Monday, September 28, 2015

September 28, 2015 - October 2, 2015 Weekly Schedule

 

 

Monday, September 28th: 

Ms. Payne spoke to 9th graders about grades, schedules, and rules

I assigned seats

Play "Fairy Tale" and "What Are You Doing?"

Tuesday, September 29th: 

Passed out and went over the class syllabus.

Theatre Games: 

Emotional Cocktails: 
Anselmo
Steve
Esmeralda
Timerica 
Evanna
Taylor 

Steve
Atiya 
Alejandra
Jarek

"Yes, and...."

Wednesday, September 30th: 

Guest artist: Alicia!

Divide class into groups of five to do “Three Scenes and a Phrase”
 “Can I leave?” Performed scene but it was a mess.
Taylor Devers, Leslie Priego, Samone Washington, James Bagay, Anthony Marton
1.     Two girls are sneaking out. The brother catches them and the girls bribe him not to tell.
2.     He still snitches on the girls.  Mom starts grilling him.
3.     The girls sneaks back in and Mom catches them and a family argument ensues.

Sofia Aburto, Jarek Cruz, Daisy, Stephanie Lopez, Alejandra Torres
“I don’t know”
            1.




Steve Galvez, Timerica Griffen, Graciela Rodriguez, Evonna , Atiya Bumpers
“I don’t care!" 
1.     A teacher asks a math question and a kid responds with “I don’t care!”
2.     Someone is stealing something from a liquor store and another kid asks to steal something else.
3.     A kid is sneaking and is caught by a parent.

Rita Panasyan, Marie Saunders, Stepan Cholakyan, Aliza Shimada,
“I’m hungry”. Started but bell rang
1.     Bad baby sitter with screaming hungry baby
2.     Two hungry clients in a restaurant
3.     Family eating while some other members of the family are watching them eat and saying “I’m hungry.”

Esmeralda, Ashley, Kimberly, Chelsea – Mean Girls!
“Oh, my god!”
Did the Karen, Regina scene where one of the mean girls who is wearing red, asks if she can sit with them. They say, “oh, my god, no! You’re wearing red. And today is not red day!”
They only did one scene. The scene was really good, but it was only one scene. They did not understand they had to do three scenes.

Natalia Nunez, Cateryn Sanchez, Josselyn Catu,
“Are you ready?”
No conference with them yet.

Scenes performed today:
“Can I leave?” Performed scene but it was a mess.
Taylor Devers, Leslie Priego, Samone Washington, James Bagay, Anthony Marton
1.     Two girls are sneaking out. The brother catches them and the girls bribe him not to tell.
2.     He still snitches on the girls.  Mom starts grilling him.
3.     The girls sneaks back in and Mom catches them and a family argument ensues.

Scenes performed today:

Esmeralda, Ashley, Kimberly, Chelsea – Mean Girls!
“Oh, my god!”
Did the Karen, Regina scene where one of the mean girls who is wearing red, asks if she can sit with them. They say, “oh, my god, no! You’re wearing red. And today is not red day!”
They only did one scene. The scene was really good, but it was only one scene. They did not understand they had to do three scenes.

Thursday, October 1st: 

Worked with following scenes in front of class:
Girls sneaking out
“Can we go now?”
Anthony - bratty brother who bribes his sisters and then squeals on them
Taylor - mom
Leslie - daughter sneaking out to party
Samone - daughter sneaking out to party
James - angry dad who wants a divorce (?)

Mean Girls
“Oh, my god!”
Esmeralda
Kimberly
Chelsea
Ashley

Math Class/Liquor Store
“I don’t care!”
Steve Galvez - juvenile delinquent
Timerica - student
Atiya - student
Graciela - student/customer
Evonna - teacher/sales clerk

Friday, October  2nd: 

Rehearsed:
“Are you ready?”
Anselmo – friend
Natalia – mom/friend
Josselyn – sleeping daughter
Cateryn – student
1.     Mom asks daughter if she is ready to go to school
2.     Ready to take test
3.     Teacher asks class if they are ready to go hom

“I want chicken nuggets!”
Arath – pizza maker
Omar – manager
Josselyn – Mom
Miriam – bratty daughter
Arisbeth – clerk at fast food restaurant

Mean Girls – showed scenes 2 and 3; show on Monday
Ashley
Esmeralda

“I don’t know!”
Jarek – bullied big brother
Jennifer – Mom
Alejandra – bratty little sister
Daisy – mom’s friend
Stephanie – mom’s friend

 

 


 

Monday, September 21, 2015

September 21, 2015 - September 25, 2015

Monday, September 21st: 

Guest Artist here today - Melissa!

The rest of the students finished reading their scenes.
Katherine 
Xithlalli
Moahna
Maybelline
Nakarin
Oscar
Lloyd 

Melissa worked with four students today on memorization technique.

Seven students lost or threw away their scenes. They had to photograph or copy their scene over again. 

Tuesday, September 22nd: 

Students present their monologues today.

 
Monologues:
Kimberly
Katherine
Arturo
Arri
Amy
Audrey
Jalani
Alondra
Nicole
Ki
Joan
Nelli
Maybelline
Lynn
Tyler
Moana
Gia
Xithlalli
Narkarin
Jasmine
Stephanie
Angie
Jayla
Josie
Emily
Oscar
Leslier
Tyler

Wednesday, September 23rd: 

No school today!

Thursday, September 24th: 

Last day of this section of the round robin. Tomorrow, classes change!


Gave students ten minutes to work on monologues if they wish to do a redo on their monologues.
Did “Sing-Off” with those who had already done monologues
Redo monologues:
Lloyd
Ki
Tyler
Jaynice
Tyrone
Rosalyn
Myleth

Theatre Games:
What are you doing?
Audrey, Jalani, Joan, Lynne, Tyler, Ki, Arri, Jaynice

Friday, September 25th: 


New class!
Theatre Games!
Sing off!
World’s Worst Competition Ever!
Where You Are and What You Are?
Circle Into!


Thursday, September 17, 2015

September 15, 2015 - September 18, 2015




Tuesday, September 17th: 


Ten minute rehearsal
Presentation of scenes

Dance Competition:
Lynn, Ki, Mayleth, Emily
“Dance Competition Erupts in a fight”

Stephanie, Arri, Jalani, Tyron, Oscar
“A Day at the Beach”


  
Wednesday, September 16th: 


Brief rehearsals and then begin presenting their “Entrance Games”:

1.     Gia, Nelli, Amy, Jayla:
Jayla and Gia bullying Nelli. Amy, the teacher, intervenes.

2.     Tyler, Kimberly, Arturo, and Angie: Tyler is dating both girls. Girls are about to argue until he tells them he is gay.

3.     Jay-Nice, Nicole, Jasmine, Joan: Unclear. They are not performing what they have  rehearsed.

4.     Nikarin, Alondra, Delicia, Josie: Girls are driving home late at night after a funeral of a friend. The car unexpectedly breaks down. While the girls are fixing the car, the ghost of the friend shows up and kills them.


 
  Thursday, September 17th:

Alicia Here!!!
Theatre Games:
Cocktail Games: Jovanna, Jayla, Arri, Lynne, Ki, Jalani, Joan
Rock Star: Audrey, Jalani, Jasmine, Arri,
Sing Off!
Build a Scene!
A bizarre scenario where people create a tableau in ten seconds:
Donkeys in Outer Space
Aliens Watching a Movie
Aliens Working in a Factory
Circus Clowns in the Jungle
Monkeys at a Rave
Ninjas in a Prison Break
Three Tableaux
Teams of three or four create a tableau based on a suggestion from the audience
The best team tableau is voted on by the audience.

Friday, September 18th: 

 

Passed out monologues for a cold reading.
Volunteers:
Alondra – good
Arri – good
Jalani – might be good once it’s memorized
Amy – okay
Audrey – Great!
Jasmine – good
Gia – okay
Tyler – okay
Joan – good
Lynne – okay
Arturo – okay
Josie – okay
Jayla – okay
Stephanie – okay; hard to understand
Jaynice - ?
Ki – okay

Did not volunteer
Rosslyn – okay
Kimberly – okay
Nelli – okay
Nicole – okay
Emily – okay
Angie – okay

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

September 8, 2015 - September 11, 2015 Weekly Agenda

Tuesday, September 8th: 

Gia, Nelli, Amy, Jayla, - on stage

Xithlalli, Ki, Emily, Mayleth, Lynn – 1st row by the door

Audrey, Maybelline, Moahna, Jovanna, - 4th row by the white board

Alondra, Dalicia, Nakarin,  Josie – 6th row by the third book case

Arri, Lloyd, Roselyn, Leslie -  8th row by the white board

 Jaynice, Nicole,  Jasmine, Joan – by the fourth book case

Jelani, Stephanie, Katherine, Tyron, Oscar – by the 10th row by the a/c

Tyler, Kimberly, Arturo, Angelica, - by the back door

The Entrance Game:
This is one scene only! A group of people come into a room AFTER some sort of situation has happened OUTSIDE the room. It can be: a break-up; an argument; a natural disaster. The people bring their reaction, their feelings about the event in with them.  This scene should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, and should last about three minutes.
No vulgar language, no sex, or gang, or drug references.

Wednesday, September 9th: 



Gia, Nelli, Amy, Jayla, - on stage
Xithlalli, Ki, Emily, Mayleth, Lynn – lobby
Audrey, Maybelline, Moahna, Jovanna - 502
 Alondra, Dalicia, Nakarin,  Josie – 502
Arri, Lloyd, Roselyn, Leslie -  lobby
Jaynice, Nicole,  Jasmine, Joan – in 503
Jelani, Stephanie, Katherine, Tyron, Oscar – in 503
Tyler, Kimberly, Arturo, Angelica - 503

The Entrance Game:
This is one scene only! A group of people come into a room AFTER some sort of situation has happened OUTSIDE the room. It can be: a break-up; an argument; a natural disaster. The people bring their reaction, their feelings about the event in with them.  This scene should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, and should last about three minutes.
No vulgar language, no sex, or gang, or drug references. 

Everyone is on task!

Thursday, September 10th: 

Break into groups and rehearse the commercials:
Worked with the following scenes: 
Gia, Nellie, Amy - Bullies
Ari, Leslie, Lloyd, Roselyn - Mistaken identity results in murder
Arturo, Jaleni, Katherine, Oscar, Stephanie 

Friday, September 11th: 

Twenty minute rehearsals and then presentations: 

Dance Competition: 
Lynne, Ki,

Redirected the scene before the class.

At the beach when a sea monster eats a beach goer: 

Jaloni, Arri - extra credit, Arturo, 

Finish on Tuesday.