KRISTA D. PRICE
Acting: Week 5
(September 18-22, 2023)
Important 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: Motivated Movement / Performance
Reminder: You will have a Summative Test (IB Criterion A: Knowing & Understanding) Thursday, 9/21/23) on the concepts and terms learned from the following videos (for which you took notes in Google Classroom):
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Stage Terms (we will watch Stage Terms this/next class)
1.) Re-visited the term "motivated movement" and what it means when Acting.
2.) Decided which of last class's 3 scene options you want to perform for a grade.
3.) Participated in refining ideas for next performance: "Open-Ended Scene #2" (found in Google Classroom). Focused on ways to show motivated movement while rehearsing scene options (led by Ms. Price).
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Journaled (Google Classroom PROCESS Journal) about 3 specific ways YOU can IMPROVE your open-ended scene. (Title: "3 ways to improve my open-ended scene") Think about motivation, specific choices, and also your previous audience feedback.
4.) Rehearsed scenes (see last class's lesson) for performance.
5.) Completed Reflection #3 in Google Classroom (questions 1-3).
6.) Performed scenes and received student feedback. (Performers recorded their feedback on Reflection #3 in Google Classroom (questions 4-5).
DAY 2: Review / Stage Tour
1.) Reminder: You will have a Unit Test on 9/21/23 on the concepts and terms given in the following videos (for which you took notes in Google Classroom): Types of Stages, Stage Directions, Stage Terms
2.) Learned about new stage terms by watching a video: "KP's Theatre Class - Stage Terms" and taking notes in Google Classroom "Acting CLASS NOTES". If absent, be sure to do this on your own.
3.) Participated in a Stage Tour led by Ms. Price where we reviewed all new terms both on and around the OHS stage/theatre.
DAY 3: Review Games
1.) Reminder: You will have a Unit Test on 9/21/23 on the concepts and terms given in the following videos (for which you took notes in Google Classroom): Types of Stages, Stage Directions, Stage Terms
2.) Discussed yesterday's stage tour as a class. (What did you LEARN? Why does a theatre deserve respect? What opportunities - beyond acting - could exist for you in the theatre?)
3.) Played a review competition game as a class (winning team earned extra credit on tomorrow's test).
DAY 4: Summative (Unit 1) Test
1.) Discussed: For something to be theatre, you must have a story to tell, actor(s) to tell it, and an audience to respond to it.
2.) Demonstrated Knowledge & Understanding of stage/theatre basics by taking Unit 1 Test.