings up these zany escapades. He hangs up annoyed but eventually figures out his little brother was sitting on them all along because he likes to see his big brother and his mom fight.
Discussion, critiques. 

May 7, 2018 - May 11, 2018 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade Acting Class

Monday, May 7th:

Presentations of monologues:

Rough Draft:

Alinah – needed help writing her rough draft of spider in mom’s car and someone honking at them at stop light.

Final Presentation:

Jay – telling a girl he loved her. Then speaking to the audience about what happened next.

Final Draft:

Lizbeth – telling a friend her feelings about her high school girlfriend and why she can’t forget her.

Issis – a teacher defending an autistic girl from another girl who doesn’t understand the child’s issues.

Taylor – Talking to her sister who is devastated by the death of their cousin, who was sister’s best friend.

Ublester – Talking to an adult whose car window was smashed by his friend while playing soccer.
Discussions, critiques, comments 

Tuesday, May 8th:
Final Presentation:
Adolfo - burned face with iron day before picture day
Final Draft:
Madeline - friend committed suicide
Ublester - Kid busted a neighbor's window
Allisa - angry at difficult friend who lies to her and keeps he waiting
Mayte - Dad in hospital. She has to tell him she might not graduate from middle school
Idalia - Crush is at her bedroom window. Bell rang - to be continued!
Discussions, critiques, comments, etc.

Wednesday, May 9th: 

Arts Integration – Winston and Audrey performed scenes and songs from Into the Woods and answered questions.

Final presentation:

Vidal – sneaked into creepy neighbor’s next door house and found a crying, bruised child in the basement.  He rushes back to his house to call his friend to figure out what to do. While on the phone, he sees the creepy neighbor dragging outside what looks to be a black bag containing a body. He realizes to his horror that the creepy neighbor is heading his way. Vidal hears footsteps outside his door and picks up a chair to defend himself. 

Discussions, critiques, comments, etc. 

The Entrance Exercise - Adolfo

April 30, 2018 - May 4, 2018 Weekly Schedule for World Theatre Class

Monday, April 30th: 
Watch Into the Woods film for Arts Integration
Theatre games:
Kitty Wants a Corner
Follow the Leader
Rough Draft Presentations:
Dennis - accused of killing his best friend
Annmarie - telling her crush she likes him


Tuesday, May 1st: 
Shortened Day
Present your final draft
As soon as you present your final draft, begin memorizing and creating your character for presentation

Mackenzie - Final draft
Talking to a friend about not wanting to fulfill mom's wishes that she speak at her abusive father's funeral

Jose - not ready

Bryan - Rough draft
Has to take kid brother to soccer practice but he can't find the car keys and blames his mother for taking the keys.

Lisbeth - Rough draft
Talking to a friend about someone she likes

Issis - Rough draft
Autism - new topic
Giving information about autism

Taylor - Rough draft
New - writing to cousin in jail

Hilaryd - Rough draft
Arguing with he sister who is a drama queen

Mayte Guzman - Rough Draft
Dad in hospital after a bad car accident. She has to tell him that she may not graduate from middle school because of her low g.p.a.
 

Wednesday, May 2nd: 

Presentations of your rough draft today.

Jose – Rough Draft

Waking up from a coma after being in a drunk driving accident

Makenna – Backstory/Rough Draft

Sister and she are playing ball in the living room when  her sister breaks the t.v.

Vidal – Rough Draft

Calling friend after he discovers a child caged in the creepy neighbor’s basement.

Idalia – Rough Draft

Backstory/rough draft  – new

Can’t date a guy she likes because she thinks he is  leading her on .  

As soon as you present your final draft, begin memorizing and creating your character for presentation

Thursday, May 3rd: 
Today finish presenting your rough draft.
Tomorrow, Friday, May 4th, present your final draft
You will begin presenting your character beginning on Monday, May 7th.

Entrance Exercise: Students write scenarios on a slip of paper and place in a basket. A volunteer chooses – without looking – a slip and acts out what is on the paper.

Volunteers: Ilan, Annmarie, Giselle, Adolfo

Presentations:

Finishing up the Rough Drafts:

Andrea – trying to persuade friend not to commit suicide

Joseph – rich guy asks a gold digger out on a disastrous date.

Amanda – ranting to another friend about a very difficult friend

Idalia – talking to a guy she has a crush on

Sam (backstory too) – gangbanging brother killed by his ex-girlfriend

Magdalena (backstory, too) – sister robbed a bank

Friday, May 4th:
Presentations of your final draft.

Guest Artist:  Jack!

Entrance Game: Jay, Adolfo, Ilan, Alina, Salamata

Presentations:

Rough Draft:

Yessenia – trying to tell her sleepy sister about an embarrassing incident with a boy she likes.

Final Draft:

Jay – has a crush on a girl

Giselle – a thief gets arrested when she tries to return a broken watch she’s stolen.

Joseph – rich guy who takes a gold digger on a disastrous date.

Dennis – a teen who is being interrogated for the murder of his best friend, by an older cop who murdered her when she tried to break it off with him.

Ilan – trying to figure out how to get out of trouble with setting the backyard on fire.

April 23, 2018 - April 27, 2018 Weekly Agenda

Special Schedule 

Wednesday, April 23rd: 
Work on first-draft of monologue

Thursday, April 24th: 
Watch Into the Woods as part of Arts Integration