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Nov 28 2022 Radio Play Rehearsal, Body Movement & Theatre Games

Attendance. Warm Up. *Students to library who have not completed Assign 1 on Teams. Bio Assignment. *Radio Play Rehearsal Telephone Charades:  5-6 students selected. Go out of the room. Remaining students - pick an action - e.g. skydiving, washing an elephant etc. Once action has been decided bring in remaining students (5-6). In a line. Facing to the right (away from each other). Teacher will reveal the clue to only one of these students. That student must act out the action provided (no words or sounds) to the second in line. Goes down the line. Last person in the line must guess what the action is. Animal Rollercoaster The scene is played with 2-3 players. Before the game the audience will shout different animals to the leader. As in the games  Roller Coaster  (emotions) and Genre Rollercoaster, the players are assigned animals during the scene. The players must then take on the character of the animal assigned to them. Examples Snails - very slow Carp - bug eyed Giraf...

Nov 23 2022 Body Movement Theatre Games

Attendance. Taken by TA's Michelle and Lumi. Reminders: No students to be in the sound/lighting room, teacher office OR backstage. EVER. All students to sit on the floor either on stage in a circle or audience style in front of the couches.  Warm Up. (Circle - Body warm up stretch)  Body Movement Theatre Games. 1. Theatre Sports - ONE WORD Story Time "Once Upon A Time" (3-4 groups of 5-6 TA's to select groups) We did a version of this last day. However, this time each group member can only say 1 word to add to the story. Instructions: This can be played in a small group or large group. The teacher starts the story with one sentence (i.e., “Once upon a time, there was a princess who dreamed of being an astronaut”). Moving clockwise around the circle, each student adds one word to the story. The circle is repeated as many times as the teacher deems necessary until they feel the story is finished. 2. Greetings Your Majesty The teacher selects one student to sit in a chai...

Nov 22 2022 Intro to class blog, Teams, Assignment 1 Teams

Attendance. Warm Up. Intro to 'Learning Styles' Library Time.  Teams Assignment 1. Bio Assignment.  Name Research.  *One TA to Foods Room - re: Prepping Duo Tangs (From Baking 8 for Drama 8). * If Time: Back In Drama Room. Warm Up. (Auditory Warm Up - Sounds - Circle)  Emotion Circle - Cards Emotion Walk - Cards Theatre Sports - Story Time "Once Upon A Time" (3 groups)

Nov 18 2022 Machine Development

Teacher Intro. Review Drama 8 Outline.  TA's attendance and warm up - stretch.  Review of space rules and regulations: *No touching or playing with ANY props or costumes EVER unless directed. *No entry to the audio/lighting mini room unless invited to do so by a teacher or TA. *No entry to backrooms or upstairs area unless invited to do so by a teacher or TA. *No sitting on couches (only on the floor please) until further notice.  *No phones EVER in the space. *No filming or taking photos in the space unless invited to do so by a teacher or TA and with permission provided to you by the person you wish to film/take a photo of. *The drama room is a safe space. We all must work to ensure it remains as such. Therefore all rules as noted above must be adhered to at all times.  First large scale drama activity - Group Work -  Split class into 4-5 groups (max group size should be between 5-6 students).  TASK: Students - you will be creating a 'machine' with your w...

Nov 16 2022 Theatre Games

1. Attendance (as emailed). TA's to take attendance. Can be done manually or in the theatre office - teacher computer. TA's have my codes.  2. Remind students of space rules and regs. *No touching or playing with ANY props or costumes EVER unless directed. *No entry to the audio/lighting mini room unless invited to do so by a teacher or TA. *No entry to backrooms or upstairs area unless invited to do so by a teacher or TA. *No sitting on couches (only on the floor please) until further notice.  *No phones EVER in the space. *No filming or taking photos in the space unless invited to do so by a teacher or TA and with permission provided to you by the person you wish to film/take a photo of. *The drama room is a safe space. We all must work to ensure it remains as such. Therefore all rules as noted above must be adhered to at all times.  3. TA's - please lead a warm up - circle stretch with students. Head to toes. 4. Teacher Instructions Re: Today's Suggested Theatre Game...

Nov 14 2022 Day 1 Drama Q2

Agenda!!  TA's (Michelle and Lumi to take manual - paper - attendance). Hathorn Drama 8! 1. Teacher Intro: So sorry guys - I am still very very very sick. I hope to be back with you ASAP. Hopefully by mid or end of the week.  2. Quick intro to initial Drama Room rules (via Ms. Browning Senior Drama Teacher - Department Head). Please feel free to review our class outline/syllabus  HERE.  TTOC (or TA's) to review the below: *No touching or playing with ANY props or costumes EVER unless directed. *No entry to the audio/lighting mini room unless invited to do so by a teacher or TA. *No entry to backrooms or upstairs area unless invited to do so by a teacher or TA. *No sitting on couches (only on the floor please) until further notice.  *No phones EVER in the space. *No filming or taking photos in the space unless invited to do so by a teacher or TA and with permission provided to you by the person you wish to film/take a photo of. *The drama room is a safe space. We...