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These are your first journals of the new year!  (Resolve to answer each question in a complete and timely way!)

Drama 8:

What should Ms. Kosar know about you?  Obviously, you will want to share stuff about Drama -- do you have a lot of background in theatre or performing (even musical performances, dance recitals, speech contests,  athletic performances are of interest to me).  Do you have stage fright?  What do you look forward to in Drama this term?  Is there anything that concerns you about the class?  Whatever you'd like to share, I'll be interested to read.

Drama 9/10:

Write about a news story that you think would make a dramatic play.  It can be a specific story (like Justin Trudeau "photobombing" that wedding to Tofino this summer) or it can be something broader (like the American election or the concept of climate change).  Describe how you would dramatize the story.  Give details.

Theatre Production 11/12:

One of the things a theatre production person does is to solve problems.  Here's a problem we are presented with in Macbeth.  Macbeth is holding a dinner for a bunch of Scottish nobles.  Unbeknownst to them, Macbeth has just had his best friend, Banquo, (who is a Scottish noble, expected at the dinner) killed.  Everyone arrives and Macbeth's wife is welcoming the guests, and Macbeth sees the ghost of his friend arrive.  Only Macbeth sees the ghost.  How would you stage this scene?  How do you think the ghost should look?  (Think of what you'd do in our theatre, because that's where we're going to stage it.)  Have you ever seen a ghost in a movie or a play?  Does that help you imagine what you could do?

Directing and Scriptwriting 12:  Have you ever directed anyone before?  Describe the circumstances. What do you imagine are the most difficult things about being a director?  (Name at least four things.)  What skills and knowledge do you bring to the class that will help you work with the actors?

Acting 11/12:  Who is your favourite actor or actress?  (Don't say you don't have one.  If you've taken Acting at this level, you need to be aware that there are good and bad actors out there and you need to try to learn from their performances and think about how you can create real-seeming characters on stage like they do.)  Explain why you think they're good.  Describe their performance in a film, play or television program and focus on what they've done to impress you.

Try to remember to bring something to write with tomorrow and something to write in.

Drama 8, here is the Shakespeare we'll be working on over the next couple of weeks:

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man, in his time, plays many parts.

Remember, "women" is pronounced "wimmen".