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

April 16, 2018 - April 20, 2018 Weekly Agenda

Monday, April 16th: 

Students continue presenting their backstory and first draft monologues

For homework: students will rewrite their first draft for presentation

Students worked on back story and rough draft:

Conferences with:

Hilaryd

Jay

Yessenia

Presenters:

Jay – First love

Ilan – Accidentally sets fire to the backyard

Madeline – Lives in a religious but homosexual community that believes hetero love is a sin. She is coming out to her two moms.

Tuesday, April 17th: 

Theatre Games:

"School Bus" 

Students continue presenting their backstory and first draft monologues 

For homework: students will rewrite their first draft for presentation
Annmarie - (volunteered)
Backstory: a crush has told her he doesn't care for her
No monologue

Alissa - volunteered
Backstory: Best friend who is indifferent to her needs
Monologue

Salamata - volunteered
Backstory: abducted as a baby from the hospital by druglords; sitting in the police precinct about to meet her biological parents for the first time.
No monologue

Jose - declined

Bryan -
Backstory: College student who is entrusted with taking his little brother to soccer practice. Mom accidentally took his car keys.
No monologue:

Lizbeth -
Backstory: Trying to screw up her courage to tell her best friend she has feelings have changed.
No monologue

Idalia -
Backstory: Telling her best friend how much she means to her after both have gone through some really tough times during 8th and 9th grade.
No monologue

Vidal -
Backstory: Has a weird next door neighbor who's tall, bald, with a long beard. Sometimes he can hear screaming from his neighbor's house. One night he sneaks into his neighbor's house and finds a small emaciated child caged in the basement. He manages to sneak out of the house unnoticed and now has a moral dilemma - what does he do now?  He is sharing his moral dilemma with a friend - should he go to the authorities and tell them what he saw?
No monologue

Wednesday, April 18th: 

Presentations of Back Story:
Yadira (volunteered)
Back Story:
After watching a strange video on youtube a young girl notices strange things beginning to happen:
phone locks, strange car parked in front, flashing light in bedroom window
No monologue

Good suggestions: Madeline, Annmarie, Dennis

Madeline: (volunteered)
Back Story:
Bullied friend committed suicide. She has a regret - she saw him the day he died and ignored him.
Very powerful!
Rough draft: Anti-bullying; expressing hurt and anger over the bullying she has endured.

Dennis:
Back Story: Lucas has been accused of murdering his best friend who was actually murdered by the man she was having an affair with - a cop.  She is a minor and wants to end the relationship and the cop is afraid she will report him.  Lucas finds her body and is now stands accused by the cop for her death.
No monologue.


 Thursday, April 19th:

Continued Presentation of Back Story and First Draft of Monologue:
Ublester:
First draft: speaking to angry car owner, his friend who broke the guy's car window, and then, his dad.

Joseph:
Back Story
1/2 of first draft: Crush gives his a chance

Mayte:
Back Story: Dad had a car accident; she has to tell him that she might not graduate

Taylor:
Back Story: Cousin died from asthma at age 14; her sister is devastated; she speaks to her sobbing sister on the day of their cousin's funeral.

Magdalena:
Back Story: Her adult sister robbed a bank; wants her to hide the money

Amanda:
Back Story: A close friend suddenly becomes like a mean girl and has wrecked her plans to be with her best friend.

Jose:
Back Story: Was accepted to play on the soccer team. Celebrates with a friend who is drinking and driving. His friend crashes the car, leaving him paralyzed. He is now talking to his friend about drinking and driving.
 
Andrea:
Back Story: Her cousin is contemplating suicide because of her parents' divorce. Her grades have plummeted and is deeply depressed.  Andrea is counseling her friend. 

Yessenia:
Back Story: Gets awkward around her crush.

David:
Back Story: Bill's family trying to deal with really bad bug problem.
Suggestion: Bill tried to handle the bug problem on his own and winds up causing the house to explode. Bill is now trying to explain to his family what he did and why.

Karen:
Back Story: Mom is giving her a hard time because her little sister's grades are better than hers were in elementary school. Karen's answer is that she is helping her little sister with her homework, and she didn't have anyone to help her when she was little.

Hilaryd:
Back Story: Sister is always causing drama. She is untidy and never cleans the room, but Hilaryd gets blamed for it. 
Karen
Hilary 

Friday, April 20th: 

Present back story
Begin presenting the rough draft of your monologue

April 9, 2018 - April 13, 2018 World Theatre Class

Monday, April 9th: 
Theatre Exercises:

Guest Artist: Jack

Jack worked with Salamata and Amanda on their “What I Did During Spring Break”

With helpers Ilan and Jay. 

 Group performed their version of "Ready Player One"

Get out a sheet of paper. Write about something you can relate to – maybe something that is bothering you. Some things that bother teens are:

Giselle: When you are in your room with the door closed and someone comes in to tell you something and when they leave, they leave the door open.

Liz: When adults say that teens don’t have anything to stress over and they don’t have any problems.

Mackenzie: When adults always act as if they are right just because they are adults.

Adolfo: Slow internet when you are playing a game.

Ublester:

Liz: When someone just looks at you and just decides who you are. When people judge you just by looking at you.

AnnMarie; When you are at a family party and your family says it’s time to go and two hours later your parents are still yakking and you’re still there.

Yessenia: When your parents talk smack about you in front of you.

Yessenia: When your parents give you contradictory commands – Like grow up and when you try to act like a grown-up, they get mad and say “You’re just a child.”

Joseph: When my charger breaks.

Bryan: When I am having a good day and my mom isn’t and I come home and Mom is yelling. That kills my day!

Yadira: When spotify ads pop up.

Issis: Ignorant people. When you ask a member of your family a question, and they ignore you or answer in a really sarcastic way.

Dennis: When you are really hungry and someone asks if they can have some of your food.

Jose:  When his mom takes away his phone.

Yessenia: When you go a relative’s house and they ask you if you are hungry, you say no, but they give you food anyway. Or they give you food you don’t like, but your mom makes you eat it.

Liz: When people can’t take a hint.

When you are trying to say something in a nice way, but they don’t get it.

Bryan: When I go to a family reunion and my mom makes me say hello to everyone.

“Drop the Mic”

Annmarie – friend who corrects her pronunciation

Jay – Mom says they have food at home when they don’t

Alinah – Her friend shoves her into a cute guy

Giselle – Her friend threatens to break her pencil if she doesn’t do what she wants

Ilan -

Joseph

Yessenia

Mayte

"Drop the Mic"

Tuesday, April 10th:  
Acting Exercises
"Drop the Mic" - students get up and vent about what is bothering them.
Everybody went!
"Alphabet Fairy Tale" - Jay, Joseph, Lizbeth, Ilan, Giselle,

Wednesday, April 11th: 

Period 3:

I want you to think about a situation that has either happened to you, or you have seen it happen, and you had a strong reaction to. You can also completely make up a situation.

I want you to write about that situation.

You need to create an environment – a setting. A setting is where the scene takes place. Where is the scene taking place? Be specific! What time of day is it?  What time of year is it?

You can create another character who is completely different from you for this monologue.

What is the situation?

There has to be a conflict. What is the character  fighting for or against?

Who is the character talking to?

What is the character’s attitude toward the other person?

What does the character want from the other person? What does the character want the other character to do?

Tomorrow, we will work on your character’s back-story.

  Thursday, April 12th: 
Writing Exercises

Today you are going to write about the back-story to the incident you are talking about. 

After you write the back-story, then you are going to write a rough draft of your monologue.

After you have finished the rough draft, you may read your monologue to a trusted friend.

This is what you need to have in your back-story:

The setting – where did it happen?

The people who were involved – who was present? Who caused it?

The incident: what happened? Who or what caused it to happen? What was your reaction to the event that happened? What was the other person’s or people’s reaction to the event that happened? How did the entire event make you feel? What do you feel should happen next?

This does not have to be a true story!

 The rough draft

Should have a beginning, a middle, and an end

It should have a conflict!

You must be talking to someone.

You must have some sort of demand of, or request from, or need from the other person.

It must be specific! You must cite a specific incident in the monologue.

Friday, April 13th: 
Writing Exercises

April 3, 2018 - April 6, 208 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade Theatre Class

Tuesday, April 3rd:

Theatre Games

"What I Did During Spring Break"
Students break into groups of three to five actors, and create a scene, fictional or actual, about high school students on spring break.

Groups:
1. Karen, Yessenia, Hilaryd, Magdalena, Sam:
Yessenia and Hilary host a birthday party for Magdalena which goes totally south!

2. Madeline, Salamata, Amanda, Makenna:
Based on "Ready Player One"

3. David, Ublester, Vidal, Ilan, Jay:
"Kids in a Graveyard - What Could Go Wrong!"  "Easter Egg Killer!!!!!"
Kids are in a graveyard, run into a weird looking dude. Slowly each boy disappears, leaving only Jay. Before the weird guy kills Jay, Jay says, "Wait! I found an Easter egg!" Jay can now "die" happy!

4. Liz, Issis,  Makenzie: Acting out the shows the students are watching on t.v.

5. Mayte, Alinah, Andrea, Mackenzie:
Girls waste nine days of vacation watching and making snarky comments about the movies on Netflix; then suddenly they realize they have homework and try to do a semester's worth of homework in one day. 

6. Dennis, Annmarie, Yadira, Alissa:
Easter Egg Hunt and Jesus Passion Play Go Totally South 

7. Adolfo, Joseph, Jose, Bryan:
Jose has wild dreams of being trapped in a video game.

Wednesday, April 4th:
Groups 1, 3, 4, 5, 7  performed today

Alinah, Mackenzie, Mayte, and Andrea performed - teen girls watching netflix and making snarky comment until - on day 10 of their vacation - they have one day left to do all their homework assignments which are due the next day.

Ilan, Jay, Vidal, Ublester, David - Kids decide to have an Easter Egg hunt at a cemetery at night where they are stalked and killed by a crazy guy.  Reworked the scene for blocking/staging issues.

Jose, Adolfo, Joseph, Bryan - Jose plays a gamer who gets trapped in his dreams in a violent video game.  Reworked the scene to make it more active and less static: Guys were sitting in chairs playing a video game while Jose laid on a table pretending to "sleep". Will allow them to do a redo tomorrow.

Magdalena, Sam, Karen, Hilaryd, Yessenia - surprise birthday party for a friend. Group was not prepared at all. Allowed a redo for Thursday.

Thursday, April 5th: 

Re-do of "What I Did Over My Spring Break!"
1. Jose, Adolfo, Bryan, Joseph
2. Yessenia, Hilaryd, Madgalena, Sam, Karen

First Round of "What I Did Over My Spring Break!"
Issis, Idalia, Liz, Taylor
Helper: Adolfo


Friday, April 6th:

 “Alphabet Fairy Tale”

Adolfo, Ilan, Ublester,  Dennis, Jay, Giselle

Warm-up:

Performances of “What I Did During My Spring Break!”

Dennis, Annmarie, Yadira,

Redo: Idalia, Liz, Jose, Annmarie

Open Mic:

Jay – “I Hate Puppets”

Giselle – “People Who Wear Sneakers Should Not Wear Jeans"

March 19, 2018 - March 23, 2018 Weekly Agenda for World Theatre Class

Monday, March 19th: 

Work with:
 “Runaways” – Jose and Karen

"Blueberry Accord" - Mackenzie and Salamata

Performances:

“Blueberry Accord” – Mackenzie and Salamata

Tuesday, March 20th: 
Performances:
"Juliet Revisited" - Issis and Andrea
"Runaways" - Jose and Karen

Wednesday, March 21st: 
Performances:
"Thirteen Ways to Ruin Your College Interview" - David and Ublester

Work with:
"A Room of My Own" - Alina and Taylor

Thursday, March 22nd: 
(70 Minutes)

Worked with:
"A Room of My Own" - Alina and Taylor
"My Dog Ate My Homework" - Adolfo, Ilan, Vidal 

Performances: 
 "A Room of My Own" - Alina and Taylor 
 "My Dog Ate My Homework" - Adolfo, Ilan, Vidal
"Wave" - Dennis and Lizbeth
"When We Grow Up" - Allisa, AnnMarie, Makenna 

Your journals are due no later than Thursday, March 22nd
Your self-reflection no later than 11:59 Thursday night, March 22nd.

Friday, March 23rd:  
No Third Period on Friday!

 

Monday, March 12, 2018 Agenda for 9th Grade Theatre Class

Monday, March 12th: 

Standard: 

Development of character and understanding of the scene.

Targeted Objective: 

Students will enhance their understanding of the character through the creation of the character's backstory. Students will also understand the structure of plot - exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

Agenda: 

1. Students will perform their original, self-created back story of their character; this is called the "Inciting Event" which precipitates the scene in the play. The audience will provide constructive critical feedback on the student's creation of a precipitating event in the life of the character.

2. The students will then watch a rehearsal of a scene. By watching the rehearsal of the scene, the actors will learn stage conventions such as blocking, stage movement, vocal projection, character objectives, and how movement reveals intentions and unconscious desires.

Reflection: 

How has the event affected my character and precipitated the events in the story?

Homework: 

Learn your lines and continue working on your "Who, What, Where, When, How" Journals

For Monday, March 12^th: 
Second rehearsal: "Lunch" - Jay and Joseph 

Hilaryd and Giselle will perform: “Forever-n-Ever” 

The following Inciting Event scenes will perform

“Geniuses” - Idalia, Magdalina
Helpers: Jose, Dennis, Taylor, Lisbeth A. 

Tuesday, March 13th: 
Improvs: "Why Are You Late?"
Adolfo, Ilan, Vidal, Bryan, Hilaryd, Karen

Inciting Event:
"When We Grow Up"
Makenna, Allisa, AnnMarie
Helpers: Yessenia, Amanda, Jay

Performance:
"Geniuses" - Idalia, Magdalena

Second Rehearsal with:
"When We Grow Up"

Wednesday, March 14th:  
Social Restorative Justice


Thursday, March 15th: 
 

Tomorrow the following scenes are going:

“Lunch” – Joseph and Jay

“Blueberry Accord” – Mackenzie and Salamata

On Monday, March 19th, the following scenes are going: 

“Runaways” – Jose and Karen

When We Grow Up” – Alissa, Makenna, Annmarie

Tentative –

“Wave” – Dennis and Lisbeth

Today the following scenes will be checked for lines:

“Thirteen Ways” – Ublester and David

Tomorrow, the following scene will have its second rehearsal:
"Juliet, Revisited" - Issis, Andrea 

On Monday, March 19th, the following scene will have its second rehearsal: 

“A Room All By Myself” – Alinah and Taylor  

Those of you who have already performed your scenes, please do the following: 

Self Reflection on Your Performance

 Please answer in complete sentences, incorporating the questions in your answers. Please type your reflection and submit it to schoology, in the assignment box entitled "Self Reflection".  This will be due the day after your performance. Your reflection should be 250 words minimum. 

1.     Did you learn your lines? Why or why not? If you did not learn your lines, why didn't you? What kept you from learning your lines? What could be done to help you learn your lines? If you did learn your lines, what did you do that helped you learn your lines?

2.     Did you write down your blocking (movement) and business in your script? Each time you rehearsed, did you do the blocking and business given to you? Why or why not?

3.     How often did you rehearse? What kept you from rehearsing? What could you do to overcome not rehearsing?

4.     Did you like your script and your character? Why or why not?

5.     Did you believe in your environment as the character? Why or why not? What could you do to make it more believable for you?

6.     Did you believe in the situation that your character was in? Why or why not? If not, then what could you have done to make it more believable?

7.     Do you enjoy acting? If so, what makes acting fun for you? If not, what can be done to make it more enjoyable?

8.     What was the thing you most enjoyed about doing the monologue?

9.     What did you think you did well in the scene?

10.   What was the least enjoyable aspect of doing the monologue?

11.   What do you think you need to do to improve in acting?

You also need to turn in your acting notebook!

This is what you need to turn in the day after your performance: 

Your folder
Your xeroxed copy of your script

Your hand-copied script

Your character’s biography

Your character’s relationship with the other character

Your “Who, What, Where, When, How” journal

Friday, March 16th: 

Today the following scene will have its second rehearsal:
""Juliet, Revisited" - Andrea and Issis
 

The following scenes are going today: 

“Lunch” – Joseph and Jay

For Monday:
Performances:
 Blueberry Accord
When We Grow Up

Work with: Runaways

For Tuesday,
Performance: Runaways 

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March 5, 2018 - March 9, 2018 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade Beginning Acting

Monday, March 5th: 
Standards: 
Improvisations - creating believable characters and plot with outcome
Creating Characters - rehearsing with scene partner 
Stage Conventions - learning of lines and blocking 
Targets - learn lines and blocking to present scenes on Thursday
Agenda:
Improvisations - Freeze Tag with Object

Students work with scene partner and find objectives in each line in script

Work with: "Blueberry Accord"

Mackenzie and Salamata

Reflection:

Homework:

Students work on “Who, What, Where, When, How” journals.

Tuesday, March 9th: 

Standards: Improvisation: developing character and plot

Rehearsal Technique: memorization, listening, and speaking

Target: Developing character and learning lines

Agenda:

Theatre games:

Who-What-When-Where-How Journals

Inciting Incident:

“Shopping”: Mayte and Sam

Helpers: Issis and AnnMarie

Rehearsals

Second rehearsal with “Shopping” – Mayte and Sam

Issis held book for them.

 Reflection: What did I accomplish today?

Homework: Learn lines

Wednesday, March 7th: 
Restorative Justice

Thursday, March 8th: 

Students have not yet performed their inciting events:

Makenna

Vidal

Amanda – performed 3/8

Ublester

Magdalena

Yessenia – performed 3/8

Yadira – performed 3/8

David

Idalia

Issis

The following students presented their inciting event today:

Yessenia and Yadira – “Fashionistas”

Helpers – Taylor, Karen

Amanda – “The Disappearance of Daniel Hand”

The following scenes will perform tomorrow:

“Fashionistas” – Yessenia and Yadira

             

Friday, May 9th: 
Guest Artist: Jack! 

The following scenes will perform today!
Journals are due same day as performance!

"Fashionistas"
Yessenia and Yadira

"Shopping"
Mayte and Samantha

Students are allowed to work on their inciting events:

Makenna

Vidal

Amanda – performed 3/8

Ublester

Magdalena

Yessenia – performed 3/8

Yadira – performed 3/8

David

Idalia

Issis

Worked with the following scenes for their “Inciting Events”

“Geniuses”:

Idalia

Helpers: Dennis, Issis, Jose, Lisbeth A., Yadira

Dennis , Yadira

Dennis played the dad; Yadira stood in for Magdalena

“When We Grow Up”:

AnnMarie, Alissa, Makenna

Helpers: 

Amanda - teacher

Yessenia - make-up artist cousin 

 Jay - gardener

The following scenes performed today:

“Fashionistas” – Yessenia and Yadira

“Shopping” – Mayte and Samantha

For Monday, March 12^th:

Hilaryd and Giselle will perform: “Forever-n-Ever”

The following Inciting Event scenes will perform

“Geniuses” and “When We Grow Up”

February 26, 2018 - March 2, 2018 Weekly Agenda

 Monday, February 26th:

Guest Artist:

Jack

Theatre Games:

School Bus:

Adolfo, Madeline, Joseph, Jay, Dennis, Hilaryd, Alina

Worked with:
“Juliet, Revisited” Issis and Andrea

Salamata helped direct

Jack worked with “My Dog Ate My Homework”

Ilan, Adolfo, Vidal

Fairy Tale:

Jay, Dennis, Joseph, Alina,

Tuesday, February 27th: 
Shortened day.
Students pair up with their scene partners to learn their lines.

Wednesday, February 28th: 
Restorative Justice Session  

Thursday, March 1st: 

Rehearsed with Yadira, Yessenia on “Fashionistas” – check for lines and blocking

Everyone paired and rehearsed

Friday, March 2nd: 

Theatre Standards: 2.2 Improvising scenes that employ plot development, interesting yet believable characters with dialogue that motivates the action.

Theatre Standards: 2.1 Making acting choices, using script analysis, characterization, and revision through rehearsal

Targeted Objectives: Students will learn to think on their feet and to learn theatrical conventions in developing scenes and characters.

Agenda:

Theatre Improvs:
"Why Are You Late?"
Hilaryd, Taylor, Jay, Joseph, Mackenzie, Lisbeth
Jay, Joe, Issis, Giselle, Alinah, Mackenzie
Fairy Tale: Alissa, Annmarie, Ublester, Dennis, Amanda, Jay 

Rehearse: Actors will rehearse their scenes

Formative Assessments:

The director will check on the progress of your scenes

Rehearsed with:
"Forever-n-Ever"
Hilardy and Giselle

Reflection: 
Homework:
Learn your lines!