Has March gone out like a lamb or a lion?

 All:  Which character would you be better at playing?  A lion or a lamb?  Explain.  How would you play it?

Drama 9:

What does an audience bring to a performance?  How do you "perform" as a member of the audience?  (Give yourself a score from 1 to 5, with 5 being good and 1 being terrible.  Explain your answer.)

If someone in an audience of which you are a part is talking during a performance, what do you do?

Senior Drama:

You are probably aware that the Ministry of Education wants school to do more to incorporate indigenous themes in our classes.  What are your thoughts on this?

What is "cultural appropriation"?  What is the difference between that and "cultural APPRECIATION"?

Drama 8:  From the Aesop's Fables we've read, which lesson applies to you?  Explain.  Remember to put the name of the person with whom you would like to work in this journal.  If you don't care, please say so.

The last post before Spring Break! (Have a great relaxing rest.)

 Drama 9/Senior Drama:  Write a complete scene for your playbuilding project.  Include stage directions (Alice enters stage right, for example), costumes, props, dialogue (if the scene has dialogue), a detailed description of what happens in the scene and how the metaphor is used, musical accompaniment, if any.  You must appear in the scene.  Explain what it says about your topic.

What does it mean when people say something is a "grey" area?  (Hint:  almost everything in drama is a "grey" area!)

Drama 8:  How do you think the world was created?  Could you make a play out of your idea?  (Explain your answer.) Which role are you playing in the Creation of the World performance?  What does your character contribute to the story?  How will you dress?  How will you move?  Draw a labelled picture of one of your tableaus.  Where is the focal point?

March came in like a grumpy lion.

 Does the weather affect your mood?

Drama 8:  Write a review of one of the fairy tale mimes.  Give your review a title (example :  Snow White is Red Hot at Steveston London Theatre), describe the play briefly and say what you liked about it and what could have been improved.  Provide as much detail as possible.

Drama 9:  Write a paragraph that tells the story of your relationship to your theme.

Example:  (if your theme was "be yourself") I always felt like no one would like me, so I always pretended to be someone else.  If someone was sad, for example, I would pretend I cared, even though I really didn't.  I'd listen to them whine and complain about something I thought was stupid and I'd put on a sympathetic face and make all the right sounds, "oh, no", "he said that to you?" and while I was doing it, I'd congratulate myself that I was being a good friend.   But really, was I?  I didn't ACTUALLY care.  Most of the time, I'd think "grow up.  There are people starving and you're obsessing about this?"  But I was scared that if I showed my true self, people wouldn't like me and I wouldn't have any friends.  I still think that, I guess.

You might be able to incorporate your monologue into your play.

Senior Drama:

Theatre Production:

You should have a clear idea of what your set will look like.  If you haven't done this already, draw a picture of it for this stage.

Make a list of sound effects you will need to have for your play.

Make a list of props you will need.

(You can keep adding to these lists as you develop your play.)

Director/Actors:  Theatre people use a technique called "emotional memory" to bring truth to their scenes.  Think of the theme you have chosen for your play.  Let's say your theme was "leadership" but let's say you have never been a leader -- how can you explore the theme if you don't know anything about it?  Well, think of a time when you helped someone, or when you had to work with a group of people who are younger than you are, or when you were told to pick people for a pick-up game of volleyball.  Describe what it was and what it felt like.  Give a lot of detail!

Journals for February 24

 Drama 8

What fairy tale have you decided to use?  Why did you make that choice?  What role will you play?  How do you picture the role?  (You can draw a picture if you like or describe it in words.) How will you play the character (think of facial expression, gestures, actions, costumes)?  Give three adjectives that describe your character.  What is the climax of the story?  

Drama 9

What theme have you chosen for your project?  Why did you choose it?  What do you already know about it?  What is one thing about which you are curious?  You are expected to present serious and comic scenes.   Describe one serious thing about the topic and one comic thing.

Senior Drama:

All:  What is your theme?  Why did you choose it?

Directing and Scriptwriting:  Create an outline for your group's presentation.  Write one scene in detail (it can be any scene -- you can describe your tableaus or it could be the mime scene or dialogue).

Theatre Production:  Make a sketch of what your set will look like.  Make a list of the props you will need.  How will the actors dress?

Actors:  How do you fit into the theme?  What do you already know about the theme?  What sort of character could you play that would fit into the theme?  (For example, if you are exploring the toxic drug epidemic, do you know anyone who uses drugs?  What made them start?)

Meet the Teacher Handout

 

Journals for February 10

 Everyone:  To whom would you send a Crush can?  (You don't need to name them; you can just describe them.  They don't have to be an ACTUAL PERSON, even -- they can be your dream person, if you like.  What would your note say?

Senior Drama:

Actors:  How will you end "The Gift"?  Where does the scene take place?  What is the relationship between Alex and Chris?

Theatre Production:  What is in the box?  How does it fit with the scene, "The Gift"?  How do you expect the actors to react to the item in the box?  If you could choose wrapping paper, what would be on it?  (Think of a metaphor that hints at what is inside the box.)

Directing/Scriptwriting:  Whose performance in The Gift was the best?  What is the subtext of the scene?  Who are Chris and Alex?  What would happen at the end of the scene?

Drama 9:  Write a script for a Super Bowl commercial.  It should be for a real product and try to convince people to buy the product!  It should be memorable and creative.

Drama 8:  On a scale of 1 - 5, with 5 being great and 1 needs lots of improvement, how would you rate yourself at group work?  What do you do well when you are in a group?  In what way can you improve?  Are you a good leader?  Explain.  Write about a time you had to work in a group and explain what happened.  What did you learn from the experience?

Some of you have expressed an interest in the Drama Club.  We will be reading scenes from the spring play at lunch on Tuesday in the theatre.  If you want to act or help out backstage, pop in to the theatre to see what we're up to.

Drama 9 - Quotes about LOVE

 We can only learn to love by loving.

A life lived in love will never be dull.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

True love stories never have endings.

I need you like a heart needs a beat.