LEARNING GOAL: Rehearse
DO NOW: Set up the room. Push the tables to the edge of the room. Make a ring of 14 chairs. Play Hep REHEARSE: Tiny Jim's Sleepless Nights (rehearse until 3:00) Get together with your group and read through the script. Start working on memorizing the text. After both casts have read through, start blocking (adding movement). Cast #2 should start, with Cast #1 observing. Then switch. Cast #1: Jim - Donovan Casey - AJ Avery - Owen Jamie - Kaeden Mr. Thomas - Ray Parent - Oliver Cast #2: Jim - Cooper Casey - Kaileyanna Avery - Quinn Jamie - Alex Mr. Thomas - Jorge Parent - Bella NOTE: This cast did not give me character preferences (except for Kaileyanna). If you want to shift roles around, you may discuss as a group. Understudies: Andre, Asher, Trever (if anyone is absent, please fill in for their role. Later this week, you will also be the spect-actors who will enter the scene as Jim in order to change the outcome) PLAY: Choose a Game to Play Until 3:25 * Doors * Freeze * Chain Murder * What Are You Doing * What *
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DO NOW: Set up the room.
Push the tables to the edge of the room. Make a ring of 14 chairs. Play Hep WARM UP: Honey, You Know I Love You, But I Just Can't Smile (play for 5-10 minutes) Similar to Quaker Meeting, but focused on one player at a time for 30 seconds. The target player needs to keep a straight face, and ends the 30 seconds by stating the name of the game. PLAY: Double Blind Freeze Two players are on stage, performing a short scene based on suggestions. Two players sit facing away from the performance. Facilitator calls "Freeze" and performers freeze. Seated players turn around, observe, tap out the players, and start a new scene. Play until everyone has a turn in the game. Then transition to... PLAY: Freeze Two players start a scene. Anyone from the audience can call "freeze" and tap out one of the players to start a new scene. LEARNING GOAL: Rehearse
DO NOW: Set up the room. Push the tables to the edge of the room. Make a ring of 14 chairs. Play Hep PLAY: Freeze (until 3:00) Two players start a scene. Anyone from the audience can call "freeze" and tap out one of the players to start a new scene. REHEARSE: Tiny Jim's Sleepless Nights Get together with your group and read through the script. Start working on memorizing the text. After both casts have read through, start blocking (adding movement). Cast #2 should start, with Cast #1 observing. Then switch. Cast #1: Jim - Donovan Casey - AJ Avery - Owen Jamie - Kaeden Mr. Thomas - Ray Parent - Oliver Cast #2: Jim - Cooper Casey - Kaileyanna Avery - Quinn Jamie - Alex Mr. Thomas - Jorge Parent - Bella NOTE: This cast did not give me character preferences (except for Kaileyanna). If you want to shift roles around, you may discuss as a group. Understudies: Andre, Asher, Trever (if anyone is absent, please fill in for their role. Later this week, you will also be the spect-actors who will enter the scene as Jim in order to change the outcome) LEARNING GOAL: Cold read a script and provide feedback.
DO NOW: Set up the room. Push the tables to the edge of the room. Make a ring of 14 chairs. Play Hep PLAY: Freeze (until 3:00) Two players start a scene. Anyone from the audience can call "freeze" and tap out one of the players to start a new scene. REHEARSE: Tiny Jim's Sleepless Nights Get together with your group and read through the script. Start working on memorizing the text. After both casts have read through, start blocking (adding movement). Cast #1 should start, with Cast #2 observing. Then switch. Cast #1: Jim - Donovan Casey - AJ Avery - Owen Jamie - Kaeden Mr. Thomas - Ray Parent - Oliver Cast #2: Jim - Cooper Casey - Kaileyanna Avery - Quinn Jamie - Alex Mr. Thomas - Jorge Parent - Bella NOTE: This cast did not give me character preferences (except for Kaileyanna). If you want to shift roles around, you may discuss as a group. Understudies: Andre, Asher, Trever (if anyone is absent, please fill in for their role. Later this week, you will also be the spect-actors who will enter the scene as Jim in order to change the outcome) LEARNING GOAL: Practice improv skills with a new game.
DO NOW: Set up the room. Push the tables to the edge of the room. Make a ring of 14 chairs. Play Hep WARM UP: What Are You Doing?
ASSIGNMENT: Please remember to put in casting preferences for Tiny Jim. Use Google Classroom. I would like to start rehearsal next week, so I need to do casting ASAP. NEW GAME: Countdown Three players perform a short scene. Two of them start, based on character/location suggestions from audience. The third player adds themself in when a new character is referenced or might be helpful. The scene ends after 90 seconds. (Set a timer!) The scene is repeated with the same players, the same events, in the same order, as closely as possible to the first version... except the timer is set for 60 seconds. Everything must be done faster, and some details might be left out, Repeat the scene again in... 30 seconds 15 seconds 8 seconds 4 seconds 2 seconds Hint: Add lots of movement and pantomime. Those actions will make the order of the scene easier to remember as it is repeated. You will figure out what the most important moments are to keep in for the very short versions. IF TIME ALLOWS: Play a game of choice. * Doors * Freeze * Hitchhiker * Chain Murder * What Are You Doing * LEARNING GOAL: Revise a script.
DO NOW: Set up the room. Push the tables to the edge of the room. Make a ring of 14 chairs. Play Hep PLAY: Doors There are two imaginary doors in the room. One player begins in each of the rooms. A third player enters one room, and follows cues from the player in that room. The player in the room needs to establish location and relationship. After a short scene, the establishing player finds an excuse to exit the room and go to the next room. REVISE: Tiny Jim's Sleepless Nights As a class, read through Tiny Jim again, but make some revisions to the dialogue. Keep the structure of the story the same, but discuss what changes can be made to make the characters sound more like middle school students. As a class, make those changes. TICKET OUT: What character from Tiny Jim would you like to play in rehearsal? Answer this question on Google Classroom. DO NOW: Set up the room.
Push the tables to the edge of the room. Make a ring of 14 chairs. Play Hep WARM UP: Honey, You Know I Love You, But I Just Can't Smile (play for 5-10 minutes) Similar to Quaker Meeting, but focused on one player at a time for 30 seconds. The target player needs to keep a straight face, and ends the 30 seconds by stating the name of the game. PLAY: Double Blind Freeze Two players are on stage, performing a short scene based on suggestions. Two players sit facing away from the performance. Facilitator calls "Freeze" and performers freeze. Seated players turn around, observe, tap out the players, and start a new scene. Play until everyone has a turn in the game. Then transition to... PLAY: Freeze Two players start a scene. Anyone from the audience can call "freeze" and tap out one of the players to start a new scene. LEARNING GOAL: Cold read a script and provide feedback.
DO NOW: Set up the room. Push the tables to the edge of the room. Make a ring of 14 chairs. Play Hep PLAY: Freeze Two players start a scene. Anyone from the audience can call "freeze" and tap out one of the players to start a new scene. COLD READ: Tiny Jim's Sleepless Nights This script is a combination of thoughts and ideas that have been discussed in class. Read through as a class and then reflect on Google Classroom about what to keep and what to revise. Six readers are needed for the script... Characters: Jim - An average middle school student Casey - One of Jim’s friends. Not a dedicated worker. Avery - Another of Jim’s friends. More responsible than Casey. Jamie - A classmate of Jim’s. Not necessarily a friend. Mr. Thomas - Jim’s social studies teacher. Parent - Jim’s parent (can be mother or father) TICKET OUT: Use the Google Form in Classroom to reflect on the script. Will this work as forum theater for us? LEARNING GOAL: Practice improv skills.
DO NOW: Set up the room. Push the tables to the edge of the room. Make a ring of 14 chairs. Play Hep WARM UP: Pirate Ship Move class to the gym. One player is the captain, and will call off formations: Scrub the deck * Hit the deck * Steer the Ship * Captain's Coming * Man the lifeboats * Raise the anchor Other players must respond by making the formations with the correct amount of players. Anyone who is left out of a formation is eliminated and sits by the wall. Play for 10-15 minutes. PLAY: Doors There are two imaginary doors in the room. One player begins in each of the rooms. A third player enters one room, and follows cues from the player in that room. The player in the room needs to establish location and relationship. After a short scene, the establishing player finds an excuse to exit the room and go to the next room. LEARNING GOAL: Revise scriptwriting ideas.
DO NOW: Set up the room. Push the tables to the edge of the room. Make a ring of 14 chairs. Play Hep ASSIGNMENT: Tiny Jim's Sleepless Nights: Scene 2 Clarification --> You should write a new scene with the character in a situation away from the therapist. Several students wrote a second therapist scene, but I want to see the character in a different part of his life. If you turned in a script for Tiny Jim's Sleepless Nights, you have feedback on your document. Take a look at comments left by Mr. Hanlon. If you didn't turn a script in, then you should get started on that! What do you need to revise during work time? (Everyone shares an answer) Think about where else his life might be affected by not getting enough sleep. (School? Family? Friends?) Write a scene that shows the impact of sleepless nights. Set a timer for 15 minutes. You may work with a partner. GAME: Dimestore Novelist One player is the "novelist" who narrates a story. Three additional players perform the story as it is narrated. The players add dialogue. ("And then the person said...") 1. Introduce the characters. 2. Create conflict (the characters want something) 3. Resolve the conflict |
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