Course work and projects

Semester 2

Costume Design
  • 1/15 Vocabulary notes Chpt 23, due 1/18
  • Costume project, sheet on Google Classroom, due 1/23
  • Costume design quiz, 1/24

Play analysis
  • 1/28 Understanding the Victorian era and Oscar Wilde
  • 1/29 start reading The Importance of Being Earnest
  • 1/29, Earnest vocab sheet, due 2/1 (15 minutes to work each class period)
  • 2/4 Playwright (chapter 14) vocabulary, due 2/7
  • 2/5, Cloze reading Act 1, due 2/6
  • 2/12 Cloze reading Act 2, due 2/13
  • 2/13 Playwright vocabulary quiz
  • 2/19, Cloze reading, Act 3,  (Google classroom) due 2/20
  • 2/20-2/22 watch The Importance of Being Earnest movie
  • 2/27, Quiz on Importance

Character  analysis
  • 2/26, vocabulary, Chapt 10
  • 3/4, Character analysis, John Worthing and plot diagram of Importance
  • Create a character off of a student interview
  • 3/6, Quiz vocabulary

Set design
  • 3/11,  Set design vocabulary, Chapter 19, 
  • 3/13, Slides on google classroom - different types of sets and theatres, due 3/15
  • 3/14, Project set design due 3/20
  • Quiz on Set design vocabulary, 3/19

Lighting design
  • 3/20, Chapter 21 vocabulary
  • 3/22, check vocabulary, look at types of lighting equipment
  • Assign Google classroom slides for lighting design, due 3/27

Theatre Etiquette
  • 3/26 Google classroom, read article and watch videos
  • 3/28 pick groups for project, class decide on most important rules
  • 4/1-4/9 write scripts, film and edit project
  • 4/11 and 4/12, watch videos in class

Theatre Safety
  • 4/8-4/9 Handout safety manuals
  • 4/10 assign topics for Flip grid video
  • 4/11 - 4/12 (after watching films) read and write note card script for flashcard video
  • 4/29-4/30 work on Safety Study guide
  • 5/3 Theatre Safety test

Play Production Project
  • 5/2 Google Classroom, choose desired role in the project
  • 5/2 Plot an original short story.  Due 5/6
  • 5/6 Director's pick their theatre troupe
  • 5/13 scripts due
  • 5/7-5/17 work on One-Act 
  • 5/20-5/28 Present One-Acts (dates on Google Classroom)

Stage craft -
nail and screw gun mastery
This will be done after the play production project.