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ACTING CLASS

PURPOSE OF THE COURSE:

Acting is an introductory course designed to encourage individuals of ALL talent levels to "step out of their comfort zones" in order to develop individual and group performance skills through the art of theatre.

 

SYLLABUS

UNITS:

Acting class is broken into three units:  STAGE, STORY, aaand SCENE!   (See syllabus above for a description of each.)

 

 

ACTING CLASS SCHEDULE:

(for Face-to-Face AND Absence Learning)

Unit 1:  STAGE

WEEK 1:   Aug. 22-23, 2024  (Advisory + Hours 1-7)                   Welcome & "Composition"

WEEK 2:  Aug, 26-29, 2024  (Hrs 1-7 / No school Fri.)                 Art on Stage / Exploration of Ideas

WEEK 3:  Sept. 3-6, 2024  (Hours 1-7 / No school Mon.)               Artistic Intention / Types of Stages

WEEK 4:  Sept. 9-13, 2024                                                                  Stage Directions / Believability

WEEK 5:  Sept. 16-20, 2024                                                         Motivated Movement / Stage Terms / Unit Test Review

                                                                                                  Unit 1 Summative Test  (IBInvestigating)    

Unit 2:  STORY

WEEK 6:  Sept 23-27, 2024                                                      The "building blocks" of a good story / Unit 1 Summative (IB: Creating or Performing

WEEK 7:  Sept 30 - Oct 4, 2024 (Wed=Adv.+1-7; PT Conf M&Th)  Read a Play / Plot

WEEK 8:  Oct. 9-11, 2024 (Off M&T / Full Wed. / Hrs 1-7)             Analyze character / How to Physically Portray a Character

WEEK 9:  Oct. 14-18, 2024                                                   Monologues (Physical Characterization Techniques)

WEEK 10:  Oct. 21-25, 2024                                                 Monologues (Rehearsal & Performance)

                                                                                                 Unit 2 Summative (Monologue) Performance (IB: Developing)

 

Unit 3:  ....AAAND SCENE!

WEEK 11:  Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2024                                        Scene Studies:  Determining Subtext

WEEK 12:  Nov. 4-8, 2024                                                    Help the Play Days / Intro to Writing a Play Review

WEEK 13:  Nov. 11-15, 2024  (Fall Play Nov 14-16)                   Scene Studies: Intro to character's Wants / 

                                                                                                Unit 2/3 Summative (Play Review) - click HERE  (IB: Evaluating    

WEEK 14:  Nov 18-22, 2024                                                         Scene Studies: A character's Wants & A scene's Beats

WEEK 15:  Nov. 25-26, 2024 (Hrs 1-7 / No school W-F)                 Scene Studies: Blocking, Build, Climax 

WEEK 16:  Dec. 2-6, 2024                                                     Scene Studies:  Stage Business                           

WEEK 17:  Dec 9-13, 2024                                                          Rehearsal of Final Scenes (and Scene Studies)

WEEK 18:  Dec 16-20, 2024                                                    Rehearsal of Final Scenes (and Scene Studies)

WEEK 19:  Jan 6-10, 2025                                                    Rehearsal of Final Scenes (and Scene Studies)

WEEK 20:  Jan 13-17, 2025

WEEK 21:  Jan 21-24, 2025 (No Mon/full Wed/Exams on Th/F)    Course Growth Reflection / Final Exam (Exam Study Guide)      

                                                                                                Unit 3 Summative Directed Scene Study (IB:  Developing)

                                                                                                Unit 3 Summative (Final) Performance  (IBInvestigating, Creating or Performing) 

                                                                                                Unit 1-3 Summative (IB: Evaluating)

                                                       

                               

                                                                                              

                            

 

 

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