April 2, 3, 4

April 2, 3
1st Presentation

April 4

Seven-sentence story structure
Purpose:  Creativity, Story structure

Most stories can be boiled down to seven basic sentences. These sentences begin like this:

Once upon a time....

And every day...

Until one day...

And because of that...

And because of that...

Until finally...

And from that day...

It's good to use examples when explaining this, I will use 'Hannah Montana: The Movie' here:

Once upon a time there was a girl who was secretly a pop-star. And every day she was careful not to let anyone know her secret. Until one day she met a boy, and he discovered her double life. And because of that he was angry and felt betrayed. And because of that Hannah felt awful. Until finally she owned up to her double life. And from that day the people from her home have known and accepted her secret, and she and the boy are very happy.

a.  Have the students sit in a circle and ask them to come up with one sentence from the story structure each. If you have more than 7 students you can just begin from the first sentence again once you reach the eight student.

March 26, 27, 28

March 26
1.  321 Acting Studio - 
Name of warm-up:   Breathing Relaxation Technique
Purpose:   actors can find their center, focus and relax for auditions/performances

Explore stories that you know and prepare a story (1-2 minutes) to share with your classmates (1st performance)


March 27, 28
1st performance

Order of performance:
Gabi
Juan
Noah
Luna
Vassi
Rafa
Eduardo
Mariana
Aurea
Luiza
Shreya
Luz
Chaasa
José
Diogo
Santi
Thea
Ines
Tomás

March 19, 20, 21

Welcome to Year 8 Drama!  This term we will be focusing on storytelling.

http://zinkmarketing.es/en/storytelling-the-art-of-telling-stories/

Welcome to Year 8 Drama!  This term we will be focusing on storytelling.

Who likes stories?  What's your favourite story?

March 19
1.  Let's talk a little about: Year 8 Drama expectations
2.  Let's talk a little about: Arts Process Journal
3. Can you access Managebac?

Warm-up for Drama class

4.  Warm-up - Three Things in Common:  designed to help people get to know each other better (ice breaker)

5.  Write Criterion B  (Developing Skills) reflection (include date of warm-up)
       Name of warm-up
       Purpose of warm-up
       What did you learn?
       How can this help you with your acting? 


March 20

1.  Warm-up   Exaggeration Circle -  good warm-up to work on taking something small and heightening it.

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

3.  Guidelines for Storytellers - Explanation and Discussion


March 21
1. Irish story telling and Irish story tellers:

Muireann Murphy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyjrK_rmSPQ

 2.  Discuss
Let's look at the Guidelines for storytellers again. How does Ms. Murphy measure up? 
 
What are some of your favourite stories?  Why do you like them so much?  Can you identify any features of the stories that make them so enjoyable or memorable?

 3.  Research and choose a story that you would like to tell to the class. Guidelines:  Tell a story, 1-2 minutes in length, use your voice and body to add emphasis and make the story more appealing to your audience.

HOMEWORK:  Due Tuesday, March 26 at the beginning of the class.  Write 1 page (yellow notebook) or 1/2 page (A4)  typewritten fonts size 11 analyzing the video against the Elements of a Story document.  Include the following:
Theme of the story
Characters in the story
Conflict of the story
Resolution of the story.
Setting
Mrs Murphy's delivery of her story

March 12, 13, 14

March 12, 13

Criterion D - Reflective Commentary  - Due March 14 at the beginning of class
need a printed version for your Process Journal

For this unit on Storytelling:
Statement of inquiry is:  Personal and cultural expression is expressed through stories.
Global Context is: Personal and cultural expression (artistry, craft, creation, beauty)

1.  Write a paragraph detailing how your research and the warm-ups  influenced your final performance.  Be specific, include details.

2.  Write a strong paragraph on the following topic.  Explain your point of view (choose a, b, or c),  include examples to support your ideas. (D strand i)

Considering all the stories you read, heard, and told this term:
 a.  are the themes of stories always related to a particular culture  or
 b.  are the themes of stories always universal   or  
 c.  are the themes of stories sometimes universal?

  3. Write a strong paragraph on the following topic.  Explain your point of view, include examples to support your ideas. (D  strand ii)

How do you think your performance and choice of story impacted (or influenced) your classmates? 

4. Write a paragraph on the following topic: Explain, include details. (D  strand iii)

How did your feedback help your classmates?  (Write some sentences in general terms, then think about 1 specific student and explain in detail how your feedback could help him/her. Write about how the feedback you received from your classmates, your self-evaluation, and teacher can help you in future performances.)

March 14
Finalize Process Journals