KRISTA D. PRICE
Acting: Week 1
(August 24-25, 2023)
Important topics and terms are in RED.
Google Classroom assignments are in BLUE.
If ABSENT, you are REQUIRED to read / understand / do all activities posted for that day, even if it's not an "assignment".
DAY 1: Comfort Zone & Creativity
1.) Participated in "Welcome Back" activities in class. (Learning about eachother and the art of Acting)
2.) Discussed class goals for the first few weeks.
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To have fun
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To get out of your comfort zone
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To learn to think more like an artist
3.) Played name games as a class, led by Ms. Price.
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Pool Noodle Name Game
4.) Participated in a getting-to-know you activity about Ms. Price (Ms. Price's Life - True or False?)
5.) Discussed left vs. right brain and the mental tasks that are performed well by each. Discussed how (in this course) we will be working to awaken more of the right brain that was prevalent in our childhoods, in order to "get out of our comfort zones" and create interesting art.
6.) Explored different ways to awaken your ability to "think creatively" by drawing abstractly to music, observing style traits in visual art, and finding artistic elements on stage. (Class activities were led by Ms. Price.)
DAY 2: Composition
1.) Reviewed class goals for the first few weeks.
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To have fun
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To get out of your comfort zone
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To learn to think like an artist
2.) Played name games as a class, led by Ms. Price.
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Names - Act it Out!
3.) Accepted an invitation to our Google Classroom (class code given in class or see your e-mail for an invitation)
4.) Learned about and took notes on the ways that "theatre is art in motion" by watching the video at the top of this page. (Note: the teaching video is also on youtube: "KP's Theatre Class - Composition").
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Note:
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All of Ms. Price's teaching videos can be found at youtube, on her website (here), or on iTunesU.
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You MUST take notes on teaching videos.
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A CLASS NOTES Journal is provided by Ms. Price, and can be found in Google Classroom.
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If you were absent for today's class, you MUST watch this video and take notes BEFORE returning to class.
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5.) Participated in teacher-led composition creation activities in small groups.
(Learned about www.kristaprice.com - a place to find what we do in class daily (Schoology will link you directly to the Acting page on my website.) This will also be the place that I share lessons and learning tasks if/when you are absent.)