Classwork:

• Students designed masks for their Greek chorus project (see Day 16)
• Please see document below (or in Google classroom) for rubric on design of mask and description activity

Classwork:

1. Students presented Greek god presentations
2. Students selected new story and began writing (see day 17)

Classwork:

• Reviewed study guide for quiz on Friday. (see google classroom)
• Greek Theatre Project:
  

In a group you will write 15 lines of a "Greek Style" chorus that MUST CONTAIN:

1. RHYTHM 

2. MOVEMENT/CHOREOGRAPHY

3. EMPHASIS (certain words should have importance over others. Must be loud)

4. MUSIC (SUNG/PlAYED/PERCUSSION/UNDERSCORE)

5. VOCAL VARIATION (SHOULDN'T BE MONOTONE)

6. UNISON SPEAKING

7. TELLS A STORY

8. ENTERTAINING

9. LEVELS (Meaning upstage and downstage also high and low)

WHAT YOU WILL DO IN GROUPS:

1. Research a CURRENT news story to base your chorus on (Something within the last three months)
2. Present a news story to your group.
3. Your group should select one story to base your chorus on
4. One person in your group should create a document and share it with every person in the group
5. Share the document with me ([email protected])
7. Write the chorus based on the above specifications
8. Decid who this chorus is (i.e. a group of bankers, passengers on a plane, animals in a forrest, etc.)
9. Write the chorus based on the above specifications
10. Design your mask
11. Start rehearsing your Greek chorus on your feet. (You should be moving a lot)

Classwork: Students continued to create google slideshows on the Greed god/goddess of their choice (See Day 15)

Classwork: Students split into groups and selected a Greek god to present on.

• They researched the god
  • They created a google slide document that included
    • Title Slide
    • Family Tree
    • Story of god/goddess
    • Artwork through history that depicts the god/goddess
    • Symbols/Imagery of the god
    • Pop culture reference
• How to find images labeled for reuse with modification: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/29508?hl=en
• • Students will present later this week.

Objective: Students will be able to identify acting areas, body positions, and complete basic blocking notationClasswork:

• Students took notes on stage areas, body positions and basic blocking notation (See video)
• Students gave blocking direction to fellow students to asses their understanding of stage areas and body positions
• As a class, we played "Simon Says" with stage areas and blocking notation.

Classwork: 

• Students participated in discussion about the origins of Western Civilization. 
• Students took notes and discussed powerpoint (below) about Greek Theatre
• Students took a kahoot to assess knowledge. 

Classwork:

• Students rehearsed open scenes
• Students read over rubric and gave feedback to their classmates 
• Students performed for a grade. 

Bell work: Students finished performing pantomimes
​Classwork: Students were given Open Scene Handouts and paired up:

3A: 
Shailey and Lilu
Nathan and Echo
Brandon and Kayla
Haley and Trevor
Caitlin and Tatum
Carter and Taylor
Maleka and Grace
Miranda and Cassandra
Jadan and Matt
Justin and Sierra 
Caleb and Maliki
Jenny and Emma

3B:

Katie A/Halie Q. and Tyson
Landon R and Caitlen N.
Dumi and Grace C.
Dakota and Riley
Ashleigh and Reina
Ashton E. and Daylan
Kayla and Destiny
Trepper and Antonio
Michella and Aaron
Daniel and Claire

Students completed the handout and began rehearsing scenes

​Homework: Work on lines

I'm really excited to go on this 18 week journey with you! We did a lot in class on our first day! Bell work: Student info sheet  
Classwork: We went through a class guidelines/procedures powerpoint (view below). We went through the syllabus We played three theatre games: West Wind Blows, Rhythm Name Game, and Bibbity BIbbity Bob!  
​HOMEWORK: Due 1/6: Signed syllabus form by YOU & your parent/guardian