Consider the attached rubric when making blocking decisions for your assigned scene. Remember this is a read through, meaning nothing too intense. Consider turning cameras off and on, showing time passing through small character changes like a sweater, or accessory.

Write your answers on the google doc attached to this assignment, where you answer Uta Hagen's 9 questions about the character you have been assigned for the final read through performance.

While you watch people audition for your scene, mark your opinions on the attached form. Fill it out for EACH performer you watch

Check in to be completed in class on Tuesday


Lesson code: LNM2C

After seeing everyone's casting calls, fill out the audition form with the scenes and characters you are interested in auditioning for

Are you interested in doing a final performance of your play on Monday June 7th or would you prefer I email out a recording of our dress rehearsal to your adults at home instead? 


If you select "other" you must suggest a different option through private comment

Create ONE document for your group's casting call. Your casting call should include a log line & character descriptions for EACH character in your script



You are going to create Casting Calls for your group’s scene so that everyone has a general idea of what the scene is about and who the characters are before deciding if they want to audition for it. You will cast and direct the scenes you wrote. SOME of you may perform your own scenes, but performance groups should all be in the same cohort.

 For your Casting Call for your group’s scene, include a log line and character descriptions. 

An example of log lines are attached to this assignment.

Attach ONE document per group (whoever owns the shared doc), everyone else in the group can mark as done.


Refer to the attached doc for questions to ask yourself during the rewriting process

Lesson code: 7V235

Lesson code: C7H3L

To be completed in class Friday 5/7

Code: 3ITEN

To be completed for Independent Work for week of 4/26
Access your code in the assignment private messages. 

For this week, please watch Newsies! This is your VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP! YAY! 

Consider the following as you watch, we will discuss this next week: 

Characters
Motivation 
Relationships
Conflict
Setting

After sharing your script with a partner and having them read through your own, what things in the script stood out to you as parts you really enjoyed and should be kept in the final version? What things did you recognize you wanted to change? Consider the following:


Characters
Relationships
Conflict
Motivation
Other Theatrical/Story Elements

To be completed together in class on Tuesday 4/27

CODE: S23KE

Independent Work 
Cohort A completes this on Friday
Cohort B completes this on Tuesday
Cohort C chooses which day they want to complete the independent work, the other day of the week they will stay in our Zoom class for the lesson or activity


Attach a document to this assignment to turn in your draft

To be completed together in class on Friday 4/23


CODE: ANQMW

What was easy about today's class activity? What was difficult? What did we enjoy seeing from the groups and what do we wish we would have seen? (Speak generally, don't use specific names).

To be completed in class on Tuesday 4/6

Independent Work for Tuesday 4/6

To be completed in class on Friday 3/19

To be completed as independent work for Tuesday 2/16 Use the scenes from class as inspiration to brainstorm a scene. Label all of the four Ws, Who, What, Why and Wall

To be completed in class on Tuesday 3/16

1. Write a 250 monologue using one of the titles you brainstormed in class for your theme as a line somewhere in the monologue
2. Direct the monologue to another person
3. Focus on creating distinct characters and a conflict/objective
4. Be sure to consider the relationship your character has to the person they are speaking to
- Aka WHO/WHAT/WHY

Everyone will participate today!
I’m asking for 3 people at a time
I will project a theme and you will use that as a first line of a scene
You will improvise the scene for 1 minute
Focus on creating distinct characters and a conflict/objective

To be completed in class on Tuesday 3/2

1. Go back to your freewrite (Theme Stream) from last week
2. Focus on ONE of the topics you wrote about
3. Take ONE of the sentence stems I gave you and everything you wrote after it and copy paste it to a Google Doc
4. Write a monologue (250 words minimum, 500 words maximum) using your freewrite as a starting point
5. Consider having an exposition, climax, and resolution (remember it doesn't have to be a happily ever after ending!) and a theme or lesson in your monologue

ATTACH A DOCUMENT WITH YOUR MONOLOGUE HERE

Last week you submitted a draft of a monologue YOU wrote and workshopped in breakout rooms.

In class (Tuesday 2/16) you will perform your monologue in breakout rooms and receive feedback from your peers. You will use the rubric as a guide, but will respond with 2 things you liked about the performance or monologue and 1 thing you wish you would have seen

In class (Friday 2/19) you will perform a monologue and will be graded based on the attached rubric. No need to attach anything here.

To be completed as independent work on Tuesday 2/16

To be completed in class Friday 2/12

To be completed together in class on Tuesday 2/9

Lesson code: YWSJF

To be completed together in class Tuesday 2/9

Lesson code: PKSR8

To be completed as independent work on Friday 2/5

We will then share out next week

Answer the following questions using at least 2 complete sentences for each question:

1. Are you in control of your reputation? Why or why not?

2. How important is it to have a “good” reputation?

3. What does reputation represent?

To be completed together in class on Friday 1/29

1. Select a topic
2. Join the breakout room for that topic
3. Brainstorm on that topic using your assigned slide on the slideshow
4. Share out in class

To be completed as independent work Friday 1/29

Lesson code: FQPTU

To be completed together in class on Tuesday 1/26

We will then share out answers to the freewrite in breakout rooms

Join Canva by clicking the attached join link, or accepting your invitation sent to your student email account.

Complete your identity chart using Canva, I have provided a template (attached) for you to use if you would like. I also have attached instructions for you to guide you.

To turn in, click "send to teacher" in the top right hand IN Canva AND complete the attached reflection included with your instructions.

To be completed in class AND as independent work for Friday 1/22

Write a new monologue where you write a letter to someone telling them something you have always wanted to say but never felt you could. (Telling your parent that they make you feel bad about yourself, a friend that you actually want to be with in a more romantic way, a sibling that you have always been envious of, etc.)

We will share these first letters in breakout rooms

THEN as Independent Work, you will write the RESPONSE to your letter from the perspective of the person you wrote your letter to. What would they say in response to what you shared?

Lastly, complete the reflection questions

Independent Work for Friday 1/15

Lesson code: PWGC9

To be completed together in class on Friday 1/15

To be completed independently on Tuesday 1/12

Lesson code: 25Y6J

Independent work for Friday 1/8

To be completed in class on Friday 1/8

Lesson code: BQJ5I

Independent work for Tuesday 1/5

To be completed in class

Lesson code: EY9BU

To be completed together in class on Tuesday 1/5

Lesson code: IBUPC

No need to submit anything, this is where you can see your final score for your final performance

Independent Work

lesson code: DLWAF

To be completed independently

Lesson code: FKTD2

Upload a recording of your group doing a run-through of your scene.

I'm looking for:
1. Memorization
2. Blocking

To be completed in class in Zoom for full credit

Lesson code: FTLIG

Independent Work for Tuesday 12/1

To be completed using the script from your partner scene if you need it

Lesson code: PM6NU

1. Create a costume and makeup plan for your character for your assigned scene (template attached). You may do this digitally or print the template and draw on it and upload a photo of it completed to this assignment. Whatever is easiest for you.
2. When you are done, attach a document of reflection answering questions about why you made the choices that you did.

Read through your assigned partner scene then complete the reflection analysis

Lesson code: 5GBVW

Log in using Google.
Lesson code: VBWYP

Please complete by Friday or you cannot compete in the DTASC festival!

School Codes:
Middle School is AGQ.
JV is BKG

Upload your final scripts/videos/projects here!

Hey all!

Please submit your videos here for feedback before your performance next week!

Remember your 5/8 minute time limits, neutral backgrounds, entrances and exits (aka turning video on and off and muting and unmuting) and most importantly YOUR ACTING AND THE CONTENT FOR YOUR CATEGORY!! Check the rules for your category and email me with any questions!

Musical Theatre:
- Record in Horizontal/Landscape
- Listen to SSA recordings with you sing
- Record vocals & dance separate if you WANT
- Record solos & groups in SEPARATE clips

See the Virtual Festival Guidelines on your library of resources or on the DTASC website (linked here)
I uploaded an example of the score sheets that will be used to score your scenes at the festival, though these are NOT the final score sheets. These are also what I will use to model your grade for the class. Make sure you submitted a Dress Rehearsal video for the showcase so that I can give you feedback by Tuesday!

Sign in using Google,

Code: 2VTRX

Narrowed it down to the two dates/times for the showcase on Zoom next week, these were the times/dates with the least amount of conflicts, please fill out ASAP!

Adults & students can all have a vote for their preferences on the date for the showcase. I will be emailing this out to your adults at home. As you know, most of the students in the Advanced Theatre Class will be competing in the DTASC festival this fall. The festival will be virtual due to COVID, and will be done by video submission (due by October 24th) with a virtual award ceremony on Sunday November 16th. My plan is to stay as true to the nature of theatre as possible and do a showcase performance by the students the week of October 19th-20th. I plan to use the recording of that performance/presentation for their submission to the festival, unless students ask to re-record. Please vote below on your preferred date and time for the showcase performance.

Everyone completes pages 1 and 2, tech theatre you are answering the questions for the characters that you are completing your makeup and costume renderings for. Performers ONLY complete page 3 as well

Start digging through my treasure trove of scripts for some that stand out to you as a potential one to use for your DTASC category. They are separated by division and genre. I also included a link for finding Classical Monologues for those doing the Audition Monologue category!

(Technical Theatre & Musical Categories are the exception. Musical, you likely will pick something that is NOT in this folder, because rights are different for a musical number and we easily have access to purchasing music. So Sky is (almost) the limit! Start brainstorming some ideas for numbers you could perform with your amount of people. Technical Theatre, the production you base your projects off of can be in this folder or can be your own selection. If you need scripts purchased, you need to talk to me first!)

Be sure to fill out the attached Google Form, listing the TOP THREE (3) TEXTS (MONOLOGUES/SCENES/SONGS/PLAYS) you are interested in performing or creating your tech designs for at the DTASC festival. If you are competing in both technical theatre and performance categories, fill out the form twice, once for each category.

RESEARCH must be completed by CLASS time FRIDAY (Giving you the PAWS day to complete the task as well and am open TO YOU ALL if you need help sorting through texts). You should come to class ready to discuss your top selections. Google Form must be completed by the END of the day FRIDAY.

Be sure to "Mark as done" in Google Classroom AFTER you complete it on Nearpod!

Today in class we acted out the Community Agreements and worked in small groups. Answer the reflection questions by completing the provided sentences directly on the document. Be sure to "turn in" when you are done.

This is for me to get an idea of what you already know in terms of theatre performance vocabulary! Your score doesn't matter in terms of your grade, it just tells me what I still need to teach you! :) You will be receiving a grade for COMPLETING it

Click the link to watch the attached video. Be sure to answer ALL the questions within the video lesson to get full credit.

Be sure to LOG IN WITH GOOGLE to access the lesson, if asked for a CODE: EZDKM

If Google Classroom doesn't automatically mark as completed when you finish the lesson, make sure you "mark as done" on Google Classroom or it will annoy you with a "missing" notification.

This is an OPEN note/resource, so use your syllabus, the "Digital Classroom" Slides (Bitmoji animated classroom, and the information under "year-long resources" under "classwork" to help you answer the questions! Take as many times as you need to get the score you want!

This week you are WATCHING your peers' videos and are REPLYING to at least ONE classmate by commenting a video response (See attached example if you need it)

Video Comment Response:
● Respond to at least ONE classmate's introduction, connecting to what they shared
● Use the following sentence frames (IF YOU NEED THEM)

1. Thanks for sharing __________ about yourself. I can connect because....
2. I can relate to when you said _____________ because...
3. I'm glad I got to get to know more about you, I never knew that ____________.

You and your adult at home should both review the syllabus and fill out the attached google form together.

PLEASE read the questions carefully before answering! Make sure you read ALL of the DTASC festival documents BEFORE completing this questionnaire.

Introduce Yourself to Your Classmates!

MUST include the following:
1. Your FACE
2. Your VOICE
3. Your name & grade
4. Answers to TWO of the prompts listed below
●How do you express yourself?
● What is your favorite food? Music? Article of clothing?
● List three words that express how you’re feeling today.
● Do you often tell the truth? If not, why do you hold back?

See attached video instructions to see how to use Flipgrid!

Watch the short film "Bibi" and complete the notetaker for YOUR assigned character while watching the film. We will discuss as a group and complete the rest of the notetaker in class together :)

Due THURSDAY: YOUR assigned character's column of the notetaker
Due NEXT WEEK (Week of 8/31- COMPLETED notetaker, after class has reviewed it)

Students new to the class: Don't worry about completing the notetaker yet, but watch the film bc we will discuss it next week!