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8th Grade Creating Theater Elective (Period 7) Assignments

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2015-2016 School Year
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Course Description:

This course will provide students with the opportunity to build on the skills they have acquired in their 7th grade Theater Elective course and create a richer open dialogue about the purpose of theater and how to critique performances.  Students will use these conversations to create their own monologues that express something important to them either about their own self-expression or about the world around them.  Students will engage in critical decision-making about staging and designing their monologue presentations based on research.

 

Philosophy and Approach:

Students will be encouraged to create a piece of work that is representative of their beliefs and articulates their focus on the world at the moment.  This will also enable students who may not be motivated to continue working in the theatrical realm, to choose to create something they care about personally. 

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Students' original scripts are due tomorrow at the start of class.

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Students should be completing the last 4 pages of Blood Wedding Act 2 Scene 1 (pages 63-67) by tomorrow (Tuesday 5/3).

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Students should be submitting their syllabus signature (signed by the student and their guardian).

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Students have been writing their own original plays - they should be completing their plays over the next two days and bring in the completed first draft on Friday 3/18.  The first draft should be 3 or more pages long - single-spaced.

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Students will be assigned to revise their original scripts over the winter break, keeping in mind what went well during class discussion and what needs improvement.

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Students were asked to write a short prediction of the overall message within the play The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney, and compare/contrast this message with the overall message of Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca.

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Students began a written response in class to finish for homework tonight that asks them to answer the following questions in a one-page response:
1. What do we know about the playwright Federico Garcia Lorca - based on reading the play Blood Wedding alone?
2. After reading about Lorca's background, what can we learn about the play, Blood Wedding?

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7th and 8th Grade Theater Elective classes have received a course syllabus and should be reading it over with their parents and returning the signature portion signed by both student and parent.

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Today in class students read an article about racism in regard to the Academy Awards and other prestigious artistic awards ceremonies, and met in groups to brainstorm a more successful way for society to critique/judge/grade the performing arts.  As a homework assignment, students have been asked to write down their solution in their notebook, considering all the suggestions and additional questions we talked about during our class discussion.

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Students received historical theater notes during class on Monday September 28th, they will take these notes home and choose one of the five listed theatrical genres that they enjoy most.  Once they have picked a genre, they will compose a short summary of an original play that falls in that genre.  This summary should include a description of the beginning, middle (with conflict), and end of the play's plot.  Students will receive extra credit for writing a list of characters for their play as well.  This play summary is due on Thursday, October 1st, at the beginning of class.