December 2, 4, 5

 

December 2
Welcome to Drama class! My name is Ms. Dietrich and I will be your instructor this term.

Our unit will focus on an introduction to Drama. Our unit is titled "Intro to Drama". 

1.  Let's talk a little about: Year 7 Drama expectations
2.  Let's talk a little about: Arts Process Journal
3. Can you access Managebac?
4. Warm-up for Drama class
     a.  Three Things in Common, designed to help people get to know each other better (ice breaker)

       
December 4

1.  Write Criterion B reflection:
      Name of warm-up:  Three Things in Common
      Purpose of warm-up: Designed to help people get to know each other better
      What did you learn?
      How can this help you?

2.  Create a cover page for your Process Journal

December 5
1.  WARM-UP: Drama Game: Stop, Go, Jump! Purpose: helps students focus and listen for direction (Criterion B)

• Tell the students to take the stage. (From this point on “stage” will refer to any open playing area.)
 • When you say GO, they are to walk around the stage trying to fill up all the space, not leaving any gaps.
• When you say STOP they should stop. Try this out a few times.
• When you say CLAP they should clap, when you say JUMP they should jump. Try this out a few times, then mix it in with GO and STOP.
• When you say KNEES they should bend to put their hands on their knees, when you say SKY they should reach up toward the sky. Try this out, mixing it in with the previous commands.
• After they’ve gotten the hang of this, kick it up to Level 2. They are now to do everything in exact opposite. STOP means GO, GO means STOP, CLAP means JUMP, JUMP means CLAP, KNEES means SKY, SKY means KNEES. • Try out this new level for awhile, slowly at first, then getting increasingly faster. • Finally, kick it up to Level 3. You, the instructor, will be doing the actions literally as you say them, however the students should continue doing the exact opposite. • Gather the students into a circle to reflect:

• Why do you think we played this game? What skills were we working on?
• As an actor, you’re going to be required to do things that sometimes feels unnatural, to step outside your comfort zone, and to always be focused and listening for direction. This helps prepare us for that.

2. Write Criterion B reflection:
      Name of warm-up
      Purpose of warm-up
      What did you learn?
      How can this help you?

3.  Drama Vocab (Criterion A - strand i)

Drama Word Puzzle - Language & Voice