Journals for Drama for September 17

 Drama 8:

Do you work well with other people?  Rate yourself (between 1 and 5) as a group member -- with 5 being terrific and 1 being very poor.  Explain why you rate yourself in that way.  Are you a good leader?  Explain.  What qualities does a person need to have to be a good group member?  A good leader?  Write about a time you worked in a group and explain what you learned from the experience (it doesn't have to be a good experience.)

Drama 9/10:

Are you interested in history?  What do you know about the history of Canada?  (Try to come up with three things, at least.)  What do you know about your country of origin (the place you wrote about last week)?  (Try to come up with at least three things.)  When we are working on our heritage stories, we will have to know things about history -- like what caused different wars or why people left their home countries to come to Canada.)

For example -- I know that my home country, Ukraine, was always being taken over by other powerful nations -- like Poland and Russia.  I also know that the place where my grandfather came from is very much like Saskatchewan in terms of topography.  During the 1930's, Stalin's Soviet government deported many Ukrainians to Siberia and there was a horrible famine in which many Ukrainians died.  It is called "Holodomor" (which means "death by hunger" in Ukrainian).  Luckily for me, my grandparents had left Ukraine long before that terrible time.

Senior Drama:

Actors/Directed Studies:  Provide the backstory for Trevor and Melissa.  What motivates them to act the way they do?

Theatre Production:  Describe three locations in the school that would be good for us to use in our interactive Hallowe'en drama.  Explain what could happen there.

Director/Scriptwriters:  Write a scene in which Melissa and two friends (give them believable names) arrive at Trevor's Haunted House.  The scene should be at least a page long.

Directed Studies:  What do you want to get out of your drama class this semester?  Give me an overview of the kinds of things you are interested in doing.