June Journal - DUE June 17th @ 11:59pm

Hi everyone! So here we are. The FINAL journal! You have given me so much this year as my students and I am proud of you. This has been a particularly interesting year with all of you. Truly! From theatre elements and improvisation to pantomime, Theatre History, and Devised Theatre  - we have learned and grown together.

Here are the questions I want you to address in your final journal. Please post your THOROUGH JOURNAL (i.e. long) entry here!

1. What do you feel you have learned in this class?

2. How do you feel you have grown as a result of this class?

3. What is your most memorable moment of learning in class?

4. What would you say was an "a-ha" moment from class?

5. How has this class affected the way you see the world outside the doors of NSA?

6. What was you least favorite part of class?

7. What would you suggest would be a unit to extend/shorten/elaborate for next years class?

8. What is the difference between how you viewed this class when you first started in September versus how you feel about it now?

9. Make any other comments you'd like about your learning and feelings towards Introduction to Theatre Arts.

This is your last journal grade for the year. Be thorough and answer each question is depth. It will be due on June 17th. It is a PASS/FAIL grade meaning, if you complete the full journal answering all questions, you get 100%, if you don't complete them all or don't do it, you get 0%.

Thank you for such a great year! You have all taught me so much and I hope you feel that you have learned a great deal as well! Enjoy your summer!

~ Mr. Peterson

Journals DUE - APRIL 15th @ 4pm

Q3: Journal Reflection

Instructions: 9^th grades teams – this document will help you shape your Q3 Journal (if applicable, your Q2 Journal as well).

1. Your journal must cover CONTENT from our Theatre History units. Guiding questions:

·         What was covered?     

·         
What did I/we do?

·         How did we do it?

2. Choose SPECIFIC EXAMPLES that will help answer the following:

·         What was challenging about the content?

·         What aspects of the content have I mastered?

·         What have I learned about myself through the ease/challenge of the content?

·         What new beliefs, skills, or knowledge have I acquired?

3. You must CONNECT our work to your life:

·         Where and when in my life can I apply my new beliefs or knowledge?

·         How does the theatre content relate to my goals for the quarter, high school, or the future?

4. You must reflect on your work in the quarter. It will also be in your best interest to reflect on your peers work:

·         What FEEDBACK have I received this quarter from my peers?

·         What FEEDBACK have I given to my classmates?

·         How have I learned from my mistakes? Have my peers?

5. What are my GOALS for the upcoming theatre unit in Q4?

_________________________________________________________________________________Reflective Journal Paragraph Breakdown

• Paragraph 1 Introduction and Key Theme for your Reflective Journal. What is your big takeaway about the past quarter? Answer question 1 here as well.
•  Paragraph 2 (or 3) Examples, Examples, Examples – answer question 2.
• Paragraph 3 (or 4) Answer question 3 with examples and connections.
• Paragraph 4 (or 5) Answer question 4 with feedback given and received.
• Paragraph 5 (or 6) Answer question 5 – goals.
•  Paragraph 6 (or 7) Conclusion. Tie it all back to your original takeaway and key theme.

Theatre History Timeline

Introduction to Theatre Arts,

The link below will take you to the cover page of the Theatre History timeline. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Continue to Timeline". Be sure the page is full screen. Use the timeline to complete your Spring Break homework.

Step 1: Click link below
Step 2: Scroll to bottom of page, Click on "Continue to Timeline"
Step 3: Use the timeline to complete your Spring Break homework



http://www.glencoe.com/theatre/Timeline/timeline_content.html

Intro to Greek Theatre

HW #49



For homework, you are to create one page of Cornell Notes OR 'four square' notes from the information gathered on the following website:
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Theatre/

You should have notes on the following categories:

ANCIENT GREECE PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS (you will see the playwrights names in a rectangle on the right of the start of the reading. There should be 4 in total.)

ANCIENT GREECE THEATRE STRUCTURES (ARCHITECTURE)

ANCIENT GREECE ACTING STYLES (INCLUDING USE OF COSTUMES AND MASKS)

ANCIENT GREECE THOUGHT/SOCIETY
Hand in notes in FOLDER the next day YOU have theatre class!

Thank you!

~ Mr. Peterson

Sample Improv Scenarios

A Restaurant customer is complaining to his waiter about a hamburger he ordered. Two friends are looking at the basketball team cut list that is posted on the door of the school gym. The security guard in a jewelry store stops a customer and asks to look in his jacket pocket. Two patients are waiting in a dentist’s waiting room. Two painters are painting a room                            . Two Students are in the Library working on a research paper together. A woman is in a nail salon having her nails done by a manicurist. A teenager who has been grounded is attempting to sneak out of the house. Just as he is about to leave his parent walks in the room. A parachuting instructor is about to give a student the signal to make the first jump. A homeowner answers his front door and finds a door to door vacuum cleaner salesman. Two Students are waiting outside the principal’s office because they have been in a fight. A singer and his piano accompanist are discussing the possibility of including some new songs in their act. Two construction workers are building the foundation for a house when they discover a treasure chest. A Doctor wants to inject his patient with a string pain killer, the patient is in extreme pain. A police officer sees an adult trying to break into a locked car. Two people on the sidewalk simultaneously reach for a 20$ bill lying on the ground. A teenager with a radio that is blaring loud rock music sits down on a bus near an elderly person. Two friends are lying out on the beach. You are saying goodbye to someone you love at the airport. A prisoner in jail is talking to a jailor. You are a foreign exchange student staying at the home of a family that speaks no English. This is your first dinner together. A gym teacher holding a folded piece of paper runs into one of his students in the hall. Two friends are at a party when they notice the time.  It is way past their curfew. A supermarket cashier notices another cahier stealing money from the register.

Whose Line is it Anyway

Scenes from a hat.

Improv

"Yes, and" Warm-up