1st 6 weeks Theatre Arts
Aug 28- Sept 1
Day 1 If you want to kill time, try working it to death. ~Sam Levonson
Subject introduction. (Rules & Policy, coarse syllabus, materials, ECT)
Intro to Auditioning.
Day 2 Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. ~Joseph Joubert
Intro to Auditioning. The First audition.
Day 3 God give me work, till my life shall end And life, till my work is done.~Epitaph of Winifred Holtby
Intro to Auditioning. Practice rounds.
Day 4 Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. ~Gail Godwin
Intro to Auditioning. Practice rounds.
Day 5
Improve with Improve! (Theatre Games)
Sept 5 -8
labor Day
Day 6 Teaching should be full of ideas instead of stuffed with facts. ~Author Unknown
Caveman story telling. (Assignment)
Day 7 Vice and virtue are to the artist materials of his art. ~Oscar Wilde
The Origins of theatre (Worksheet & Class Discussion)
Rehearse your Caveman performances
Day 8 The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. ~James Bryce
The Origins of theatre Due.
Rehearse your caveman performances
Day 9
Presenting the Caveman performances
Improve with Improve! (Theatre Games)
Sept 11 - 15
Day 10
Presenting the Caveman performances
Day 11
Presenting the Caveman performances
Day 12
Improve with Improve! (Theatre Games)
Day 13
The lives and plays of the Greek Authors. due. Day 15
Day 14
The Greek Period introduction.
Working on Greek Authors.
Plays
Working on Greek Authors. (continued)
Improve with improve! (Theatre Games)
Sept 18 - 22
Day 15
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. " Aristotle
Greek Authors assignment Due
Select a Greek Monologue. 100+ WORDS. Copy and past into a google Doc
Day 16
The Greek Period introduction.
Working on Greek Authors.
Plays
The lives and plays of the Greek Authors Public Reading.
Day 17
The Greek Monologue Memorization grade. first 30 words.
individual memorization time.
Day 18
Reading and performing a Greek monologues.
Large group Monologue selection practice
Day 19
Improve with Improve! (Theatre Games)
Sept 25 - 29
Day 20
first 100 words memorization due.
Large group Monologue selection practice with peer criticism
Selected Greek Reading
Day 21
Monologue Practice
Day 22
Monologue Practice
Day 23
Monologue Practice
Day 24
Improve with Improve! (Theatre Games)
OCT 2 - 6
Day 25
Monologue Rehearsal
Day 26
Monologue Rehearsal
The Greek Period introduction.
Day 27
Final Monologue memorization
Day 28
Monologue Rehearsal
Day 29
Improve with Improve! (Theatre Games)