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Semester 1
​Course work and projects

Theatre and Observation

  • 8/12 Chapter 1 vocabulary and syllabus  Essential question “Theatre mirrors life”.  What does this mean?
  • 8/13-8/14, discuss the chapter and receive credit for the notes
  • 8/15-8/16, work on project
    • Detailing and sharing a memory
  • 8/20 vocabulary quiz
    • Vocabulary.com "RMHS Work of the Week" quiz

​Warm Up

  • 8/21 Vocabulary for Chapter 2  Essential Question:  An actor’s tool is his voice and body.  Why is it important to perform a warm-up?
  • 8/22 Go over chapter 2 and breathing exercises
  • 8/26 create a 3 minute warm-up
  • 8/27 lead a group in class with your warm-up
  • 8/30 Quiz on Chapter 2

Observation and Pantomime

  • 8/28 chapter 3 and 4 vocabulary  EQ: How does observation improve an actor’s skill set?
  • 8/29 go over Chapter 3 vocab
  • 8/30 watch mirror clip with Lucille Ball and Harpo Marx
  • 9/3 assign Observation sheet (sensory recall of an object and physical observation of people)  due 9/6
  • 9/4 go over Chapter 4 vocabulary
  • 9/5 continue Pantomime and watch videos of Marcel Marceau
  • 9/6 Pantomime circle and assign Unit Project 
    • Written part due Tuesday 9/10
    • Practice with a partner of 9/11
    • Perform to class on 9/13-9/17
  • Quiz on 3 and 4 9/17

Movement and
​Stage Directions

  • 9/18 Vocab chapter 7  EQ:  Which part of the stage is the strongest?  Which do you think is the weakest?  Why?
  • 9/19 go over vocab
  • 9/20 Stage directions assignment due 9/23
  • Work with partner for project grade - Stage directions with 8 crosses 924-9/25
  • Test on Vocabulary 9/27

Improvisation

  • 9/30 Vocabulary chapter 5  EQ:  How does improv help with day to day life? 
    • What is the most valuable phrase in improv?
    • What are the 5 principles of improv?
    • Explain what the term, "commit to reality means".
  • 10/1 check notes, tour of the theatre
  • 10/2 go over vocab
  • 10/3 watch  "Whose line is it anyway"
  • 10/4 play preliminary improv games
  • 10/11 Quiz on Improv Vocabulary + the 3 questions above. Words on Quizlet. 

Make-up

  • 10/14 Vocabulary Chapter 24.  EQ:  Why is it important to know the size of the theatre when designing makeup?  What is the difference between straight and character makeup?
  • 10/15 go over vocabulary
  • 10/16 watch videos for old and straight make-up, assign worksheets. Due 10/21
  • 10/21 go over Special Effects Makeup project, assigned through Google Classroom. Students will have ample class time to work.  Due for presenting 10/29.
  • 10/25 Make-up vocabulary quiz, words on Quizlet.  No open ended questions!




Character Analysis

  • 11/1, Chapter 10, Character Analysis vocabulary  EQ:  Provide 3 examples of an internal trait and how it would be displayed externally through posture, movement and gestures, or mannerisms.
  • 11/4 Go over vocabulary and chapter
  • 11/5  Two minutes of sharing with 2 different partners.  Create a composite character using the students as inspiration.  Due Thursday.  (2 sentences per category)
  • 11/6-11/12, improv scenarios with character motivation, stakes, and objectives. Project grade.
  • Character details - analysis, (not a Google Classroom assignment, but description of assignment on Google Classroom stream)
  • 11/14 Quiz on Chapter 10, Character Analysis

Voice and Articulation

  • 11/14 Vocabulary notes Chapter 8 ,​EQ:  How does voice (inflection, pitch and rate) convey emotion?  Provide an example for each.
  • 11/15 go over vocabulary
  • 11/18, turn in notes
  • 11/19-11/22 Monlogue work

Monologue

  • 11/20 paper copy of monologue due
  • 12/3 monologue performances

Measuring

  • 12/9 "How an inch is divided into 16ths" notes
  • 12/10 Measure things around the class
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