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.
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
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